Vic: Victorian teacher paid out after sex controversy

AAP General News (Australia)
04-21-2006
Vic: Victorian teacher paid out after sex controversy

A Victorian teacher .. forced to resign under a controversial sex offenders law ..

has been paid out by the state government.

Education Minister LYNNE KOSKY says the matter .. involving former Orbost Secondary
College teacher ANDREW PHILLIPS .. has been resolved on a confidential basis.

Mr PHILLIPS was forced to resign last year when the government introduced a zero-tolerance
policy for teachers with sex offence records.

He'd pleaded guilty to sexual assault of a minor in 1992 .. when he was aged 20 and
before he was a teacher.

He was dating the 15-year-old girl .. who'd consented to the physical contact.

The Australia Education Union says the case demonstrates the flaws in the legislation
.. and says it'll keep lobbying for for discretion in its use.

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KEYWORD: TEACHER (MELBOURNE)

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