Damn straight it is a breach of the Queensland Teachers' Code of Conduct. I took a group of students overseas not that long ago, and the hoops I had to jump through to give them my mobile number to call in case of emergency were unbelievable. And that was at a time when there was genuine need - not simply 'to give a bit of support when they are feeling down'.

Otokonoko... so how does that Fraser Coast story sit with your experience as a teacher?

I am just appalled that Ed Qld is so 'tight' with their staff, as you described, but quite understandable in my view, but so lax as soon as 'religion' enters the fray.

According to Koch, this man in Pittsworth was known as 'Reverend' in the community, so Ed Qld must have known that too, in such a small town and school as that, such a nickname would be well known.

Ed Qld is covering this angle up, because it involves some very senior staff not doing their job, and that itself is a reflection of the 'good favour' that Ed Qld holds the imposition of Christianity into our non-secular public schools.

There is a clear breach of 'duty of care' throughout Education Queensland, and no one in the Queensland media want to look into this.

To be honest, the chaplain seems like a decent enough bloke - but his place is not in a school. Perhaps at a youth drop-in centre, where relationships can be less rigid and where parents can choose to send their kids along or keep them away. Sleeping over? That's just asking for trouble!

One of my major concerns with EQ is the lack of a 'one standard for all' approach. All teachers are bound by the code of conduct, but schools have police officers, nurses, youth support workers and chaplains who operate outside those rules. While I, as a teacher, am required to report any suspected cases of abuse or illegal activity (underage drinking, underage sex, etc), these workers are not. My last employer adopted a 'see no evil, hear no evil' strategy: when we taught sex ed, we were told to discourage students from discussing their experiences so we didn't have to report them. If they had questions, comments or stories to share, we were to direct them to the other youth workers. This is a way of shirking accountability!

Actually, everyone in the school is bound to follow the same reporting rules these days.

This may well be 'new' I don't know, but now everyone has to report their concerns.

And that is one of the untruths from chaplains, that they are a 'safe' place to come to whereas teachers are not 'safe'.

Why the QTU fails to challenge these claims is beyond me, but they do not.

Your comment about your chaplain is not uncommon. The issue is not whether they are 'decent people' or not, but as you highlight, that there is no place in a public school for them.

The QTU, and the AEU, have totally failed to deal with this issue, further undermining their members in the schoolyard.

As have the union for teacher-aides, ALHMWU, who allow chaplains to conduct teacher-aide work without questioning it, while moaning about the lack of teacher-aides in schools.

Funny how the ALP and trade unions will hound Nuttall for all he's worth, but fail to expect Ed Qld to operate honestly.

You wrote this article but have no idea of the first line...we live in an age in western European countries (you'd be right with your assessment for non-western countries) where we actually do still have bigotry obscuring truth, BUT....it comes in the form now of minority vested interests.

Highly racist, and only out for their own kind, those switched on can see how bigoted and tribal non-western cultures are, including indigenous Australians.

Extremely tribal. Over 500 tribes in Australia before white man came.

Point is, in this western country indigenous people are not discriminated against anymore. Well, there is positive discrimination but I hear no complaints about that.

Honestly, grow up. You hit the jackpot by getting the British as opposed to even the Spanish, and would no longer even be hear if say the Japanese came (likely eaten as a delicacy).

You want racism, go to Redfern train station and count how many times you hear the words 'white c' when indigenous Australians are knocked back for the $2 they ask for, while standing there in designer Adidas tracksuits and very expensive looking tattoos.