The NSW Department of Education will today lodge an appeal to overturn a $28,000 payment to a teacher who had an affair with a student.<br>
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Jeff Sinclair was sacked last year from the department after it was revealed he had an affair with a student who was 15 at the time.<br>
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He was removed from the classroom of a Sydney high school in 2001 and given an administrative job after allegations he was having an affair with teenage student Nicki Shackle. He is 33 years her senior.<br>
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The couple - who maintained they did not have sex until Ms Shackle turned 16 - now live together in Sydney. She is now 19.<br>
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Mr Sinclair was awarded $28,000 by the Workers' Compensation Commission after claiming the department's handling of allegations against him caused him psychological injury.<br>
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The department spent two years investigating the matter.<br>
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A department spokesman confirmed an appeal would be lodged today with the Workers' Compensation Commission in an attempt to overturn the payment.<br>
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The NSW government has said it may change child protection laws and threatened retrospective legislation if its appeal fails. <br>
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Education Minster Andrew Refshauge has said the government would do everything it could to overturn the payment.<br>
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男老师与未成年女学生发生性关系而被学校开除,男老师却因此得到精神赔偿,可笑吧?!<br>
如果你是纳税人,或是孩子的父母,会怎么想?<br>