New research has revealed that almost 50 per cent of Queensland primary school principals have been threatened with violence and more than one in three have been physically attacked, often times by parents.

What’s truly disturbing is that the Australian Principal Occupational Health, Safety and Wellbeing survey found the rates of violence are on the rise.

The president of the Queensland Association of State School Principals Leslie Single tells Mark principals have enough on their plates without living in fear.

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