Court bans dad from school after 'disgusting' threats to teachers and student
A desperate father's two-year battle against his daughter's school bullying has ended in a maximum ban after he threatened a student and verbally attacked staff.
A Queensland dad has been banned from his daughter’s primary school after he took her bullying nightmare into his own hands.
The man, who cannot be identified, confronted his daughter’s bully and teachers in an “atrocious” and “intimidating” tirade - following two years of failed mediation attempts by the school.
According to a recent Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) decision, the man had threatened a primary school girl in front of other students in May 2025.
Presiding over the decision, QCAT member Christopher Taylor said the father had stated: “Next time you come near my family… I am going to get the older sister to start harassing you”.
“Do you understand? We’ve had enough. Stay away from our family.”
Mr Taylor said the man had similarly confronted his daughter’s teachers with “extreme obscenities” the following day - once again while students were present.
“It’s OK - just run the school how you’re doing. Say hi to social media because I’m going to take all your jobs your f–king jobs your c–ts,” he said.
“...and if you ever touch (his daughter) again I swear to f–king God, you keep your hands off my child.
“Do you understand? Do not touch my child.”
Mr Taylor noted the man had sent a letter of “reflection” to the school after the second incident, explaining: “I want to be clear that our intention during that exchange was never to act aggressively or to cause any physical harm”.
“Our actions stemmed solely from a place of emotional exhaustion and parental desperation after watching our daughter endure consistent bullying, cultural disrespect, and physical intimidation – without any meaningful intervention from the school.“
Shortly after, however, the man recorded a confrontation with the school’s deputy principal and uploaded it to social media - which he claimed was an “exercise of his human rights to freedom of expression”.
Mr Taylor said the man could be heard saying: “(Student name) has been bullying (his daughter) for 2 years now.”
“...So if yous come at (his daughter) for finally snapping after yous done nothing we are going to sue you and we are going to put it on social media. Do you understand?”
The man’s one-year ban from the school was imposed after the deputy principal reported the incident, claiming: “Despite all the support provided to (the man) to build his understanding of appropriate parent behaviour, he has continued to act in an inappropriate way towards to the (school name) SS community.”
Prior to the events in May 2025, the school had given the man warnings for communicating with parents in a “threatening manner” and he had agreed to communicate more appropriately, Mr Taylor said.
He had also previously been subjected to a 60-day ban from school grounds.
Mr Taylor delivered his decision at Brisbane on Monday, November 10, confirming an order which prohibited the man from attending the school for 365 days - which is the maximum period possible.
The man had first fought against the prohibition order, claiming that a recording of the first incident showed “no yelling or threats were made”.
“My intention was to tell (the student) that what she is doing is unacceptable and try to see how she would feel if she started getting harassed like she was doing to (other children),” he said.
Mr Taylor said the man had accepted by the end of a hearing in October that a ban was appropriate, but persisted in arguing that 365 days was too long.
Mr Taylor found the man’s confrontation involving the young girl had been “intimidating” and “threatening”.
“His actions are to be condemned as atrocious,” Mr Taylor said.
“...An adult should not at any time approach a young child in such a manner. There is no justification for it.”
Mr Taylor said the man’s confrontation with the teachers should be “equally admonished and condemned as being not just atrocious but put more simply – disgusting”.
“It seemed to me that (the man) learned nothing from the past warnings, the earlier ban, nor the agreements and expression of intent reached in the mediation, nor as he committed to in his reflective e-mail,” Mr Taylor said.
He found there was a “very real” chance the man would repeat his conduct, given his demonstrated “absence of insight”.
“There was no basis for which I conclude a ban period of something less than the maximum permissible was appropriate,” Mr Taylor concluded, and affirmed the 365 day ban.
