A former teacher is jailed after stabbing a school principal in what multiple reports describe as a sudden attack that occurred after the teacher was told his contract would not be renewed. The accounts from Brisbane Times, The Age, and the Sydney Morning Herald describe the same core incident: the teacher “snaps” upon learning the contract outcome and then stabs the principal. While the articles focus on the circumstances leading up to the violence, they do not present differing narratives about the trigger. All three outlets report that the stabbing involves the principal and that the attacker is a teacher who is no longer employed by the school. Each report also states that the matter proceeds through the courts and results in a custodial sentence. Taken together, the sources consistently link the non-renewal decision to the lead-up to the stabbing and confirm that the court imposes a jail term on the former teacher. The reports are aligned on the basic facts of the case, including the role of the contract decision and the resulting stabbing of the principal.