Department backs principal who tackled student at Collarenebri Central School The principal tackles one of the girls / Pic: YouTube Source: The Daily Telegraph A PRINCIPAL who tackled a female Aboriginal student to the ground during a school fight will not be disciplined, the Education Department says. In video seen by The Daily Telegraph, Collarenebri Central School principal Robert Malcolm intervenes in a fight between two teenage girls at the north-western NSW campus. The girls are initially separated by another teacher who tells them to "get out of it" and Mr Malcolm can be heard in the background instructing the man to "grab one." The teacher grabs one of the girls by the wrist and, when the second girl tries to re-engage in the fight, Mr Malcolm runs on to camera, catches the girl and crashes to the ground with her. He holds the 14-year-old girl down until another young student runs up and pushes him and is challenged by other students. The incident was also referred to the department's Employee Performance and Conduct directorate and the police. The girl's father was angry Mr Malcolm had not been disciplined over the 2012 incident. "I don't think it's right," the man told Tracker magazine. He said the principal did not apologise.