{
  "id": 14575035,
  "title": "Premier's move to reinstate school 'Christmas' event labelled 'reprehensible'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/premiers-move-to-reinstate-school-christmas-event-labelled",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T00:28:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ABC News AU",
    "slug": "abc-news-au",
    "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-15/tas-premier-calls-on-school-to-reinstate-christmas-naming/107268614"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff's decision to intervene in a school's renaming of its Christmas event has sparked controversy and been labeled as \"reprehensible\" by the education union. In a Facebook post, Rockliff stated his awareness of efforts to remove references to Christmas and emphasized the importance of encouraging Christmas carols. However, this post has led to more than 5,400 comments, with many expressing support for the premier's stance. The school in question, Trevallyn Primary School in Launceston, has maintained multiple references to Christmas in its calendar, including planned Christmas Carols and a Christmas celebration. The Australian Education Union's Tasmanian state manager, Brian Wightman, expressed shock at the premier's actions, stating that the psychological harm caused is reprehensible and urging Rockliff to apologize and rectify the situation.",
  "summary": "Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff is being urged to apologise after one of his social media posts about a public school renaming a Christmas event caused an online stir.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}