A 13-year-old boy is among a group of arrests over the Schoolies celebration period on the Gold Coast. On Saturday, Queensland Police revealed the results of metal detection wanding during the festival. Police said since 6am on Friday November 18, 918 people were searched with the wands within Surfers ParadiseContinue Reading

Schoolies caught misbehaving at airports could be looking at a flight ban or even face a recorded conviction, Australian Federal Police warn. With thousands of school leavers flying to and from their end-of-year celebration destinations, AFP Airport Police Commander Josh Kinghorn reaffirmed that travellers acting inappropriately would be heavily penalised.Continue Reading

A Gold Coast restaurant owner has lashed out at thousands of school leavers celebrating Schoolies, branding them “drunken pr**ks” and blaming them for his downturn in business. Schoolies kicked off in Surfers Paradise on Saturday, with more than 20,000 teenagers expected to attend the first week of festivities. Just threeContinue Reading