Sunday, November 27, 2005
Qld police tell southern Schoolies to behave
ABC Online
Police on Queensland's Gold Coast are urging students from Victoria and New South Wales to behave during Schoolies celebrations.
The event has officially wound up for Queensland students, with police arresting 59 people overnight.
Police spokeswoman Chelsea Roffey says police will now turn their attention to the thousands of students who have arrived from the southern states.
"A majority of the arrests have involved non-schoolies, so it's fair to say on a typical weekend there'd be about 30 arrests in Surfers Paradise anyway," she said.
"I guess looking at having that increased number from Schoolies, the number of arrests haven't been too bad at all."
Police on Queensland's Gold Coast are urging students from Victoria and New South Wales to behave during Schoolies celebrations.
The event has officially wound up for Queensland students, with police arresting 59 people overnight.
Police spokeswoman Chelsea Roffey says police will now turn their attention to the thousands of students who have arrived from the southern states.
"A majority of the arrests have involved non-schoolies, so it's fair to say on a typical weekend there'd be about 30 arrests in Surfers Paradise anyway," she said.
"I guess looking at having that increased number from Schoolies, the number of arrests haven't been too bad at all."
