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From straight-and-narrow Schoolie to 'MDMA addict'

A young man who had finished high school on the straight-and-narrow went 'off the rails' after he he became an 'MDMA...

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10th April 2019 4:04 PM

Brayden Matthew Gralike, 20, was sentenced in the Maroochydore District Court for possessing and twice supplying MDMA.

Schoolies’ parents get their own festival

A new three-week event targeting mums and dads of schoolies with their very own festival is set to boost the southern Gold...

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08th April 2019 6:04 AM

Parents of Schoolies are increasingly arriving on the Gold Coast.

Why schoolies are shunning Bali and the Gold Coast

It’s time to start thinking about that once in a lifetime holiday: Schoolies.

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21st March 2019 1:03 PM

Coast teen suffers brain swelling in brutal king hit attack

Police are looking for the alleged attacker of a Coast teen who was seriously injured in a brutal one-punch attack on the...

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20th March 2019 10:03 AM

Police are looking for this man in relation to an assault at Schoolies that left a Sunshine Coast man seriously injured.

Grieving dad calls for legal crackdown on nangs

EXCLUSIVE: The shattered father of schoolie Hamish Bidgood today broke his silence to call for potentially lethal nitrous...

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14th Dec. 2018 4:12 AM

Hamish Bidgood was polite, fun and warm-hearted, his friend say. Picture: Facebook

The risky holiday Aussies are taking

We all love to experience new things when we travel overseas, but now some of us are taking things too far. And there’s a...

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07th Dec. 2018 2:12 AM

It’s a world of danger as well as one of adventure, so don’t travel without adequate insurance.

Crackdown on transport crime returns 'pleasing' results

A FOUR-day long crackdown on crime committed on local trains and buses has resulted in a number of arrests.

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03rd Dec. 2018 11:12 AM

A FOUR-day long crackdown on crime committed on local trains and buses has resulted in a number of arrests.

“Better off here”: city leaders defend Schoolies

CITY leaders have defended Schoolies celebrations on the Gold Coast, even as organisers dodge media requests.

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03rd Dec. 2018 5:12 AM

City leaders defend Gold Coast Schoolies after balcony fall.

Call for crackdown on nitrous oxide ‘nangs’

THERE are calls for a crackdown on the sales of nitrous oxide “nangs” with doctors claiming they have caused “shrivelled...

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01st Dec. 2018 6:12 AM

Nitrous oxide canisters, or nangs, found on the sand dunes just metres away from a hotel where a schoolie plunged to his death from a balcony. Picture: Nic McElroy

Schoolies tone it down in Bali

The number of schoolies injured in Bali is surprisingly low compared to previous years, but there’s still a week of...

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30th Nov. 2018 9:11 AM

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