Look sharp! Chase to the cut You probably realise machetes (see above) and teen parties don’t mix. Some kids, however, actually need this truth spelt out to them. Blade runner I’d been contracted to secure a sixteenth birthday in Melbourne’s outer southeast. I was met by a highly stressed father at the…
Not So Sweet 16 Kids are getting lit. Broken record I’ve long said that, when it comes to alcohol, 16 year olds are our trickiest group. In the last six months, things have become worse. This is a damn shame, as the solutions are straightforward and doable. All we need is the will.…
Parents Urged to Hire Teenage Party Security PARENTS hosting underage parties need to stop being lazy and provide proper safety controls, a former policewoman has warned. Naomi Oakley, who served with Victoria Police for more than a decade before starting her own party security business, has taken aim at parents for putting guests and emergency…
Sandlers recommend detailed planning for Teenage Parties WE’VE all heard the teen party horror stories featuring binge-drinking, sexual misadventure, drug overdoses, trashed homes and neighbours attacked by drunken youths. Who could forget Corey Worthington’s infamous 2008 party disaster? Then 16, Worthington electronically invited hundreds of teenagers to his parents’ Narre Warren South home while…
Asking For Trouble The gatecrasher plague continues, forcing some party hosts to try drastic tactics. Unfortunately, the one below just makes things worse. Invite to fight In the last six months, I’ve noticed event hosts (including parents) inviting known troublemakers to their parties. Why? Because they think that by including troublemakers from the outset,…
THE last thing Ryan Ball would have expected when he agreed to host a teenage party was to be bashed to within an inch of his life. The 38-year-old Perth man is in a critical condition in hospital after a shocking attack that has left him with head wounds so severe doctors have placed…
Both had their whole lives ahead of them and it’s gone Two teenage boys have died after being struck by a car in the Northern Territory. Two Darwin High School boys have died after being hit by a car as they returned home from a party in Coolalinga, in the Northern Territory, last night.…
Youth struck in head with brick during out-of-control A man has been hit in the head with a brick after gate-crashers stormed a party at a rental home in Melbourne last night. Police said they found almost 40 unwanted guests a house party on Prior Street in Malvern East about 11pm. Witnesses described a…
Drunken Youths Refuse to leave out of Control Party TWO teens were charged and police dog Nas was called into action after a party involving 200 youths in Heathridge spilled over into bottle throwing and drunken fighting in a nearby park. Police were called to Prince Regent Drive in Heathridge about 10pm on Sunday…