Yesterday I spoke with a sound engineer that works at a number of underage events. We spoke about the issues of synthetic drugs amongst our young people. We both agreed that our young people seem to think that it is ok to use synthetic drugs because they can’t get charged with anything. They seem to…
Every parents worst nightmare ! I wish our kids could see and understand what can happen when walking home alone at night. This is tragic BUT a sad reality that predators in our community do exist I wish our young people could get it !! I see teenagers walking home alone from parties frequently. We…
This article mentions booze and street drugs however you can bet that Synthetic Drugs would be readily available during schoolies. I have already witnessed an increase on the teen party scene. I have mentioned this before but our young people are gravitating to Synthetic drugs because they can’t be detected, we have no legislation in…
I am hoping that after the state election in Victoria , the relevant minister will take a long hard look at the security industry. Hopefully, they will inject some funds into the Police Licensing Division so they have the time to investigate and prosecute rogue security operators. This image makes my blood boil. In the…
Secondary Supply laws are not a new thing. We have them in Victoria but it still does not prevent teenagers attending parties with their own booze and drinking themselves stupid while parents watch on! The reason why WA is leading the way in relation to out of control teenage parties is because alcohol is not…
I was informed yesterday that a venue in Beaumaris had some issues with an out of control party last weekend. It turns out the the venue was hired under a different name and was not used for the event indicated. To avoid this situation that seems to happen regularly, the venue manager must ask more…
I have parents contacting me wanting advice on how to manage their teens party. One of the areas of discussion is alcohol management. Some parents think that because their kids are 18 it is important that they are treated like a responsible adult. This is my point, at 18 years of age most kids are…
I have been campaigning for many years for Safe Event Laws. Part of my submission was to create an offence for gatecrashing or attempted gatecrashing. At this stage most states within Australia do not have an offence for gatecrashing. Unless we create a deterrent for this annoying behaviour these teenagers will continue to crash parties…
As a mother of a 20 year old and working with young people every weekend, I have come to the conclusion that our teenagers just don’t get it !! When are they going to understand that this will kill you !! Mots of them seem to be experimenting with these chemicals when they have had…
If our government were serious about saving money and increasing the resources of our emergency services, wouldn’t they target alcohol abuse in our community? As mentioned in this article, alcohol related violence is a huge burden on our community and our emergency services. If we, as a society, could manage alcohol appropriately we would see…