| Department of Communities |
- Lead agency and the first contact point with the Queensland Government in each region regarding Schoolies
- Contact for general information about Schoolies.
- Contact for educational material for parents and schoolies
- Reference point for other agencies and stakeholder contacts
- Contact point for Regional Managers Coordination Networks via regional offices
- Operational delivery
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| Queensland Police Service |
- Queensland Police Service has lead responsibility for law and order and the enforcement of law as it applies to underage drinking.
- Also play the key role in public safety and traffic management
- Relevant safety campaigns, such as One Punch Can Kill and Safe Partying
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Department of Employment,
Economic Development and Innovation |
Office of Fair Trading
- Consumer protection, including fair charges and conditions for accommodation.
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Office of Liquor and Gaming Regulation (OLGR)
- Administers fines for alcohol-related offences, including underage drinking and supply
- Regulates licensed premises to ensure responsible and legal supply of alcohol
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| Department of Community Safety |
Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS)
- Emergency treatment
- Patient transport
- Medical advice
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Queensland Fire and Rescue Service (QFRS)
- Fire prevention and management
- Road accident and trauma
- Other rescues
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State Emergency Services (SES)
- Rescues during emergencies and disasters
- On site to provide general assistance
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| Department of Education and Training |
Education Queensland
- Distributing information to school communities about Schoolies
- Relevant safety campaigns, such as Act Smart Be Safe
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| Queensland Health |
- Public health information on the effects of alcohol and responsible alcohol consumption, tobacco, other drugs, safe sex, sunburn and skin cancer
- Hospital services if required
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| Department of Transport and Main Roads |
- Transport services
- Traffic offences
- Transport safety
- Driver's licenses
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| Local governments |
- Approval for specific community safety responses and venues
- Food sales
- Water supplies
- Noise management
- Waste management
- Traffic management
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| Businesses |
- Exercise fairness and avoid opportunism and profiteering from a young, vulnerable group of clients
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Commission for Children and
Young People and Child Guardian |
- Advises those working at Schoolies to check with their organisations if they need a blue card.
- Applications for blue cards should be made at least 12 weeks in advance - before the end of August.
- The Commission can help organisations develop risk management strategies to protect young people.
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| Non-government community organisations and volunteers |
Volunteers and non-government community organisations perform a range of tasks and provide schoolies with:
- general assitance and advice
- hydration services
- a point of access and referral to other services
- in room assistance such as cleaning rooms and food preparation
- accommodation visits and mediation services
- assistance with walking schoolies home on request, and
- assistance with directions, bus timetables and providing important health and safety information to school leavers while attending planned schoolies activities.
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| Parents and carers |
- Assist their teenagers to understand their rights and responsibilities during Schoolies.
- Communicate their own values and discuss tough issues, including sexuality, violence, alcohol and drug use.
- Discourage their teenagers from attending Gold Coast Schoolies
- Encourage alternative forms of celebrating the completion of school
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| Schoolies |
Being well informed prior to Schoolies, including having an understanding of:
- accommodation arrangements and responsibilities as tenants
- drinking alcohol responsibly
- underage drinking and penalties
- personal safety and watching out for your friends
- ID such as 18+ card
- road safety and tips to travel safely
- sexual health
- sexual assault – ideas to increase safety, and
- emergency medical help and important contact numbers
A range of resources containing information on these topics is provided to Year 12 school leavers through the Safer Schoolies initiative. |
