Calls to screen and educate 'Schoolies' before visiting Bali

Volunteers party with young people during the Schoolies festival on Queensland’s Gold Coast

Volunteers party with young people during the Schoolies festival on Queensland’s Gold Coast Source: AAP

The tradition of 'schoolies' follows the final exams of Year 12 school leavers who participate in organised holidays in Australia and abroad. Image: Volunteers party with young people during the Schoolies festival on Queenslands Gold Coast (AAP) Calls to screen and educate 'Schoolies' before visiting Bali


But a Christian minister who was present at the execution of Bali Nine ring-leader Myuran Sukamaran is calling for Australian "schoolies" to be screened and educated before being permitted to visit Bali.

 

There are also allegations that crime syndicates are directly targeting the teens in drug "stings."

 


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