Implement an independent commission inquiry into the conduct and management of the Schoolies Week Festival, nightclubs and Indy culture in Surfers Paradise

Eligibility - Queensland residents
Principal Petitioner:
J Hill
Honorary Chairman, Surfers Paradise Community Association Inc
SURFERS PARADISE QLD 4217
Total Signatures - 120
Sponsoring Member: John Paul Langbroek MP
Posting Date: 22/4/2004
Tabled Date: 21/4/2004
Responded By: Responded Minister on 24/5/2004
TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland

The Petition of the residents of the State of Queensland draws to the
attention of the House the need of the Queensland government in
partnership with the Gold Coast City Council, to ban the schoolies week
festival entertainment event from Surfers Paradise CBD for the following
reasons:

(1) That the Schoolies Week Festival event encourages drunkenness,
violence, noise pollution and anti-social behaviour that is destroying
the peace and quality lifestyle for the Surfers Paradise community.
(2) That the majority of small business traders suffer considerable
losses during the Schoolies Week Festival.
(3) That the Schoolies Week Festival event has tarnished the genuine
domestic and international tourism industry, with damaging media
publicity.
(4) That the schoolies culture and nightclubs in Surfers Paradise is
undermining family values and the moral and ethical character of
teenagers.

Your petitioners therefore request the House to implement an independent
commission inquiry into the conduct and management of the Schoolies Week
Festival, nightclubs and Indy culture in Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast
region, as an urgent issue of deep concern to the Surfers Paradise
Community.