"This is a mass event. Schoolies Week was scheduled to start on November 21 The Queensland Government has cancelled all official Schoolies Week 2020 activities Accommodation providers will still be able to offer rooms during the Schoolies period Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said all official events, including concerts and beach parties, will no longer go ahead. Ms Palaszczuk said officials will be writing to schools and accommodation providers to inform them of the decision. 10:33am Aug 28, 2020 Queensland's Schoolies Week has been cancelled after being deemed a "high-risk" event during the coronavirus pandemic. All are linked to a trainer at corrective services who tested positive earlier this week. The rest of the state is currently restricted to gatherings of 30 people. This includes the cancellation of all mass gatherings, such as concerts which traditionally accompany the celebrations for Year 12 school leavers. Noosa's Main Beach closed and nippers cancelled amid clean-up after schoolies gathering By Patrick Williams Posted Sun Sunday 22 Nov November 2020 at 2:09am Sun Sunday 22 Nov November 2020 … Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said all official events, including concerts and beach parties, will no longer go ahead. There were three more COVID infections in Queensland on Friday, two on the Gold Coast. Gold Coast Schoolies … Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has officially cancelled Schoolies this year. Any students who have pre-registered for 2020 Whitsunday Schoolies activities through the Whitsunday Schoolies website will be contacted and her eligible for a full refund. More Schoolies than ever before have set their sights on the Sunshine Coast for 2020 after official events were cancelled on the Gold Coast and flights to Bali and Fiji were grounded due to coronavirus restrictions. ... which means it can’t officially be cancelled. Two of the new cases reside on the Gold Coast and one lives in Forest Lake. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk today extended restrictions currently in place for residents from Brisbane to the Gold Coast. Gold Coast. "They will be out there to enforce the chief health officer's guidelines," Mr Chelepy said. Premier confirms Schoolies cancelled for 2020. by Brett Henebery 28 Aug 2020. To improve your experience, Queensland's Schoolies Week has been cancelled after being deemed a "high-risk" event during the. Schoolies support like free water and medical services remain on offer in 2020. Your web browser is no longer supported. She said the health risks to older Queenslanders influenced the state government's decision to scrap Schoolies. Schools and accommodation providers will be issued with formal, written notification that official Schoolies Week activities have been called off. "They've had a really difficult year," Dr Young said. The annual Schoolies Week was scheduled to start on 2st November 2020, but the QLD premier said “This is a mass event, it poses high risk, high risk … Continue reading "Gold Coast 2020 Schoolies cancelled." This comes as the state recorded three new community-acquired coronavirus cases overnight, all of whom are linked to a growing cluster at the Queensland Corrections Services Academy in Wacol. Schoolies Week 2020 has been formally cancelled by the Queensland Government, as a result of coronavirus restrictions. "Remember one thing, if you make a mistake and think 'it is all about me' and you take the virus back into your home and infect your mum and dad and your grandparents you will never forget this Schoolies. 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As if the class of 2020 hasn't been through enough, from home-schooling and online classes to formals being cancelled, now they've been dealt another blow - Schoolies is officially off. "My main message to school leavers this year is: '[it's] your right of passage to be an adult, [so] you are the adult in handling this COVID-19'. From Friday additional police resources will be out in force across the Gold Coast in anticipation for thousands of school leavers, despite the official event being scrapped due to COVID-19. Official schoolies celebrations have been scrapped this year, leaving school leavers to make their own fun at traditional beacons such as Lorne, Rye and Sorrento. Catch up on the main COVID-19 news from December 21 with our coronavirus blog. Ms Grace spoke on Brisbane 's Hit105 … The state's Chief Health Officer Jeanette Young sympathised with Year 12s who would be unable to celebrate finishing school as previous years had done. "There will be unfortunately no concerts, no organised events, because there can be no mass gatherings.". More Schoolies than ever before have set their sights on the Sunshine Coast for 2020 after official events were cancelled on the Gold Coast and flights to Bali and Fiji were grounded. Schoolies Tour - 18 + Schoolies Tour - All Ages The Hilton Pool Party Schoolies Nation Beach Festival Schoolies Fortnite Esports Tournament Airlie Beach Parties All Ages Party Pass This includes limiting gatherings in homes and outdoors to a maximum of 10 people and additional restrictions for aged care homes. Schoolies 2020: Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate calls for event to be cancelled in global coronavirus pandemic Luke Mortimer and Kyle Wisniewski , Gold Coast Bulletin August 5, 2020 1:52pm It poses a high risk – high risk not only for the people who attend, all the young people, but also all the people they come in contact with, and of course their families and their friends and their grandparents.". Schoolies week will be hard to cancel, with no single organiser or governing body. This is what we know so far, Vapers will need a prescription to import liquid nicotine from October 2021, Malaysian couple welcome 10,000 guests to drive-through wedding, Ombudsman investigation highlights suburban Adelaide council's corporate credit card abuse. Palaszczuk cancels Schoolies 2020 . Print article. "Schoolies is all about sharing it from your heart this time around.". Ms Palaszczuk said Chief Health Officer Jeanette Young had deemed the traditional gathering of school leavers, which takes place in multiple locations across Queensland including the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and Airlie Beach, as too risky from a COVID-19 perspective. Gold Coast mayor reveals radical plan for Schoolies Week amid fears it will be cancelled due to COVID-19 - and it is not good news for graduates Schoolies … 00:00 / 00:00. Schoolies 2020 was cancelled earlier this year because of COVID-19. "We also know that our tourism sector needs our support so, just as any other person can go along and book accommodation people are welcome to continue to do that in those small groups right across Queensland," she said. "I should have jumped up and down a little early, let's put it that way," he said. Schoolies will have nowhere to hide or conduct clandestine gatherings on the Gold Coast with police set to spy on their every movement. Speaking to Stav, Abby and Matt on HIT105 on Tuesday morning, Ms Grace said the traditional end of … Palaszczuk cancels Schoolies 2020 Sky News Australia. 27/08/2020. While Councillor Tate urged any accommodation providers who receive Schoolies cancellations to refund deposits, regardless of whether the cancellation period has expired, the CEO of bookings agency Schoolies.com, Matt Lloyd said a more flexible cancellation policy was already in place. 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