{"id":289868,"date":"2025-11-17T06:56:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T06:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/289868\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T06:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T06:56:09","slug":"violent-young-criminals-taken-on-taxpayer-funded-trip-to-gold-coast-theme-parks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/289868\/","title":{"rendered":"Violent young criminals taken on taxpayer-funded trip to Gold Coast theme parks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>T\ufeffwo violent youth offenders from Melbourne were flown to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/queensland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Queensland\">Queensland<\/a> on a holiday funded by the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), it has been revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The Victorian teenagers had their Community Corrections Orders (CCO) amended by the state&#8217;s Department of Justice and Community Safety to be allowed on a taxpayer-funded interstate trip to visit theme parks on the Gold Coast.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood the teens had been convicted of violent home invasions and carjackings but were not jailed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/b6d7c97a-ffd5-4f55-9c93-fc6d9ecc0d15.jpeg\"   alt=\"Aerial view of the stunning Gold Coast skyline on a sunny day, Queensland, Australia\"\/>The NDIS-funded trip to the Gold Coast took place within the past few months. (Getty Images\/iStockphoto)<\/p>\n<p>9News understands it took place within the past few months and involved sightseeing and a visit to the popular theme parks.<\/p>\n<p>Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan said &#8220;no youth justice officials were involved in accompanying these young people&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Allan also confirmed the state&#8217;s youth justice system did not fund the trip.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What we are making it very clear in Victoria is that there are consequences for offending,&#8221; Allan said.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria&#8217;s opposition leader Brad Battin said convicted youth offenders should not be &#8220;going off on holidays&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/92d30f42-9388-487e-b57e-89c3d4a16a07.jpeg\"   alt=\"MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 17: Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan speaks during the Hawthorn Hawks Kennedy Community Centre Opening on November 17, 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Michael Willson\/AFL Photos via Getty Images)\"\/>Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan said no youth justice officials were involved in accompanying the teenagers on the trip. (AFL Photos via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the moment, we&#8217;re seeing kids go to Europe and possibly up to the Gold Coast,&#8221; Battin said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Where is the message to kids to say that crime doesn&#8217;t pay here in Victoria?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffIn a statement, a spokesperson for the NDIS said it was investigating the claims.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The NDIS provides disability-related supports to all eligible Australians,&#8221; the spokesperson told 9News.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;The NDIS is not responsible for the rehabilitation of youth offenders.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"T\ufeffwo violent youth offenders from Melbourne were flown to Queensland on a holiday funded by the National Disability&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-289868","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}