<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A new youth checkpoint, similar to those implemented during Schoolies celebrations, has been established in Burleigh Heads in the Gold Coast.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The beachside suburb is an increasingly popular nightlife spot with a booming bar and pub scene.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Located in Justins Park, the "chill-out zone" will be staffed by experienced Gold Coast Youth Service workers on Friday and Saturday nights from 10pm until 2am throughout the summer months.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/woman-dead-struck-by-lightning-cooroy-sunshine-coast/5eaa05cc-3c34-42b0-8ae6-348d6abd594c" target="_blank"><strong><span>'Taken in a minute': Tributes for woman killed in freak lightning strike</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The parents of Cameron Kluger, who died in September 2022 after allegedly being assaulted in Burleigh, have expressed support for the new checkpoint.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It is definitely a good start, if it was here a year ago we might have had a different outcome," mother Sonia Kluger said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Attorney-General Deb Frecklington has denied the timing of the initiative is intended as damage control following public criticism regarding the operating hours of the new police beat - 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/youth-crime-gold-coast-burleigh-heads-gets-chill-out-zone-queensland-news/a601deab-19a3-4407-afb7-959db9c5a9e0" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She said the initiative aims to provide a safe space for young people.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There will be water, first aid supplies and somewhere to sit down and have a rest," Frecklington said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Somewhere to sit down and recover while your Uber arrives.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We know this model works in other areas on the Gold Coast.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We don't want intoxicated people getting themselves in trouble."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>This article was produced with the assistance of</span></em><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/technology/9express/16480c33-636a-461f-9c4f-d0e2522c722a"><em><span>9ExPress</span></em></a><em><span>.</span></em></div></div>