"IDIOTIC."
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That is how Griffith-based Education Minister Adrian Piccoli describes the actions of young people who post nude photos on social media.
A Griffith resident contacted The Area News to express her disgust after she witnessed a large group of young girls, who she believed to be high school students, taking topless photos of themselves in Banna Avenue on Monday night.
"These girls were jumping out of cars and taking their tops and bras off and taking selfies," the woman said.
She believed the girls were year 12 students marking their final week of high school.
"They would have been 17 or 18, students would have been doing their scavenger hunt."
The woman, who was with her son at the time, said it was offensive.
"It was stupid, I was disgusted," she said.
The woman said they also had eggs and flour and The Area News spoke to a business owner who had to clean up on Tuesday morning after his business was targeted.
"It's just annoying, there would have been two dozen eggs," the CBD business owner said.
Mr Piccoli said students should learn from the Hollywood nude hacking scandal.
"Don't put anything online that you wouldn't want to been seen by a future employer or a future husband or a future wife," he said.
"It's just idiotic.
"I'm sure these students have been told 100 times don't put things online. Unfortunately for many it will be too late."
Mr Piccoli said once something was online, it was there forever.
"I think one of the best messages for young people is that incident a week or two ago where those celebrities and singers and models had nude photos of them accessed. They are people who have teams of advisors and media people and it happens to them.
"It's all about understanding that whatever you put on Facebook, or Twitter or in the Cloud or whatever it is, it has the potential to become public."
Mr Piccoli said students finishing school should enjoy themselves, but consider the consequences of their actions.
"It's a great time and I remember when I finished year 12," he said.
"Have a great time, just don't do anything you're going to regret, whether it's drink-driving or posting stuff on Facebook or whatever else it might be that you're going to regret."
Marian College prinicpal Alan La Brocque said while he was not aware of any incidents involving students from his school, students had been warned to behave.
"We have told the students that gone are the days when students think they can muck up and impact the community, be that our own community, or in public," Mr La Brocque said.
However, Mr La Brocque said the school was not responsible for students' actions out of school hours.
"They are young adults, they need to be accountable and their families need to take responsibility for what their children are up to," he said.