AUSTRALIAN PARTY TEEN TURNS PRO !

He said it was the best party ever. Now he wants to do more. The Australian teenager who threw a party while his parents were away causing thousands of dollars of damage says he is turning professional. Corey Delaney, 16, told Australian television he was giving up plans to become a carpenter, and would DJ and host parties instead. Corey shot to international fame last week when 500 teenagers attended a party at his home in Melbourne.

Police who came to investigate noise were driven off by drunken guests. Bythe time police reinforcements with dogs arrived, an estimated A$20,000 ($18,000; £9,200) worth of damage was done. An unrepentant Mr Delaney said at the time that any other teenager wanting to host a home-alone party should get him to organise it.

"Best party ever, that's what everyone's saying," he said. Now he is putting his own advice into practice. "Working on a building site was pretty hard. Now I've got a manager, life's good," he said. The manager, celebrity agent Max Markson, said: "He did a great party in the wrong place. "We're going to put on a great party in the right place."

Mr Delaney had originally hoped to keep the party a secret from his parents, but the world-wide publicity it attracted put paid to that. He temporarily left home to avoid his parent's wrath. Since then, Corey has polarised public opinion. He has become something of a hero for many young people, with some reports describing him as a Generation Z poster-boy.

But other people have criticised him as an arrogant brat. A website inviting people to "slap Corey down the street" has had more than 700,000 hits.
BBC NEWS REPORT.