Victoria Could Have Pill Testing From Next Year, As Greens Push For Drug Reform
“Prohibition is a policy of rejection and of saying we don’t care about drug users. Pill testing shows we take their health seriously.”
Pill Testing
Hobart City Council Throws Its Weight Behind Pill Testing At Festivals
“Preventable harm and mortality can be easily avoided by implementing pill testing.”
Almost 80% Of Aussie Festival-Goers Have Taken MDMA In The Past Year
An inquiry into festival deaths revealed the results.
Submissions To NSW Inquiry Show Literally Everyone Thinks The Government’s Music Festival Rules Are Cooked, Except The Government
There’s only one submission in favour of the laws & guess who it’s from
Woman tells festival inquest that security threatened “nice and slow” strip search
The woman attended Knockout Circuz, where Nathan Tran died in 2017.
FOMO Festival Teen Died After Panic-Swallowing Three Caps When She Saw Police, Inquest Hears
“[Her] risky behaviours were driven by fear of police”
Eventbrite report finds 77% of Aussies support pill testing
Over 1,000 gig-goers were surveyed.
Six Hospitalised Following Suspected Drug Overdoses At Sydney Dance Festival
There’s also been a bunch of people charged for possessing & supplying drugs
Second Pill Testing Trial At Groovin The Moo Canberra An “Overwhelming Success”
Someone show this to Berejiklian, please.
NSW Festivalgoer Sparks Internal Police Review After Facebook Post About Being Strip Searched Goes Viral
The 19-year-old claims she was booted from the event & handed a six month ban despite police finding no drugs or alcohol on her
NSW Government Reveals List Of Festivals That Have Been Deemed ‘High Risk’
It includes a festival that hasn’t even had its first instalment yet.
Conan O’Brien Has Absolutely Ripped Into NSW’s Lockout Laws
“That law doesn’t exist any other place.”
Aussie Festival Supergroup Throws Down Gauntlet To NSW Government Over New Regulations
“The new regulations will put festivals, events and live music in our cities, regional and remote communities under real threat”
Northlane Back Peking Duk, Call On NSW Voters To Give The Liberal Party & Their “War On Festivals” The Boot
“Not only are young people still dying, Gladys Berejiklian and co. are now dismantling an entire industry.”
‘Don’t Kill Live Music’ Rally Announced In The Wake Of NSW Government’s Harsh Festival Laws
A heads up to those in Sydney.
NSW At Risk Of Being “Wiped Off The Festival Map”: Live Performance Australia & More Slam Government
“Whole sections of our industry are now being destroyed by a knee jerk response from a government that couldn’t care less”
