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read more17th September 2024 - NSW Government amends laws to help struggling music festival industry
6th September 2024 - Report shows 2024 Byron Bay Bluesfest contributed $230 million into NSW economy
29th August 2024 - E-Petition launched to secure NSW Government support for saving Bluesfest
14th August 2024 - Bluesfest organisers announce 2025 edition to be the very last
9th June 2024 - Larger than expected crowds prompt safety fears at Vivid Sydney
11th May 2024 - TEG Live stages Australia’s ‘biggest beach party ever’
10th March 2024 - Heatwave prompts cancellation of Pitch music festival as man dies from suspected drug overdose
26th June 2024 - Caloundra Music Festival permanently cancelled as Sunshine Coast Council halts funding
28th May 2024 - Armidale ‘Big Chill’ festival delivers impressive boost to local economy
8th April 2024 - Death of promoter Garry Van Egmond at 82
8th February 2024 - Death at Western Victorian burnout event highlights disputes in governance of Australian motorsport
19th January 2024 - Monash University study finds festival drug-checking services could reduce deaths
15th November 2023 - Adelaide’s Harvest Rock festival demonstrates economic value of major events
2nd August 2023 - Perth Festival develops major new homegrown event ‘EverNow’
11th December 2019 - NSW Government to introduce drug amnesty bins but no pill testing at music festivals
8th November 2019 - NSW Coroner recommends introduction of pill testing and banning sniffer dogs at festivals
16th October 2019 - NSW Government to ignore Coroner’s pill testing recommendation as it reintroduces festival management laws
14th June 2019 - Queensland Coroner recommends statewide safety reforms for mass gatherings and public events
30th April 2019 - Pill testing saves lives at ACT’s Groovin the Moo festival
18th January 2019 - Leading medical body calls for pill testing trials at Australian festivals
27th March 2018 - Recommendation for festival pill testing to help emergency services treat overdose victims
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