Organisers of the iconic Birdsville Big Red Bash have announced the music festival will ‘take a breather’ next year. Festival founder Greg Donovan said in a statement, “after eleven successful years of staging the event and overcoming so many challenges and obstacles along the

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NSW agrees to pill testing trial at music festivals amid calls from experts to decriminalise drugs theguardian.com/australia-news…

The NSW Government will begin a 12-month pill testing trial at music festivals in early 2025 to reduce harm from illicit drug use. The free, anonymous service will allow festivalgoers to have substances tested for purity, potency and contaminants by qualified health

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“[The festival circuit] is too important to lose,” said Minister for Music and Night-time Economy John Graham. themusic.com.au/industry/five-…