Church and faith leaders are urging the acceleration of drug reform to avoid “disastrous” interactions with the criminal justice system.

Days of ‘going through a gauntlet of police lined with drug dogs’ are over,says a top cop

More officers are being distributed to train stations to target the supply of drugs rather than the possession at music festivals.

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Delta Goodrem performs at the Eurovision grand final.

Bulgaria wins Eurovision,Delta Goodrem ‘stoked’ as Australia comes fourth

She says she “felt the country with me” and is thrilled with Australia’s fourth place after Bulgaria won in a nail-biting final count,Michael Idato reports from Vienna.

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Madonna (left) joined Sabrina Carpenter on-stage at Coachella. Is the queen of pop well and truly back?

Thought she’d hung up? Madonna is back – and her new song is a banger

Coachella marked only the beginning of Madonna’s hedonistic pop comeback tour,returning with a bang after years of half-hearted attempts and bizarre experimentation.

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Kendall Jenner in the unofficial Coachella uniform carrying a Kate Spade New York handbag.

The best-dressed person at Coachella is the festival’s biggest problem

Kendall Jenner could be the next Kate Moss of music festivals,but luxury labels,stylists and gifting tents are changing the game.

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Justin Bieber lashed for ‘secondhand embarrassment’ over Coachella return

The star headlined the Californian festival for the first time in front of a celebrity-heavy audience,reportedly picking up $14 million for his efforts.

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Kanye West,who is now known as Ye,has been barred from entering the UK.

‘Should never have been invited’:Ye blocked from entering UK to headline festival

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the government stood firmly with the Jewish community after backlash over the rapper’s history of antisemitic remarks.

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Ye,the rapper formerly known as Kanye West.

Pepsi drops sponsorship of London music festival headlined by Ye

The sponsorship withdrawal from the three-day Wireless Festival came hours after the UK prime minister said he was “deeply concerned” that the rapper formerly known as Kanye West had been booked as the headline act.

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Festival goers are much more likely to avoid court under the NSW government’s drug diversion scheme.

Rich,white and attending music festivals:Who police pick to avoid court

A report has found people caught with illicit drugs at festivals were far more likely to avoid court than others.

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Tim Rogers performing at the Birdsville Big Bash in 2024.

‘We have heard the message’:Another major music festival cancelled

The Queensland event will not proceed despite being 90 per cent sold out.

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Bluesfest was one of Australia’s oldest and most popular music festivals before it went into administration last week.

PayPal offers refund hope for some Bluesfest ticket holders

The online payment platform has announced it is temporarily relaxing their refund rules to help some ticket holders recoup the money they spent before the festival was unexpectedly cancelled.

  • Nell Geraets andKarl Quinn