Following festival overdoses,left-wing crossbenchers are stepping up pressure on the state government over drug checking.
This week,the premier signalled a broadening to her outlook when she hinted the state’s long-standing opposition to pill testing may finally be up for debate.
The Parliamentary Budget Office estimates Victoria spends up to $3.9 million a year on MDMA-related overdoses in ambulances,emergency departments and coronial inquiries.
Most of the 64 deaths that occurred at Australian music festivals between 2000 and 2019 involved very high levels of MDMA,in a finding researchers say bolsters the case for pill testing.
Victoria Police will use sniffer dogs and boost their presence at a hip-hop festival this weekend,and Premier Jacinta Allan says she has no plans to trial pill testing.
Some patients have been discharged after nine partygoers were hospitalised in a critical condition after the first Hardmission Festival held in Australia on Saturday.
Fights with NIMBYs over housing density,union pay demands,and the Rozelle Interchange are all waiting for Premier Chris Minns when he returns to work.
This summer,young people at NSW music festivals will be denied a proven safety measure that we know saves lives.
Greens MLC Cate Faehrmann will push forward with a pill testing bill following the deaths of two men at a music festival in Sydney last month.
More than 250 police and four sniffer dogs were at the Listen Out festival in Centennial Park,but festivalgoers say a heavy police presence does more harm than good.
Queensland will become the first Australian state to offer drug users,including those under 18,a free service to test illicit substances,including ecstasy.