Festival deaths
NSW Labor MP speaks out in support over pill testing
Cameron Murphy has split with premier Chris Minns over pill testing, saying an urgent trial over the summer festival season could save lives.
- by Max Maddison
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'Lots of parents scared': mother of music festival reveller who died takes control
Jennie Ross-King, the mother of music festival reveller Alex Ross-King, is launching a social media blitz urging parents to talk to their children about drug use.
- by Angus Thompson
Festival deaths spark review of high school health curriculum
The review comes as the Berejiklian government announced the roll-out of drug amnesty bins at music festivals, in a move harm reduction experts said would have little-to-no impact on drug risks.
- by Angus Thompson and Pallavi Singhal
No pill-testing trial for Queensland music festival season
An emergency doctor has warned more Queensland festival revellers could fall victim to deadly drugs masked as party pills.
- by Lydia Lynch
Premier reiterates opposition to pill testing after music festival death
"Let's not pretend that pill testing would have saved these lives," NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said on Monday.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
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Drug reform
Frontline doctors urge Premier to trial pill testing, end strip searches for drugs
The senior experts from Sydney's frontline hospital for drug and alcohol admissions said the Premier should look at the evidence.
- by Rachel Clun
Coroner urges law and order retreat as police commissioner hits back
NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller said suggestions his officers contributed to deaths at music festivals would be "strongly defended" after a coroner called for a major roll-back of police powers.
- by Angus Thompson and Alexandra Smith
NSW Police Commissioner hits back at coroner's findings
Police Commissioner Mick Fuller said any suggestion his officers contributed to the deaths of six revellers will be "strongly defended by me."
- by Angus Thompson
'Faces of these young people will remain with me': Coroner urges sweeping changes on drugs
Coroner Harriet Grahame said there was sound evidence policing methods at music festivals was a "harmful intervention".
- by Angus Thompson
'I'm strong enough': Jennie Ross-King's journey from grieving mum to reformer
As a coroner prepares to release her findings into the deaths of six young music festival-goers, one mother readies herself to become an advocate for change.
- by Angus Thompson
Opinion
Pill Testing
Politicians opposed to pill testing should spend a night out in Sydney
I can’t walk into a bathroom at a nightclub these days without seeing a line for the cubicles that extends past two empty urinals.
- by Brandon Jack
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