following revelations music festivals had been linked to more than a dozen overdoses and more than 100 drug arrests the summer just gone, Mr Andrews took a hard line against pill testing.

NSW will permit a 12-month trial of pill-testing at music festivals beginning ... an emergency department or worse after ...

Scenes from Pitch Music and Arts Festival last year. Source: Instagram Why’s this so important? Last festival season, a number of tragic events brought the need for pill testing to the forefront.