NSW will trial pill testing at music festivals around the state in 2025.

Sydney Morning Herald

Sydney

New South Wales

Australia

Pill-testing to go ahead at NSW summer music festivals

After years of calls for pill-testing services, a 12-month trial in time for the summer music festival season in early 2025 will be unveiled on Thursday.

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NSW will begin a pill testing trial at music festivals from early 2025 in what it says will help combat the risks and harms associated with using illicit drugs.

ABC Australia

Australian Government

NSW to begin pill testing trial at music festivals from early 2025

The NSW premier stresses it's only a trial, but allowing festival-goers to test their drugs for purity, potency and adulterants could save lives.

PerthNow

City of Perth

Western Australia

Music festivals to trial pill testing after drug summit

The anonymous and free-to-access pill testing trial at music festivals in NSW will start in early 2025.

SBS News

'Reduce harm and save lives': Pill testing trial to go ahead at NSW music festivals

New South Wales will undertake a $1 million pill-testing trial at music festivals around the state next year.The trial, which is free and anonymous, will allow festival-goers to bring a small sample of drugs they intend to take to qualified health staff to test for purity, potency and adulterants.The amnesty is strictly limited to people seeking to check drugs for their own personal use and it will remain an offence to possess illicit drugs at a…

9News

NSW to trial pill testing at music festivals in 2025

Minns government approves pill-testing trial at music festivals, following Drug Summit. This is expected to end strip searches and reduce drug risks and harms.

Newcastle Herald

Australian Community Media

Newcastle

'Saving lives': Pill testing to occur at music festivals in early 2025

The New South Wales Government has finally given the green light to a 12-month pill testing trial at music festivals, set to kick off in early 2025. After years of campaigning by harm reduction advocates, the government has decided to take the plunge and give festival-goers a chance to check their gear before they party.
	
		      Premier Chris Minns didn’t mince words when he announced the trial. “No parent wants to be given the news that somet…

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Nine Entertainment

NSW Launches 12-Month Pill Testing Trial Just In Time For Music Festival Season

New South Wales will commence pill-testing trials at music festivals across the state this summer. While keen not to be seen to endorse illicit drug use, the NSW Government said a free and anonymous drug-checking service “will help people make safer choices”. 
Chris Minns (nsw.gov.au) “The trial has a clear purpose,” said Premier Chris Minns “– to reduce harm and save lives.” He added: “I also want to be clear that taking illicit drugs remains i…

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Glebe

City of Sydney

NSW embarks on drug-checking trial

The NSW Government has agreed to trial pill testing at music festivals in early 2025.The project will be a 12-month trial that will be anonymous and free to access by anyone who needs the services. It will reportedly cost NSW taxpayers $1 million (per ABC). During the trial, punters will be able to take a small sample of narcotics to a health professional on-site, who will then test it for purity, potency, and adulterants.“No parent wants to be …

The Music

NSW Government To Trial Pill Testing In 2025

NSW unveils drug-checking trial for music fans, and it may include Wollongong's Yours and Owls festival in 2025.

NSW to trial pill testing at music festivals in 2025

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