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Berejiklian stands firm on pill testing despite experts calls | Sky News AustraliaNSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is standing firm on her opposition to pill testing, despite drug experts arguing the issue cannot be ignored any longer. \n\nThe family of Alex Ross-King, the 19-year-old who died of a suspected overdose at Sydney’s FOMO music festival, are pleading with the Premier to reconsider her stance in order to prevent further deaths. \n\nWhen pressed on his position, Prime Minister Scott Morrison insisted the issue was to be left to the states, but believes all options should be considered. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n\n\n\n
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Rally calling for pill testing to be held in Sydney | Sky News AustraliaA rally will be held in Sydney on Saturday with the public demanding the introduction of pill testing at music festivals in NSW.\n\nIt follows the Royal Australasian College of Physicians calling for pill testing in an open letter to NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian.\n\nThere have been five deaths at music festivals in the state in four months.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Large crowds pressure NSW Premier to introduce pill test | Sky News AustraliaLarge crowds have taken to the streets of Sydney demanding New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian introduce pill testing at festivals after a string of deaths. \n\nThe thousand-strong rally began at Town Hall before making its way to Hyde Park.\n\nAcross the state, five people have died from suspected drug overdoses at music festivals in the last four months. \n\nMs Berejiklian says pill testing would only encourage drug use. \n\nImage: supplied \u002F News Corp Australia \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Pill-testing 'should be a bi-partisanship issue' | Sky News AustraliaNSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is facing increasing pressure to reconsider her position on pill- testing after a 19-year-old girl died of a suspected overdose following a Sydney music festival.\n\nTed Noffs Foundation chief executive Matt Noffs told Sky News the topic 'should be a bi-partisanship issue' and allow Ms Berejiklian to focus on the upcoming state election.\n\n Image: News Corp Australia \n\n\n\n\n
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Man charged over assault of young girl at Sydney dance studio | Sky News AustraliaA man charged over the alleged physical and sexual assault of a young girl at a Sydney dance studio will face court on Tuesday on dozens of charges.\n\nThe 55-year-old allegedly sexually assaulted the seven-year-old girl at knife-point at the Kogarah studio, last November.\n\nHe's also accused of stabbing a man who came to the aid of the young victim. \n\nSince the incident, investigators have identified and interviewed other potential victims who reported they had also received offensive and obscene phone calls.\n\nHe has now been charged with 87 counts of using a carriage service to menace, harass and offend.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia \n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Sydney man accused of exploiting 15-year-old girl | Sky News AustraliaA Sydney man has been accused of exploiting a 15-year-old girl by sending sexually explicit messages and requesting she reply with images and video footage of herself. \n\nThe 25-year-old was arrested at Sydney Airport on December 15 after officers seized mobile phones and computers from his Quakers Hill home. \n\nThe Sydney man has been charged with using a carriage service to solicit child pornography. \n\nHe has been granted strict conditional bail and is due to front court at the end of January. \n\n\n\n
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