‘It’s going to be a very hot summer and it’s going to be a very dangerous summer.’
The two men in their twenties died after leaving the Knockout Outdoor festival at Sydney Showground on Saturday and police are waiting for autopsy reports, with speculation the men died after taking illicit drugs.
“It’s incredibly frustrating that governments don’t seem to act unless there’s a crisis but then all they’ve done after the crisis is commission reports and then not act on the recommendations,” Faerhmann said on Monday. In NSW, police officers can undertake either general or strip searches if they have a reasonable suspicion of illicit drug possession.
“We can’t stop people taking drugs at music festivals, so let’s focus on making everyone safer,” she said.
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