Music festivals

NSW festivals with more than 15,000 people will receive emergency funding under new package to revive the ailing industry.

Of the 535 music festivals held in Australia during the 2022/23 financial year, 35% lost money. Creative Australia’s latest report found average losses amounted to almost $800,000.

Music festival funding is needed to secure the sustainability of Australian music festivals, The Greens have said.

Drug deaths at music festivals were significantly higher in the 2010s than the 2000, a new study has found.

Strip searches in Australia are policed by different laws across each state and territory. This is what they are.

What are the strip-searching rules in NSW? An audit found less than one-third of strip searches are following correct legal processes.