Knockout Outdoor News Today

The tragic loss of young lives at a festival should not make us complacent, especially when those fatalities arise from preventable drug risks. People are taking drugs, and people will most likely continue to take drugs in the future.

The mass overdoses at the Hardmission Festival at Melbournes Flemington Racecourse happened over four hours on Saturday.

How many more of our young people will needlessly lose their lives this summer due to government inaction?

Exclusive: Between 1 January 2013 and 30 June this year, 94,535 general and strip-searches were prompted by the dogs but nearly 75% of these searches yielded no illicit drugs

The pills contain twice the average amount of MDMA.

Cameron Murphy has split with premier Chris Minns over pill testing, saying an urgent trial over the summer festival season could save lives.

A woman who attended Knockout Outdoor music festival has alleged that she was illegally strip searched by NSW Police.

Trong Ha Nguyen, from Victoria, was arrested at Sydney Airport and charged over the death of a 21-year-old man who attended the Knockout music festival.

Jason Lee, 26, collapsed after attending the Knockout Outdoor festival at Sydney Olympic Park on Saturday.

The NSW government is being urged to reconsider pill-testing following the deaths of two men who attended music festivals over the weekend.