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Premium Content Subscriber only First is the issue of the strict control the NSW Government has held over music festivals recently. Bluesfest Byron Bay was never declared a 'high risk' festival under the NSW Music Festivals Act, and as such, it does not require the Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority to approve its safety management plan. A spokesman for Liquor and Gaming confirmed the festival had attained the required approvals to go ahead this year. "Bluesfest holds a current ongoing on-premises licence that may be utilised to hold the event," he said. "The festival is not require...