Wollongong Greens Councilor Jess Whittaker wants to see changes for the pill testing regime trial, at the upcoming Yours and Owls Festival in Wollongong.
Ms. Whittaker said ‘drug detection dogs’ especially, cause festival goers to take risks that can lead to overdose, and ‘strip searches’ must be dropped as well.
She added that it costs $2,000 an hour, to fund a police dog while on duty, and sometimes there are up to three being used at once
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