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NEWS: The Australian - 7/2/09 'Amnesty drug bins will be provided at music festivals'

You'd be surprised, it's pretty common to go to the 'G' or Telstra dome to watch the footy and hear a big 'sssnnniiffffff!' coming from one of the cubicles when you visit the little boys room. I'd be lying if i said it wasn't coming from my cubicle on a few occasions tho :P.
 
Haha wow, I'd never have though it. Go for it though, who am I to judge. I'm sure I partake in things that seem odd to others :D
 
As far as I can tell the way amnesty bins work in the UK is, you are searched at the gate and if they find drugs they put them in the bin and you are allowed to go into the festival with no further repercussions. The idea is to reduce the harm caused by drugs by reducing the amount getting in and being taken. (Apparently what our government is trying to achieve.) However, I get the impression this is not the way amnesty bins would work in Australia. The idea seems to be you can dump your drugs pre-search if you want, but if you choose to try and get into the festival with drugs and are caught you would still be charged. Is this right?
 
Dr. David Caldicott does that already here in Adelaide.

I'm not sure on this, but I believe he told us that you can take him pills in for testing however I don't know about amnesty issues or if the results are open to the public.
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Amnesty bins in hospitals is something being worked on at this very moment. A model has been suggested, and the Neorganics issue was instrumental in establishing that model. All will be revealed shortly. I'm not sure the second comment is correct.

As for bins at festivals; while they're not the complete answer, they are a step forward. In my reports to promoters and government I've recently made recommendations that these be considered for Qld.
 

No sniffer dogs or drug-bins at Good Vibrations festival
Article from: The Sunday Times
Nicole Cox, police reporter
February 21, 2009 06:00pm

POLICE will not use drug sniffer dogs at Sunday's Good Vibrations music festival and they are not ready to roll out proposed amnesty bins.

The "passive'' sniffer dogs used by officers at the Big Day Out three weeks ago were borrowed from Customs and the Department of Corrective Services - and are not available for police this weekend.

And senior officers are still developing a policy for the introduction of amnesty bins, in which illicit drugs could be deposited without fear of arrest or prosecution.

The bins were proposed following the tragic death of apprentice hairdresser Gemma Thoms, who had swallowed three ecstasy tablets in an attempt to avoid police detection while entering the Big Day Out festival at Claremont Showgrounds.

The 17-year-old panicked when she spotted the drug dogs.

A spokesman for Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan said the first drug amnesty bins would not be installed until the Rock It music festival at Joondalup Arena on March 8. There were questions over who would man the bins and who could handle the disposed substances, because only police can legally possess confiscated drugs.

``It's a bit more complex than rolling a Sulo bin out in front of a concert entrance,'' he said.

``There are many issues to be addressed, such as what kind of bin, what kind of security it will have, who will oversee it, who can possess the drugs and how will the drugs, if any are deposited, be destroyed.

``Policy has to be properly formulated in consultation with a range of other agencies and this takes time.

``Police are working very hard to have a bin, or bins, at Rock It next month, and after that we will assess their effectiveness.''

Inspector Peter De la Motte, from the central metropolitan police district, said there would be a strong police presence at the Good Vibrations event, including officers in plain clothes who would be on the look-out for illegal drug taking.

He declined to say exactly how many police would be on duty for today's festival at Heirisson Island, which will be attended by thousands of dance music enthusiasts, with Fatboy Slim and The Presets headlining.

Perth Now
 
"No sniffer dogs or drug-bins at Good Vibrations festival
Article from: The Sunday Times
Nicole Cox, police reporter
February 21, 2009 06:00pm"

oh my. no sniffer dogs? far from redemption but well done Karl OCallaghan. I knew you know better. oh and I don't mind you you using the "dogs not available" line. whatever it takes Sir
 
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Pistachio said:
Sweet irony. Could you possibly give more information?
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We've them at a couple of big events where we had to walk single file past a sniffer. Yeah fucked I know but considering the dog didn't catch anyone that I know of (having said that when we arrived we saw someone leaving in cuffs) makes you wonder...
 
Is anyone going/gone to Soundwave? I'm going to the Melbourne one tomorrow and wondering if they'll have sniffer dogs there. hmmm!
 
Our team attended Soundwave in Brisbane. While no-one I heard from saw dogs, the police were certainly there, the 'special forces' team we called em, armed with tazer, gun, pepper spray, and wait for it...a cannister of what looked very much like tear gas.
 
I went to Soundwave in Sydney. There were apparently 500 cops there. There were cops on motorbikes, dirtbikes, helicopters, horseback, 4wd's, tactical units plus the dog squad.

Major overkill that resulted in a 3 hour wait to get in and everyone missing Less than Jake and Goldfinger.
 
Well, went to Soundwave in Melbourne and I didn't see ANY cops or dogs out the front or inside. WTF!
 
phase_dancer said:
Our team attended Soundwave in Brisbane. While no-one I heard from saw dogs, the police were certainly there, the 'special forces' team we called em, armed with tazer, gun, pepper spray, and wait for it...a cannister of what looked very much like tear gas.
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PD, were these guys dressed to 'the nines' and have the initials APU on them? if so, saw them at Soundwave Melbourne.

BTW PD, great HR at Melbourne my GF had to throw her empty water bottle away before entering (she actually emptied at the gate) and then had to queue up for 45 mins to get a drink.

Can put that on the list of stupid rules along with Sensation NYE, where when you bought a bottle of water, they took the top off and threw it away, hmmm, I though having a top on a bottle was safer!!!!!!!

Soundwave terribly organised festival IMHO.
 
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