Pill Testing at Groovin's Canberra Leg Denied Due to Insurance | Music News

Groovin the Moo, the country’s first festival to provide free pill testing to punters, will no longer have the service on site. Pill Testing Australia, the company who conducts the tests on site, were unable to secure public liability insurance for last weekend’s event, to be held in Canberra. Festival organisers, as well as the ACT government, were both in support of the service – which makes it even more of a shame, considering it had been successful at Groovin the Moo’s events there in 2018 and 2019. Pill Testing Australia spokesman Gino Vambuca explained that private insurance companies had proposed unrealistic deadlines and expectations of the organisation. “It’s sad and quite dangerous in a way that you’d pull this rug out from underneath us now, because whether you like it or not we know what happens — some people will use drugs,” he said. “They’ve declined at the last minute to proceed with insuring us, and requiring a heap of other information that was impossible to provide them with at such short notice, effectively terminating our service.” Thanks for listening! Be sure to subscribe for more content. Get the TLDR version here Like Homebrewed on Facebook Follow Homebrewed on Instagram Check out our Spotify Playlists here Catch up on everything Homebrewed Homebrewed is a radio program and podcast dedicated to supporting the Australian Music Industry. Cameron Smith and Eamonn Snow have been presenting Homebrewed since November 2017 and have received excellence awards and the admiration of local bands for their presentation of Homebrewed and their continued support of the Australian music scene. This podcast is designed so you can enjoy conversations with musicians, industry representatives and music media personalities.