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Music festival suddenly cancelled in Victoria as organisers are denied permit at the eleventh hour: 'It's politics gone mad!'


Victorian electronic music fans have been left heartbroken after a planned music festival was cancelled at the eleventh hour this week.

Buloke Shire Council gave the festival the green light on Monday, despite staff recommendations the permit may be denied due to health and safety concerns, The Age reported Just hours out from doors open on Thursday, it was revealed the festival's application for a Place of Public Entertainment Occupancy Permit (POPE-OP) had been rejected by the council's building surveyor. A number of these cases were confirmed as shigella gastroenteritis—a highly-contagious gastro strain characterised by a sudden onset of diarrhoea, abdominal cramps, nausea and vomiting.

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