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Crowds and illuminated installations at Vivid Sydney.
Vivid Sydney 2023. Eric Opena via Flickr

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Public safety at Vivid ‘compromised’ after NSW government backed unauthorised paramedic provider

Destination NSW, the state government agency responsible for organising Vivid Sydney, awarded a three-year paramedic contract to Surf Life Saving Services, an organisation that had no legal authority, licences, experience, or paramedic teams in March 2023.

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The public-interest lens

Three questions change how you read the news.

Who gets to decide?

Identify who made the decision, who advised them and whose interests were absent from the room.