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Philippa Clark
Eat Street Bangalow was a resounding success – so much so that if Lisa Hunt, who has been running SummerStage, had been organising it, the cops would have been down there handing out fines like confetti.
The food was great, but the double standard shown by the conspicuously silent Tweed-Byron police left a bad taste. Crowds at SummerStage earlier this month. Photo supplied .
Last week, the idea of a 500-person concert at Red Devil Park had the police throwing the book at organiser Lisa Hunt, delivering her a financial one-two punch. First she had to fork out for the User Pays policing service prior to the event, then she copped a $5,000 fine afterwards because police spotted concertgoers dancing in contravention of the COVID Safe plan.