A NSW landowner has been fined $3000 after hosting an unauthorised electronic "bush doof" where a man died of a suspected drug overdose.
The Clarence Valley Council issued the maximum possible fine to the northern NSW property owner this week after 24-year-old David Gallagher died at the unauthorised Omega Festival on the long weekend.
"We will not allow people to flout rules that govern people's safety," council general manager Scott Greensill said in a statement.
"If landowners think they can host illegal events like this without penalty they are completely misguided."
Mr Gallagher was found dead in his vehicle on Sunday afternoon (local time) at the event at Newton Boyd, 80km west of Grafton.
Police heavily criticised the organisers and ravers for refusing to stop the party.
More than 2500 people flocked to the remote location for the three-day festival, which had been hastily moved from an indigenous reserve 200km away when the Tenterfield Shire Council was granted a last-minute court injunction.
Mr Greensill advised landowners who are approached by operators of such events to tell police.
"We make no apology for what some might consider a heavy-handed approach," he said.
"A young person who attended this latest festival is dead and their family grieving."
Omega Festival has been contacted for comment.
