Just 24 hours after it was announced Festivale would be cancelled, the state government has released an updated events framework.
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Premier Peter Gutwein on Wednesday announced the reviewed framework would allow multiple groups of 5000 to attend any given event each day.
He said, in theory, an event could have 10,000 free-moving attendees on one day and in one place, as long as they were separated by two separate sessions. Although, the previous events framework had the same stipulations.
"A revised events framework ... provides clear and simple guidance to event organisers, builds on the work that's already been done, and importantly, the feedback from stakeholders in terms of ensuring that some matters were made a little easier," Mr Gutwein said.
The previous events framework was rolled out at the start of December, and events and tourism operators were questioning whether that framework was growing stale.
Festivale chairman David Dunn after announcing the cancellation said uncertainty had blighted any chance of the event going ahead, and called for a review of the 10-month old framework to be finalised.
He said an indication of when that review would be done would have provided some kind of assurance for the 2022 event.
"Until something is written in concrete, everything is still possible to change. It's an uncertain game," he said.
Less than a day before the review was announced, Mr Dunn said he hoped for "some indication of when the review may occur".
He got that assurance less than 24 hours later, but it was not enough to change the future of Festivale.
Mr Gutwein said the government was in conversation with the Festivale about the event prior to its cancellation, but the nature of the event made it impossible for them to adapt to a multi-session plan.
Mr Dunn said planning for Festivale took about 10 months as booking musicians and the event's celebrity chef required getting in early and extensive negotiation.
He said with the review now being release, Festivale had already started planning ahead for whatever event may take place in the back-end of 2022, and the event's return in 2023.
The most significant changes to the framework included an indication event staff, volunteers and contractors would not be included in the numbers cap of any given event.
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Explanation was provided on small gatherings, those less than 100 inside and 500 outside and regarding cleaning schedules, and the need for a deep clean between events, was also given.
Tier one events, those with lower risk and lower attendance, did not require approval rather registration and an adherence to a COVID-safe checklist.
Tourism Industry Council Tasmania chief executive Luke Martin said the framework was good news for the industry.
"It provides certainty to event organisers and we're hopeful as many events as possible will proceed," he said.
He said that certainty could also be strengthened by surety about lockdowns, or the lack thereof, once the state-based plan for opening was announced.
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