Speaking in Parliament this week, the Liberal-Democrat said the NSW government had scored an own goal by trying to drive festivals out of the state with strict safety regulations, which would only move them underground and out of the government's control.

"We see this in the opportunity around pill testing - Victoria is maybe creeping towards it, but we are leaps and bounds ahead of NSW who flat out reject the coronial findings calling for it," he said.

"I would like to invite music festival organisers to my home town of Wodonga.

"Gateway Island, right on the border, is the perfect location for a festival.

"We have a thriving service and logistics industry that can support your events - Subsonic, Burning Seed, Strawberry Fields - call me, we can organise a hook up.

"Swipe left to nanny state NSW and swipe right to slightly less nanny state Victoria.

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"The Liberal Democrats look forward to more money coming into Victoria courtesy of music festivals, and we hope to make the state more festival friendly as time goes by."

Mr Quilty said he was also against the practice of strip searches of festival-goers in Victoria, like has been happening with minors in NSW, saying it was an example of a police state.

Labor's Mark Gepp turned the heat back onto Mr Quilty during another discussion in Parliament on tax reform, questioning if the MP had always been against impinging on people's freedom by collecting more tax.

"You want a Hunger Games-style community where the strong and the wealthy survive, I wonder if you harboured those views when you were drawing a salary from the tax office," he said.

"Or was that just a bit of a faux opposition back then?"

Mr Quilty confirmed that was true.

"I worked in the advice area rather then audits so I could actually help taxpayers rather than persecute them," he said.

"Indeed as senior ATO officials became aware of my views they became a little concerned that I thought taxation was theft."