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‘Will cost lives’: addiction experts condemn decision to scrap proposed safe injecting room in Melbourne’s CBD

Government claims no appropriate location could be found for long-mooted second facility ... read more

I started using heroin decades ago. The rejection of a Melbourne CBD injecting room feels like a rejection of me

The government seems to want teams to go scoop up drug users and put them in treatment – whether they’re ready for it or not ... read more

Long-awaited report into second injecting room to finally be released

The contents of a long-awaited report into a second safe injecting room in Melbourne are expected to be revealed this morning. read more

Victorian government drops plan for a second safe injecting room in Melbourne

The Victoria government has scrapped plans for a second supervised drug injecting room in the centre of Melbourne. read more

Details from Melbourne safe injecting room report revealed

Former police chief Ken Lay delivered his findings to the Victorian government almost a year ago, however until now they have been kept secret. read more

Victorian government rules out plans to build a second injecting room in Melbourne

Victoria has ruled out a second safe drug injecting room in Melbourne against the advice of a long-awaited report. Victoria Premier Jacinta Allan claimed they could not find an appropriate location ... read more

Heroin user says government putting politics above lives in scrapping second injecting room

A long-term heroin user says injecting rooms save lives and the Victorian government has put politics above the health and safety of citizens by scrapping a second injecting centre in Melbourne. read more

Melbourne traders, police welcome scrapping second injecting room, supporters say decision ‘will cost lives’

Melbourne traders and the police union have welcomed the decision to dump plans for a second injecting room in the CBD while supporters of such a facility have branded the Allan government’s ... read more

Allan government dumps plans for second Melbourne injecting room, rejecting Ken Lay report advice

Rejecting a key recommendation from a years-long top-secret report to trial ... Jacinta Allan has dumped plans for a second injecting room in Melbourne. Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui The former ... read more

Injecting room decision prompts calls for probe into North Richmond facility

Premier Jacinta Allan has defended the North Richmond supervised injecting room, rejecting calls from neighbouring residents for an inquiry into the site. read more

Long before ghosting, there were ghosts - at least that’s what the stories said

This year’s Melbourne Writers Festival unleashes the spirits of characters past and stories still to be told … here’s a taste of what’s to come. read more