Hydromorphone Trial Can’t Replace Second Injecting Room

Hydromorphone trial a smokescreen to distract from Labor’s outrageous decision to axe second injecting room. The Victorian Greens have called Labor’s recently announced hydromorphone trial a dangerous smokescreen, distracting from their decision to reject expert health advice and axe a second safe injecting room. Earlier this week Labor announced it wouldn’t establish a second safe […]

Rejecting a Safe Injecting Room Will Cost Lives.

Labor’s safe injecting room decision a ‘spineless captain’s call that will cost lives. The Victorian Greens have called Labor’s decision to reject a second medically supervised injecting room (MSIR) in the CBD a ‘spineless captain’s call’ that will cost countless lives. The Greens say it will leave people who are struggling with heroin addiction to […]

Report Advises Second Safe Injecting Room Needed.

Labor must heed report advice and establish second safe injecting room in Melbourne. The Victorian Greens have said people using injectable drugs will continue to die while Labor refuses to act on a report into a second safe injecting room in the CBD. While Labor has been sitting on Ken Lay’s report into a second […]

Melbourne Youth Orchestras

Recently in Parliament I called on the Victorian Labor government to restore the funding it has cut to Melbourne Youth Orchestras. Funding that was this year earmarked for students from government schools with inadequate music programs, as well as young people from regional areas and those living with a disability. The arts are invaluable and […]

Eltham Wildlife and Roads

Eltham residents have a right to know why healthy trees and wildlife are being removed in favour of road upgrades. I asked the minister for roads and road safety for answers. We’ll let you know if we receive a response.

Coronial Report Recommends Pill Testing.

Coronial recommendations for pill testing increase pressure on new Premier. The Victorian Greens have said the new Premier can no longer ignore the mounting pressure in favour of pill testing, following the release of new coronial recommendations. Overnight two Victorian coroners released new recommendations that the Victorian Labor Government trial a pill testing service, following […]

Affordable Housing in Greensborough

In Parliament I called on the government to build public and affordable housing in a prime location in Greensborough, a site currently slated to just be a carpark that could also have housing built on top of it. We should be fully utilising this land to ensure more housing is built for the residents of […]

Tragic Overdose Could’ve Been Avoided By Pill Testing

Tragic overdose death could have been prevented had pill testing been implemented The Victorian Greens have said the tragic death of a festival-goer over the weekend could have been prevented had the Victorian Labor Government implemented pill testing. The Greens say that while untested pills masquerading as party drugs like MDMA continue to circulate in […]