HYDROMORPHONE TRIAL A SMOKESCREEN TO DISTRACT FROM LABOR’S OUTRAGEOUS DECISION TO AXE SECOND INJECTING ROOM
2024-04-26 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 injecting room in the CBD despite this being the key recommendation in Ken Lay’s […]
LABOR MUST HEED REPORT ADVICE AND ESTABLISH SECOND SAFE INJECTING ROOM IN MELBOURNE
2024-04-09 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 room for almost a year, 9 News has overnight revealed some of the details […]
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 […]
TRAGIC OVERDOSE DEATH COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED HAD PILL TESTING BEEN IMPLEMENTED
2024-03-11 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 the community, young people will be at risk of drug-related overdose […]
GREENS’ PRESSURE SEES PILL TESTING ON HORIZON, BUT SHOULDN’T COME AT EXPENSE OF INJECTING ROOM
2024-03-11 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 the community, young people will be at risk of drug-related overdose […]
Greens back open letter from medical bodies supporting a medically supervised injecting room in CBD.
The Victorian Greens have thrown their support behind an open letter released today calling for a medically supervised injecting room (MSIR) to be established in Melbourne’s CBD.
Government must establish more safe injecting rooms to take pressure off North Richmond.
The Victorian Greens have welcomed today’s announcement that the Victorian Labor Government will make the medically supervised injecting room in North Richmond ongoing. However, the Greens say it’s disappointing the Government seems to be backing away from evidence-based recommendations that would make the situation in North Richmond better, such as expanding eligibility criteria to move […]
Greens push to improve government bill so more safe injecting rooms can be set up where they’re needed.
The Victorian Greens will move to make it easier to establish more medically supervised injecting rooms where they are needed in Victoria, when Parliament returns this week.
Save Live Music in Victoria!
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