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Experts urge Victoria to provide promised CBD safe injecting room or risk further harm to vulnerable people


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Andrews government bought a Flinders Street site for $40.3m in 2021 but it has sat empty since

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Victoria risks falling behind the rest of the world if it fails to expand on the success of its safe injecting room in Richmond, according to the head of an international harm minimisation group.

The executive director of London-based Harm Reduction International, Naomi Burke-Shyne, is in Melbourne for the organisation’s annual conference and has called on the Andrews government to provide a promised second safe injecting facility in the city’s central business district.

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Continue reading…Andrews government bought a Flinders Street site for $40.3m in 2021 but it has sat empty sinceFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastVictoria risks falling behind the rest of the world if it fails to expand on the success of its safe injecting room in Richmond, according to the head of an international harm minimisation group.The executive director of London-based Harm Reduction International, Naomi Burke-Shyne, is in Melbourne for the organisation’s annual conference and has called on the Andrews government to provide a promised second safe injecting facility in the city’s central business district.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading…