The Victorian Liberals have slammed the state government’s plans to build a second drug injection room in metropolitan Melbourne, stating that it “must not go ahead” as the release of the consultation report on the second room gets further delayed.
“Labor is focused on further destroying the CBD’s efforts to recover and rebuild by putting an injecting room at the gateway to Melbourne’s CBD,” said Emma Kealy, the Victorian Shadow Minister for Mental Health.
The condemnation comes as the state government’s long-awaited consultation report on the second room, originally expected to be completed by the end of 2020, remain delayed with no news of its expected completion date.
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