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KOCA and Family Drug Support hold press conference on steps of Parliament

KOCA

23 Feb 2024

KOCA and Family Drug Support hold press conference on steps of Parliament
Parliament Steps vigil for Danial, 6pm, 15 November 2023

10 Nov 2023

Parliament Steps vigil for Danial, 6pm, 15 November 2023
Want a healthier, safer CBD? Open an overdose prevention centre

Dr Paul MacCartney, CBD News

20 Sept 2023

Want a healthier, safer CBD? Open an overdose prevention centre
Victorian medical bodies urge Daniel Andrews to open Melbourne CBD supervised injecting room

Raf Epstein and Madi Chaste, ABC Radio Melbourne

26 Sept 2023

Victorian medical bodies urge Daniel Andrews to open Melbourne CBD supervised injecting room
Medical groups push for promised CBD injecting room

Cassandra Morgan, Canberra Times

26 Sept 2023

Medical groups push for promised CBD injecting room
“Get on with the job”: Greater push for injecting room as health teams face more CBD overdoses

CBD News

22 Feb 2023

“Get on with the job”: Greater push for injecting room as health teams face more CBD overdoses
Dozens and dozens of business leaders unite to support CBD injecting room

3AW

9 Mar 2023

Dozens and dozens of business leaders unite to support CBD injecting room
Grieving parents push for Melbourne CBD’s safe injecting room

Rachel Eddie, The Age

6 Mar 2023

Grieving parents push for Melbourne CBD’s safe injecting room
In Melbourne's CBD, drug outreach workers say need for a supervised injecting room is rising

Leanne Wong, ABC

11 May 2023

In Melbourne's CBD, drug outreach workers say need for a supervised injecting room is rising
Residents' vigil calls for overdose prevention centre in CBD after Coroner's report shows heroin deaths have doubled in the City of Melbourne

15 Nov 2023

Residents' vigil calls for overdose prevention centre in CBD after Coroner's report shows heroin deaths have doubled in the City of Melbourne
Fears of ‘tidal wave’ of overdoses if synthetic opioids hit city

Cara Waters, The Age

27 Sept 2023

Fears of ‘tidal wave’ of overdoses if synthetic opioids hit city
They save lives and keep the public safe. Should there be more of these rooms in Australia?

Ewa Staszewska, SBS News

28 Sept 2023

They save lives and keep the public safe. Should there be more of these rooms in Australia?
cohealth's Richard Di Natale calls for CBD injecting room

ABC

26 Sept 2023

cohealth's Richard Di Natale calls for CBD injecting room
Melbourne doctors call for second injecting room

Kathleen Ferguson, ABC

26 Sept 2023

Melbourne doctors call for second injecting room
Heroin overdose data strengthens case for new Melbourne injecting room, peak body says

ABC

18 Apr 2023

Heroin overdose data strengthens case for new Melbourne injecting room, peak body says
Community Chiefs back Melbourne injecting room

Nine News

9 Mar 2023

Community Chiefs back Melbourne injecting room
Melbourne's injecting room delay puts lives at risk as heroin overdoses spike in CBD

Cait Kelly, The Guardian

24 Jan 2023

Melbourne's injecting room delay puts lives at risk as heroin overdoses spike in CBD
Heroin overdoses surge in Melbourne as health services struggle to cope

Cait Kelly, The Guardian

8 May 2023

Heroin overdoses surge in Melbourne as health services struggle to cope

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