The Victorian government has rejected a second safe injecting room in Melbourne despite a report pushing for the facility and about six years after the first centre opened in North Richmond.
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* June 2018: Melbourne's first medically supervised injecting room opens under an 18-month trial at North Richmond Community Health
* July 2018: Centre director Nico Clark says the facility has received "overwhelmingly" positive feedback from the 400 users in its first week
* February 2019: Then-MP Fiona Patten says the facility's limited operating hours have led to clientele using drugs in the streets, frustrating locals
* July 2019: A new, expanded centre at North Richmond opens its doors more than a year into the trial
* December 2019: Injecting centre is separated from a needle exchange and outreach service after two health workers are accused of drug trafficking
* June 5, 2020: Premier Daniel Andrews announces a second safe injecting room will be opened near Melbourne's Queen Victoria Market
* July 8, 2020: The government announces former Victorian police commissioner Ken Lay will lead consultation into the need for Melbourne second safe injecting centre
* July 22, 2020: The City of Melbourne votes against the state government push to put another supervised injecting room near the markets
* May 17, 2021: Reports emerge Flinders Street could be the site of Melbourne's second safe injecting room
* May 26, 2021: Melbourne council votes in support a safe injecting room in the CBD
* March 7, 2023: State government announces North Richmond safe injecting will become permanent
* May 5, 2023: Bill to make the North Richmond facility permanent passes the upper house following more than seven hours of debate
* May 31, 2023: Mr Lay delivers his final report on a possible trial in the city
* July 12, 2023: A Salvation Army hub on Bourke Street is considered as a home to a second supervised injecting room
* February 22, 2024: Victorian government relies on executive privilege to reject a two-week deadline made by the upper house to release Mr Lay's report
* April 23, 2024: Premier Jacinta Allan and Health Minister Ingrid Stitt announce Melbourne will not get a second supervised drug injecting room despite Mr Lay's report pushing for the facility
Australian Associated Press
