Jacinta Allan responds to Heidi Murphy’s question on North Richmond injecting room

Premier Jacinta Allan has responded to one of fill-in 3AW Drive host Heidi Murphy’s questions on the North Richmond safe injecting room, amid the latest safety concerns to come to light.

It comes after City of Yarra mayor Stephen Jolly stated North Richmond is like “Disneyland for drug users” on 3AW Breakfast this morning, with the gambling commission moving out of the area in August amid workers’ safety fears.

“It came as no surprise to me,” Murphy said.

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“It’s saving lives … since it’s been operational, it’s managed something like 9,000 overdoses,” the Premier said.

“You’ve got an agency whose workers don’t safe,” Murphy said after the Premier’s comments.

“The first step is actually admitting there’s an issue, there’s a problem, we haven’t got it quite right, let’s sort it out!”

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