Melbourne injecting room: Salvation Army hub on Bourke Street being considered for CBD site

Victorian government understood to be examining charity's building for city's second supervised injecting room

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A Salvation Army hub in Bourke Street, in Melbourne's CBD, could become home to a controversial second supervised injecting room, but the final decision is yet to be made.

The Victorian government is understood to be considering housing the room out of the charity's building, near the state parliament.

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