‘Drug injecting room by stealth’: Sky News host raises concerns for health centre

Sky News host Peta Credlin has questioned whether Australians can trust the Victorian Labor government on drug injecting rooms in the state. “They said before the election they’d never have a drug injecting room in Victoria, they did not support one,” she said. “Straight after they won the election, they started a trial they call it and that trial became a permanent facility in Richmond.” Ms Credlin raised concerns about a new facility being built. “They’re saying it’s not an injecting room, it’s a health centre,” Ms Credlin said. "The Victorian Health Minister … she was on radio this afternoon she was asked about a hydromorphone; this is a replacement for heroin. “My fear here is this will be injecting drugs, this will be doctors prescribed drugs … but they’ll still be mind-altering drugs. “This will be a drug injecting room by stealth.”