According to the ABC news this evening, Refshauge has admitted that the Caroline Lane needle exchange did not breach the rules. The exchange, according to the minister, was not operating properly in that boxes of needles were left unattended and no counselling was available. Caroline Lane will not be re-opened but a mobile service for Redfern will be put in its place. The mobile service will have counselling also but the exchange will only be for residents and not for people from elsewhere (!). The government will meet with residents and consult with them on opening a new, local facility to take the place of the impending mobile service. Whether or not this outcome is desirable, I don't know. Maybe someone with more knowledge of the area can fill us in on whether or not this new proposal will be adequate or not. In any case, I think Recoznetters, once again, helped to light a fire under a pollie so that the injustice was not swept under the carpet. We will monitor the minister to make sure that he follows up his words with something concrete. Trudy - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Trudy & Rod Bray Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 13 Cunningham Place Phone: +61(0)2 4655 1050 Camden N.S.W. 2570 Fax: +61(0)2 4655 7968 Australia ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use."
