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North Richmond safe-injecting room to be made permanent, Daniel Andrews announces

Premier Daniel Andrews says the North Richmond safe-injecting room has saved many lives. (AAP: Joel Carrett, file photo)

Victoria's controversial North Richmond supervised-injecting room has saved dozens of lives and will be made permanent, Premier Daniel Andrews has announced.

Mr Andrews revealed this morning that an independent review of the facility had recommended it move beyond the trial phase, and that legislation would be introduced to ensure this.

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