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state political reporter Richard Willingham

Victoria's one-stop-shop forensic medicine centres are dividing those working on the front lines

Victoria sexual assault Daniel Andrews Jaclyn Symes

Victoria's embattled forensic medicine system is locked in a stand-off over the use of specially built one-stop-shops for victims of sexual assault and violence.

An ABC investigation found some victims of sexual assault were being forced to wait up to a day to be assessed by forensic doctors due to a staff shortage and a lack of funding.

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