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Cashless pokie trial flush with club and pub volunteers

Cashless pokie trial flush with club and pub volunteers

Ten times the planned number of poker machines have been nominated for a cashless gaming trial in NSW, but critics say an expansion will lead to more delays.

Medical groups push for promised CBD injecting room

Medical groups push for promised CBD injecting room

Medical groups push for promised CBD injecting room

Medical groups push for promised CBD injecting room

The Victorian government has been called on to honour a longstanding promise to establish a supervised injecting room in Melbourne's CBD.

Victorians top list for taking deadly 'super drug'

Victorians top list for taking deadly 'super drug'

Victorians top list for taking deadly 'super drug'

Victorians top list for taking deadly 'super drug'

Authorities warn fentanyl has the potential to devastate Victoria, though there are no plans for police to carry life-saving medication for overdose treatment.

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Site for Victoria's first sobering-up centre revealed

Site for Victoria's first sobering-up centre revealed

Victoria's government has revealed key details of its health-based approach to public drunkenness, with a facility to provide a safe place for sobering up.

Crown switches focus to problem gambling prevention

Crown switches focus to problem gambling prevention

Crown says it is shifting its focus away from targeting problem gamblers and broadening its agenda to preventing gambling harm.

Cashless gaming trial up and running within months

Cashless gaming trial up and running within months

Hundreds of poker machines will go cashless in a one-year trial as part of the NSW Labor government's gambling reform package.

New study creates guidelines to safely kick opioid use

New study creates guidelines to safely kick opioid use

New guidelines to help people take control of their opioid usage recommends creating tailored plans to quit the drug as soon as it is prescribed.

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Pubs and clubs warned ahead of pokie compliance blitz

Pubs and clubs warned ahead of pokie compliance blitz

Pubs and clubs warned ahead of pokie compliance blitz

Pubs and clubs warned ahead of pokie compliance blitz

Liquor & Gaming NSW is launching a new phase of a targeted program to ensure pubs and clubs are complying with key gaming harm-minimisation measures.

Fatally bashed woman's son wants change out of inquest

Fatally bashed woman's son wants change out of inquest

Fatally bashed woman's son wants change out of inquest

Fatally bashed woman's son wants change out of inquest

The son of Maud Steenbeek, who was fatally bashed by her neighbour, says change is urgently needed to better support people living with mental health issues.

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