Victorian Liberals to shut down injecting room in a week if elected

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. MatthewGuyMP has laid out his plan for LiberalVictoria's first 100 days of government if elected. Closing the state’s only medically supervised drug injecting room is a top priority.

 

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MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria can someone tell me why the fuck is that a top priority?

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria What a dropkick Guy is, he wants them to inject his front yard obviously.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Back to the future No just back to the past. Libs are a has been, never was, stuck in the Menzies 1950s spent force. Climchange Doesn’t exist. Medicare Super, safe inj rooms; medicinal marijuana; dying with dignity; worker rights; ALL Labour initiatives. Not long now.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Despite your views on this, LiberalVictoria didn’t believe that the Richmond electorate was even worthy of standing a candidate but one of their first actions is to make decisions affecting residents they never wished to represent. DanielAndrewsMP VictorianGreens

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Blood on his hands?

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Must have a big donor living in Richmond somewhere...

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria ksaxb 😱

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria What a clown.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria That’ll be problematic

blairpalese MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria What a dopey drop kick !! Just when cannabis is not long away from being legal, this is so dump of Guy !!

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria So his “top priority” is to force this onto the streets. Sums up this dweeb

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Pretty sure the locals prefer the safe injecting room to having addicts shooting up and overdosing on their streets. I know l would

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Why are LiberalVictoria so interested in killing some people and making life supremely difficult for others?

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Mr Guy is a fool.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Better they overdose unsupervised in a back alley, unless it’s one of your kids...

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria I don’t think they should close it down. What next.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria The Liberal Party and their “Lock em all up” approach...

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Possibly the most stupid and short sighted political promise I've seen in a long time. I hope you don't win.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria wow just casually dismiss decades of research and data that shows clinics like this save lives why dont you. Nothing helps a drug addict recover like treating them like a human

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria 774Melbourne How farcical that Jon Faine chose not to ask Matt Guy y he chose not 2 run a candidate in Richmond to provide the constituents the opportunity to voice their opinion about “their safe injection facility!” John played safe instead of doing his job.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria In a seat he’s couldn’t even be bothered running a candidate.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Does the injecting room interfere with the drug free market model run by the local mafia perhaps. Just asking! 😳😳

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria NFI

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Dangerous, reactionary and naive popularity. People will DIE. Until we address inequality and injustice people will turn to drugs to alleviate their existential pain and suffering. Vote for anyone BUT Matthew Guy.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria matthew guy is a toilet human being who revels in misery and death. also a coward because he’s too pathetic to unblock me and see this

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Oh MatthewGuyMP I’m so disappointed in you. Such a sad terrible unkind idea to lead with. Shame on you. Use your brains and position to improve our state.

ellisoconnor MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Boo Hiss

RoyanWg MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria not many normal people in the liberal party.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria What an utterly terrible policy.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria In an elaborate where the Libs have no candidate.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Wow this guy is really clueless. What’s this, 1980

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria He is desperately trying to appeal to conservative voters, ignoring best practice medical advice and research. His simplistic ‘solution’ of ‘I just want people off drugs’ is akin to the stupidity and naivety of that United States campaign in the late 80’s ‘Just Say No’.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria So now he's not only the mobster's friend, he's trying to be a serial killer.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Back to the public toilets?

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria living in the shadow of 2020 needs modern thinking, not 1950's feelgood revisionism.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria He’s got no idea! How many lives has that place saved?

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria So, “getting back in control” is about cutting services that he doesn’t agree with and causing untold harm to individuals? LNP - seeking a moral justification for selfishness. vicpol

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria WTF MatthewGuyMP. Have you even consulted with business owners of electorate & medical staff at facility You’re all about being tough on crime what do you think will happen if you close facility Crime & deaths on the street. It’s not rocket science 😠

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria 1st the Lobster's Mate will stop anything they can that Labor has started. 2nd Defund anything they can't stop to make it awful or useless. 3rd Open things they can't defund & take credit. 4 Change laws to cover illegal tracks. 5 Sell off whatever remains of Victorian assets

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria What a fucking sook.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Why keep it open when most injecting is done on the street and locals still trip over the scum in the dark. Waste of money. Sell the commission houses and clean up Richmond

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria What an Arsehole!

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Matthew Guy's top priority to close the state's only medically supervised drug injecting room. Well that will fix the problem! We'll just let them leave their needles on the streets or worse, let them die.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Joke^2

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria So, he’s pro-diseases? What a joke

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Wtf?

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria They work, they're safe, and conservative want to shut it down to disadvantage the disadvantaged. The ol LNP philosophies are truly awe inspiring 😔

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria With policies like this, MatthewGuyMP and LiberalVictoria have already lost the VicVotes2018 race.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria matthewguymp seems to be a cruel hearted bastard. I hope he loses by 30 seats. Deserves no less.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Always backward steps. Always destroy and demolish. Maybe ask EXPERTS Guy, EXPERTS.

firstdogonmoon MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria This is absolutely disgusting. Evidence based and it’s working. The Liberals in Victoria are below contempt.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria 🧐

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Wow, he really doesn't want to win!

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria The fact that's his first priority tells you everything you need to know about him and his party.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria If this is his highest priority he’s clearly not the man for the job. Andrews is an idiot too but has a slightly more believable plan.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria He just lost my vote

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria What an idiot! He should listen to the neighborhood.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Ah, Matthew Guy. Following a long line of right wing idiots who think that having an opinion is the same as conducting years of peer-reviewed scientific research. VicVotes

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria A-hole.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria The safe injecting room has resulted in a demonstrable reduction is overdoses and deaths, fewer ambulance, fire brigade & police responses & fewer hospital admissions. This means faster ambulance response times for other patients. Only an ignorant fool would consider closing it.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria And heaven forbid, if this slimy corrupt fascist is given office then every tragic death at this safe room will be entirely on his hands? Every death! VictoriaVotes

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Why are these people such asshats? Here’s an idea MatthewGuyMP. Identify a disadvantaged group. Think of ways to make their life better rather than worse.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Thank God they’re so on the nose, nationally, there’s very little chance of them getting elected. What a mob of Knuckle-Draggers!

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Dog whistling garbage. Sydney has had an injecting room for decades and the world is still spinning.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria I’d respond, but Matthew has blocked me, like so many other Victorians. 🤨

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria I think reduce the murder of Victorian women by their partners or ex partners would and should be a higher priority

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria I've already voted and this made me so furious that I put the Liberals second to last rather than last. At least with in nightmare hellscape the LibDems would usher in I could smoke weed and ride around without a helmet. The Libs are short sighted, reactionary toolboxes.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria What an awful idea. What on earth is wrong with Matthew Guy

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria So its true what the adds says he is the Liberals Cuts guy

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria What will MatthewGuyMP say to the parents of the first child to die in Richmond of an overdose ? A prayer ?

brucerossbrc MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Dumb idea.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Why close injecting rooms MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria ? They’re a service doing a good job without any issues, and helping addicts struggling with life, you’re pandering to the rusted on geriatrics that still vote for you, bad idea! VicVotes2018

firstdogonmoon MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria is MatthewGuyMP planning to turn it into a prayer room?

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Why would a government want to be guided by the evidence?

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria MatthewGuyMP is his own worst enemy. Shut down drug rooms, thus endangering innocent lives. Reduce P plate driver licence fees, giving them more money for fuel, thus endangering more lives.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria One would hope that there are bigger priorities - where is the evidence for closing it or just a Lib brain fart

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria The safe injecting room saves lives and gives people access to treatment and help. Shutting it down would be a tragedy.

LeslieCannold MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Here's a prediction. MatthewGuyMP won't make the election. He will resign under a cloud of doubt regarding fraudulent activity. Gooonnnnnnne vicvotes

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Without access to drugs, the Junkies wouldn't need a 'Medically Supervised' Drug Injecting Room to only justify their addiction(s)!?!

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Is Andrews right in claiming Guy is no longer interested in saving lives?

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Richmond is certainly now by far the capital drug suburb of Australia........drugs are just sold openly under police's noses, no charges. What's going on.?

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Yep. And where will these people go? The policies and laws around drugs are dated and overall a massive failure. Guy is just pandering for cheap votes.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria When you are on SKY LIARS tonight debating Daniel Andrews could you be very CLEAR where i go to get my new TV and REFRIGERATOR on the VERY slim chance you FLUKE this Election. Now i will be coming for them so make sure you tell us LOUD AND CLEAR.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria if the opposition wins will the age keep running total of drug deaths in richmond area...could call it ' blood on matty's hands'

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria 🦞

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Is this such a great issue that it is in the 100 day itinerary? Typical of a Liberal Party, would have thought Health, transport, education and community housing had far more priority.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria That’ll lose him the election

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Good

pedwards2014 MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria What exactly is it with liberal mentality?

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Treat drug addiction as a health problem. Govt controls supply chain to improve quality, reduce cost & eliminate criminal element. Combine with health programs to help people overcome their addiction. Will reduce deaths & crime. Lib madness of locking people up does nothing.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Even though all the research is in it’s favour.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria I'm sure there are bigger issues to solve

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria This shows the harm a Liberal Government would inflict on vulnerable Victorians. Guy clearly knows nothing about harm minimisation nor cares about the fact that those using this facility are members of someone’s family. Guy dines with the Mafia, but acts to judge everyone else.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Talk about pandering to the lowest common denominator. Narrow viewed swinging vote grab. You are doomed

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Great policy

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria I deserve a medal for controlling the urge to punch him in the face repeatedly.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria This is such a common sense move that I'm worried it will get them over the line. VictorianLabor should drop this nonsense and make sure they win the sensible centre. Stand up for our values damn it. SonyaKilkenny paul4frankston NStaikos

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria So he’d prefer the ‘unsafe injecting room....funded by whatever desperate folks find in our houses while we’re out’ then? Sounds sensible. 🙄

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Another desperate attempt by Mr guy how about talking to the experts first

LeslieCannold MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Unelectable - nothing will happen

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria He is such a loser, he will take Victoria back to the stone age. Placating Ppl who are scared to meet forward, he is a decisive dangerous man

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Revealing LiberalVictoria finally and irrevocably as wannabe lizard alien overlords in meat suits. Only the terminally terrified, gullible and greedy vote for the frontmen for plutocrats.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria If they cared so much about the safe injecting room why didn’t they run a candidate in Richmond?

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria This shows you he doesn’t actually care about the lives of Victorians. Evidence based practice shows that these facilities save lives and reduce drug use in the public so why on earth would anyone want to close down such a facility? springst vicvotes

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Lives are being saved in these rooms and he wants to shut them down. He will have blood on his hands when people start dying in the streets again. Not to mention the amount of ambulance hours it takes up to attend ODs in the streets , reducing ambulances available for any others.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria In other words fracking is back on so retrograde

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria The only thing the liberals in Victoria do is close things down and cut funding for anything that’s not private enterprise. I mean out of all the things in the state he could choose to do that’s 1 of his priorities

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Why ?

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Matthew Guy still hasn't promised to get me a new BBQ yet, wont be voting liberal unless Im promised one, along with all the other ludicrous election promises made so far.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria 😡😡

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Gutless ignorant policy

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria This bloke really wants to lose doesn’t he?

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Ideology over scientific consensus. That will be why they won't win state or federal elections. Idiots Auspol

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria What about seeking help for his perpetual outrage and crankiness?

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria FFS

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria He’s so inventive.... what a stupid idea to get rid of them

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Appealing to the Herald Dumb readership with this brain fart of an idea.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria They need to move on. No one cares about the safe injecting room anymore.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria Their policies are based on appeals to minority ideology not evidence or best practice. They will lose as a result.

MatthewGuyMP LiberalVictoria So no evidence based informed policy then ?

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