Calls for needle-exchange program after hundreds of prisoners at risk
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Source: The Age
Published: 2026-02-25 20:07 UTC+10:00
Section: National / Queensland
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Politics, Australia
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Snippet:
The Queensland government has brushed aside a call to introduce a needle-exchange program in the state’s prisons, after reports hundreds of former prisoners may have been exposed to HIV and hepatitis C by sharing injecting equipment.
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