Needle Syringe Program at Palm Beach

Eligibility - Queensland residents
Principal Petitioner:
Gordon Watson
PO Box 1174
Palm Beach Qld 4221
Total Signatures - 141
Sponsoring Member: Jann Stuckey MP
Posting Date: 28/3/2007
Closing Date: 18/5/2007
Tabled Date: 22/5/2007
Responded By: Hon Stephen Robertson MP on 24/7/2007
TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
Queensland residents draws to the attention of the House the Needle Syringe Program (NSP) at the Palm Beach Community Health Centre. Your petitioners, therefore, request the House to, in the interest of community safety, put in place a procedure for measuring and monitoring the impacts of and implement guidelines for the determination of the most suitable locations for NSP facilities. Additionally we seek an undertaking that regular reviews of the NSP will be conducted and the results are made publicly available.