{"id":1004,"date":"2010-06-15T23:56:03","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T23:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/2010\/06\/15\/syringes-and-needles\/"},"modified":"2010-06-15T23:56:03","modified_gmt":"2010-06-15T23:56:03","slug":"syringes-and-needles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/syringes-and-needles\/","title":{"rendered":"SYRINGES AND NEEDLES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DANGEROUS SYRINGES AND NEEDLES FOUND IN LOCAL PARK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>June 16, 2010<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Nationals Member for Gippsland Darren Chester has urged Latrobe Valley parents to remind their children about the dangers of discarded syringes and needles.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Chester recently found five discarded syringes and needles whilst inspecting a public park at the old tennis courts in Shakespeare Street, Traralgon and has reported the matter to local police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to scare people unnecessarily but it\u2019s important that young children are made aware of the danger that discarded syringes and needles can present,\u201d Mr Chester said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs parents we can\u2019t be everywhere with our children and despite the fact that there are many safe disposal sites for used syringes in our communities it\u2019s a fact that they aren\u2019t always used for their purpose.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to be teaching our children about the dangers that discarded syringes and needles present to their health and the risks they face should they touch them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOften discarded syringes and needles are quite difficult to see amongst long grass, leaves, dirt or sand so it\u2019s important that children wear appropriate footwear when visiting public parks and gardens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChildren must also be aware that if they find a syringe they can alert adults who can make sure that the item is disposed of properly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last thing anyone wants is a needle stick injury to one of our local children playing in the park.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Chester has also urged anyone seeking assistance for drug related issues to contact DirectLine on 1800 888 236.<\/p>\n<p>DirectLine is a central 24-hour, seven-day-a-week telephone counselling, information and referral service for anyone in Victoria with an alcohol or drug related concern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DANGEROUS SYRINGES AND NEEDLES FOUND IN LOCAL PARK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>June 16, 2010<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Nationals Member for Gippsland Darren Chester has urged Latrobe Valley parents to remind their children about the dangers of discarded syringes and needles.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Chester recently found five discarded syringes and needles whilst inspecting a public park at the old tennis courts in Shakespeare Street, Traralgon and has reported the matter to local police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to scare people unnecessarily but it\u2019s important that young children are made aware of the danger that discarded syringes and needles can present,\u201d Mr Chester said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}