Residents of a St Kilda street received flyers from the Department of Health saying the service would be established at an existing health centre for Indigenous people.
Residents in Mitchell Street were letterboxed on Friday with a flyer from the Department of Health stating that Ngwala Willumbong Aboriginal Corporation would establish a sobering-up service nearby for First Nations people.
It said the culturally safe centre would operate 24/7 and be staffed by outreach workers, alcohol and other drug workers, Aboriginal health practitioners and Elders.six beds were planned at a sobering-up centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in addition to a larger centre for the general public.
The government said that for most people, that would be their own home or that of friends or family, but for others it would be a sobering-up centre, if they consent.
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