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Submission to the Yoorrook Justice Commission on the AOD System and First Peoples in Victoria
- February 22, 2024
- Posted by: Trudi Jordan
- Category: ENEWS
No CommentsView the submission here VAADA is pleased to release its submission to the Yoorrook Justice Commission on the Alcohol & Other Drugs (AOD) System and First Peoples in Victoria. VAADA -
VAADA Press Release | VAADA budget submission provides pragmatic solutions to alcohol and other drug harm
- February 1, 2024
- Posted by: Trudi Jordan
- Category: ENEWS
View the VAADA State Budget Submission 2024 PRESS RELEASE 1/2/2024 [starts] This submission canvasses a range of priorities which are cost effective, evidence informed and respond to contemporary alcohol and -
VAADA Press Release | Festival Overdoses Preventable
- January 8, 2024
- Posted by: Trudi Jordan
- Category: ENEWS
PRESS RELEASE 08/01/2024 [starts] The eight overdoses which occurred at the Hardmission music festival on 6 January 2024 are distressing, not only due to the pain and suffering experienced by -
Recording Available | 2023 AOD Nurses Forum: Toolkit Top-Up
- December 21, 2023
- Posted by: Trudi Jordan
- Category: Training
Recordings from the 2023 AOD Nurses Forum now available! On 16 November 2023, VAADA held its third annual AOD Nurses Forum: Toolkit Top-up. The event brings together two networks supported -
Recording Available | Understanding vaccination uptake among people who inject drugs: Exploring influential factors and risk behaviours
- December 12, 2023
- Posted by: Trudi Jordan
- Category: Training
This presentation delves into an in-depth analysis of the pattern of Covid vaccination uptake among People Who Inject Drugs (PWID). The focus primarily revolves around understanding the multifaceted factors that -
President Statement | VAADA Board
- December 11, 2023
- Posted by: Trudi Jordan
- Category: ENEWS
I am pleased to announce a number of changes to the Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) Board of Directors. Clare Davies, CEO of the Self Help Addiction Resource Centre -
Victoria is missing its Consumer Leadership Agency
- December 5, 2023
- Posted by: Trudi Jordan
- Category: ENEWS
The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA), has joined a call for the urgent creation of a Consumer Leadership Agency by the Victorian Government, in line with Recommendation 29 from -
Drug Checking Saves Lives
- November 30, 2023
- Posted by: Trudi Jordan
- Category: ENEWS
PRESS RELEASE 30/11/2023 [starts] The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) supports the drug checking pilot proposed by the Victorian Greens, along with the Legalise Cannabis Party and Animal Justice -
Cannabis law reform in Victoria a necessary step to improving community wellbeing
- November 27, 2023
- Posted by: Julia Daly
- Category: ENEWS
Press release 24/11/2023 [starts] The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) supports law reform which reduces law and order interventions among people who use drugs. To that end, VAADA supports -
VAADA Annual Report 2023
- November 20, 2023
- Posted by: Trudi Jordan
- Category: ENEWS
President's Report - Dr Tamsin Short To say that 2022-2023 has been a big year for VAADA is no understatement. As we slowly adjust to life after the pandemic, the