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Background In response to the request via Engage Victoria for feedback, VAADA coordinated an online consultation session on the 13th July 2023 with workers from the AOD sector to gather

The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) acknowledges the historic and current injustices suffered by First Nations people in Australia. VAADA believes that as a starting point to remedying these

Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) conducted a 2 hour consultation workshop with members of AOD sector regarding questions raised in the consultation paper titled “The Independent review of compulsory

The VDDI provides guidance and oversight for a broad range of integrated mental health and alcohol and other drug activities. In support of the notion that integrated treatment is possible

Drug overdoses, ambulance callouts and drug deaths in Melbourne’s CBD are on the rise following COVID. This CBD drug trends snapshot reveals the drug crisis in our city, and the

The 2023/24 Victorian state budget is a steady no frills budget that extends funding for some residential services in the short term, provides an uplift in opioid pharmacotherapy support, workforce

Government embeds lifesaving support The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) welcomes the passage of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Amendment (Medically Supervised Injecting Centre) Bill 2023 which was

If AOD organisations give attention to the growth, wellbeing and overall work experience of their people, the workforce is more motivated, intents to stay, and performs better. NADA, together with

We stand in support of the trial of a supervised injecting service in the City of Melbourne. The proposal for a supervised injecting service in the CBD will save lives,

The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) welcomes the release of the key findings and recommendations from the final report into the Review of the Medically Supervised Injecting Room (the