Submissions



[101.30Kb] 		Alcohol & Drug-dependent Persons Act 1968
VAADA submission to the Alcohol & Drug-dependent Persons Act 1968
Last Update:
27-10-2005
Contributor: VAADA


VAADA's draft position on
alcohol avertising
Last Update:
15-07-2009
Contributor: VAADA
 Original Author/Source: Sarah Kerwick

[75.17Kb] 		Children’s Bill and White Paper
VAADA submission to the Children’s Bill and White Paper
Last Update:
27-10-2005
Contributor: VAADA

[82.34Kb] 		Draft Community Correction Services Drug Strategy
Draft Community Correction Services
 Drug Strategy. Submission to
 Department of Justice Discussion Paper. This paper contains a number of recommendations to the Department of Justice on
 the formulation of the draft Community Correctional Services Drug Strategy.
Last Update:
27-11-2006
Contributor: VAADA
Original Author/Source: Jason Rostant

[357.02Kb] 		Draft Response to Shaping the Future: Victorian Alcohol and Other Drug Quality Framework
Submission to the Drugs Policy and
 Services Branch (Victorian Department of Human Services) SHAPING THE FUTURE: THE VICTORIAN ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG QUALITY FRAMEWORK
Last Update:
05-09-2007
Contributor: VAADA
 Original Author/Source: Chloe Duncan

[92.22Kb] 		Health Act 1958 Submission to Review
VAADA's submission to the Department of Human Services review of the Health Act 1958
Last Update:
02-06-2006
Contributor: Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association

[148.40Kb] 		Health Promotion in Schools and Communities

Submission to the Parliamentary inquiry into the potential for developing opportunities for schools to become a focus for promoting health community living
 July 2009
Last Update:
12-10-2009
Contributor: VAADA
 Original Author/Source: Sarah Kerwick

[102.00Kb] 		Inquiry into strategies to reduce harmful alcohol consumption
Submission to the Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee
Last Update:
08-08-2005
Contributor: VAADA

[119.00Kb] 		Inquiry into the Disability Discrimination Amendment Bill 2003
Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee
Last Update:
08-08-2005
Contributor: VAADA

[95.55Kb] 		Inquiry into the Impact of Illicit Drug Use on Families
Submission to the Family and Human Services Committee (House of Representatives)Inquiry into the Impact of Illicit Drug Use on Families
Last Update:
06-06-2007
Contributor: VAADA
 Original Author/Source: Chloe Duncan

[61.98Kb] 		Response to the National Inhalant Abuse Taskforce’s Consultation Paper “National Directions on Inhalant Abuse”.
VAADA undertook consultations in 2002 in regard to the issue of inhalant abuse. A series of recommendations emerged from those consultations. While those recommendations were from a State perspective, VAADA considers that the NIAT consultation paper comprehensively covers the issues that it has raised in the past in regard to inhalant use.
Last Update:
05-08-2005
Contributor: VAADA (2005)

[231.08Kb] 		State Budget Submission 2009/10
Victorian Alcohol & Drug Association (VAADA)State Budget Submission 2009/10
Last Update:
12-10-2009
Contributor: Victorian Alcohol & Drug Association (VAADA)
 Original Author/Source: Chantel Churchus

[66.89Kb] 		State Budget Submission: 2006-07
A summary of recommendations from VAADA's 2006-07 State Budget Submission.
Last Update:
02-06-2006
Contributor: VAADA

[78.46Kb] 		Submission To The Green Paper: Which Way Home? A New Approach To Homelessness
Submission To The Green Paper: Which Way Home? A New Approach To Homelessness
Last Update:
25-09-2008
Contributor: VAADA
 Original Author/Source: Chantel Churchus

[55.33Kb] 		Submission of the Victorian Alcohol & Drug Association Inc. to the Sentencing Advisory Council Inquiry into Suspended Sentences.
Flexible sentencing options have the potential to divert offenders with alcohol and other drug (AOD) issues from the prison system, and to direct them into therapeutic environments for rehabilitation. VAADA is supportive of strategies that aim to address high incarceration rates through such diversions. Currently, the sentencing system is based on escalation – there is no accounting for the reality of drug dependency.
Last Update:
05-08-2005
Contributor: VAADA (2005)

[57.19Kb] 		Submission to the Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee - ‘Inquiry into strategies to reduce harmful alcohol consumption’.
Alcohol is the most popular drug consumed in Australia, with the 2001 National Drug
 Strategy Household Survey finding that 80% of the population aged 14 years and over had
 drunk alcohol in the past 12 months (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare: 2002).
 Alcohol consumption causes 4,286 deaths per year in Australia or 395,000 hospital bed
 days per year (Collins and Lapsley: 2003). In Victoria, these figures correlate to 3 deaths
 per day from alcohol, 300 Victorian hospital beds being filled per day due to alcohol
 consumption, and a cost of over $5 million per day (Collins and Lapsley: 2003).
 To put this into context, the cost to Victoria per day is larger than the combined cost of
 crime (over $1 million), health (over $1 million) and road accidents (over $1 million).
 Statistics are showing that health costs are increasing by a rate of 7% per year with
 alcohol playing a large part in this increase.
 These figures clearly indicate that there are huge costs associated with alcohol
 consumption in our community, yet, comparatively very little has been spent by
 government’s on tackling the growing problem of alcohol consumption.
Last Update:
05-08-2005
Contributor: VAADA (2004)

[178.00Kb] 		Submission to the Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee. ‘Inquiry into Amphetamines and Party Drug Use in Victoria’.
VAADA’s submission to the Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee ‘Inquiry into amphetamine and ‘party drug’ use in Victoria’ draws upon the research literature, VAADA’s recent party drugs symposium and ongoing consultation with the Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) sector in addressing a number of key issues raised in the discussion paper and Terms of Reference of the Inquiry.
Last Update:
08-08-2005
Contributor: VAADA 2003

[305.31Kb] 		Submission to the Equal Opportunity Act Review Project Team
Submission to the Equal Opportunity Act Review Project Team (Victorian Department of Justice)- EQUAL OPPORTUNITY REVIEW
Last Update:
26-02-2008
Contributor: VAADA
 Original Author/Source: Chloe Duncan & Sam Biondo

[368.86Kb] 		Submission to the Equal Opportunity Act Review Project Team
Submission to the Equal Opportunity Act Review Project Team (Victorian Department of Justice) - EQUAL OPPORTUNITY REVIEW
Last Update:
12-06-2008
Contributor: VAADA
 Original Author/Source: Chloe Duncan & Sam Biondo

[67.16Kb] 		Submission to the Senate Inquiry Into Ready-To drink
Submission to the Senate Inquiry Into Ready-To drink
Last Update:
11-08-2008
Contributor: VAADA
 Original Author/Source: Chantel Churchus

[479.46Kb] 		Surveillance in Public Places
Submission to the Victorian Law Reform Commission Consultation Paper on Surveillance in Public Places
Last Update:
12-10-2009
Contributor: VAADA
 Original Author/Source: Sarah Kerwick

[112.05Kb] 		The Links Between Alcohol and Drug Use and Poverty: VAADA’s Submission to the Senate Inquiry into Poverty
There is a great deal of evidence for the link between alcohol and drug use and poverty, although research studies have not been able to establish conclusively whether there is a causal link between alcohol and drug use and poverty.
Last Update:
05-08-2005
Contributor: VAADA (2003)

[122.00Kb] 		The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Sector’s Perspective on Alcohol Excise and Taxation
A submission to the Senate Economic Legislation Committee
Last Update:
08-08-2005
Contributor: VAADA

[99.50Kb] 		Towards the Development of a National Agenda for Early Childhood
VAADA’s Response to the Commonwealth Task Force on Child Development, Health and Wellbeing
Last Update:
08-08-2005
Contributor: VAADA

[59.93Kb] 		VAADA Submission on DRUG DETECTION AND SCREENING IN SCHOOLS
Submission to the National Research Centre on AOD Workforce Development: DRUG DETECTION AND SCREENING IN SCHOOLS
Last Update:
09-01-2008
Contributor: VAADA
 Original Author/Source: Chloe Duncan

[410.77Kb] 		VAADA Submission to Because Mental Health Matters
VAADA Submission to the Victorian Government’s Because Mental Health Matters Consultation Paper
Last Update:
25-09-2008
Contributor: VAADA
 Original Author/Source: Chantel Churchus

[220.50Kb] 		VAADA Submission to the National Amphetamine-Type Substances Strategy Project Management Group
VAADA Submission to the National Amphetamine-Type Substances Strategy Project Management Group
Last Update:
08-06-2007
Contributor: VAADA
 Original Author/Source: Chloe Duncan

[351.75Kb] 		VAADA Submission to the National Health and Medical Research Council’s Draft Alcohol Guidelines
VAADA Submission to the National Health and Medical Research Council’s Draft Australian Alcohol Guidelines for Low-risk Drinking
Last Update:
12-06-2008
Contributor: VAADA
 Original Author/Source: Chloe Duncan

[113.58Kb] 		VAADA Submission to the Stronger Community Organisations Project Steering Committee
VAADA Submission to the Stronger Community Organisations Project Steering Committee - STRONGER COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS PROJECT: DISCUSSION PAPER
Last Update:
25-09-2007
Contributor: VAADA
 Original Author/Source: VAADA

[293.69Kb] 		VAADA VICTORIAN ATS SUBMISSION
VAADA Submission to the Victorian Amphetamine-Type Stimulants (Ats) and Related Drugs Strategy, 2007-2010
Last Update:
19-12-2007
Contributor: VAADA
 Original Author/Source: Chloe Duncan

[95.20Kb] 		VAADA submission to DCPC inquiry into pharmaceutical drugs
Submission to the Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee (Parliament of Victoria) Inquiry into the Misuse/Abuse of Benzodiazepines and Other Forms of Pharmaceutical Drugs
Last Update:
25-09-2007
Contributor: VAADA
 Original Author/Source: Chloe Duncan

[183.95Kb] 		VAADA submissions on the Towards a New Blueprint for Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services discussion paper
VAADA submissions on the Towards a New Blueprint for Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services discussion paper
Last Update:
09-01-2008
Contributor: VAADA

[293.14Kb] 		VAADA to Inquiry for Alcohol Toll Reduction Bill
VICTORIAN ALCOHOL AND DRUG ASSOCIATION SUBMISSION TO SENATE INQUIRY FOR ALCOHOL TOLL REDUCTION BILL 2007
Last Update:
31-03-2008
Contributor: VAADA
 Original Author/Source: Sam Biondo

[367.15Kb] 		VAADA's Submission to Australia’s National Drug Strategy: Beyond 2009
Australia’s National Drug Strategy: Beyond 2009
 VAADA's Response to
 the Consultation Paper
Last Update:
04-03-2010
Contributor: VAADA

[297.50Kb] 		VAADA’s Response to the Victorian Government Discussion Paper on the Forensic Drug Treatment System
VAADA’s submission examines a number of separate but related issues pertaining to the operation of the forensic drug treatment system.
Last Update:
15-06-2009
Contributor: VAADA

[774.88Kb] 		VICTORIAN STATE BUDGET SUBMISSION 2008-2009
VICTORIAN STATE BUDGET SUBMISSION 2007-2008
Last Update:
25-09-2008
Contributor: VAADA
 Original Author/Source: Sam Biondo

[644.06Kb] 		Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association
State Budget Submission 2010/11
Last Update:
19-10-2009
Contributor: VAADA

[125.92Kb] 		Victorian State Budget 2003
In the lead up to the Victorian state budget, VAADA has prepared this summary of the four key issues which are currently impacting upon our members in the Victorian alcohol and drug sector. VAADA is seeking a commitment from Government to adequately support the alcohol and drug sector in Victoria through appropriate resourcing of effective programs and services that will meet the needs of people with drug problems.
 The need for appropriate resourcing of the sector is reinforced by recent research which demonstrates that Australians are increasingly supporting greater health funding, even at the expense of tax cuts.
 This submission draws upon VAADA’s Election Issues statement prepared for the information and action of major parties in the lead up to the Victorian state election.
 The issues outlined have arisen as part of our discussions with, and advocacy for, non government agencies in the alcohol and drug sector. We believe that addressing these issues is critical to the sector continuing to respond to the enormous challenges which workers in the sector grapple with every day.
Last Update:
05-08-2005
Contributor: VAADA (2003)

[224.00Kb] 		Victorian State Budget Submission 2004
Submitted to the Victorian Government.
Last Update:
08-08-2005
Contributor: VAADA

[224.00Kb] 		Victorian State Budget submission 2005-06
In the lead up to the Victorian state budget, VAADA has prepared this summary of seven key issues which are currently impacting upon its members in the Victorian AOD sector. VAADA is seeking a commitment from Government to adequately support the Victorian AOD sector through the appropriate resourcing of effective specialised programs and services that will meet the needs of people with drug problems, their families and ultimately the broader community. The need for appropriate resourcing is reinforced by continued public concern regarding community safety and the financial impact of drug related crime on Victorians. Addressing the needs of those people experiencing significant alcohol and drug problems will clearly reduce crime and increase community safety.
Last Update:
08-08-2005
Contributor: VAADA (2005)

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