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International Overdose Awareness Day: The Saving 8 – Innovations to Reduce Fatal Overdose
- August 31, 2020
- Posted by: Julia Daly
- Category: ENEWS
No CommentsToday is International Overdose Awareness Day. VAADA acknowledges those who have passed through fatal overdose and the enduring grief experienced by their family and loved ones. VAADA has developed a statement and companion infographic detailing eight straightforward evidence-based innovations that will reduce fatal overdose. VAADA Media Statement – International Overdose Awareness Day
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VAADA Media Release: First reduction in fatal overdose since 2010
- August 24, 2020
- Posted by: Julia Daly
- Category: ENEWS
First reduction in fatal overdose since 2010
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VAADA COVID-19 Pre Budget Submission
- August 19, 2020
- Posted by: Julia Daly
- Category: ENEWS
A recent report reflecting the impact of COVID-19 on AOD services and service users has been developed and may be of interest. VAADA has provided the government with a Victorian-based pre budget submission. It highlights the impact of COVID-19 on service delivery and contains a number of recommendations. To complement this submission is an infographic
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Mental Health and AOD Workforce Wellbeing Grants available now
- May 22, 2020
- Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
- Category: ENEWS
The department is pleased to announce the release of a workforce wellbeing grants program dedicated to supporting the workers in state-funded mental health and AOD services. The Mental Health and AOD Workforce Wellbeing Grants recognise the impact of COVID-19 on frontline workers in Victoria’s mental health and drug and alcohol services. A total funding pool
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ADCA Agencies Service Delivery Model – COVID-19 Response
- March 30, 2020
- Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
- Category: ENEWS
AOD Activity Bendigo Comm Health Castlemaine District Comm Health Cobaw Comm Health Echuca Regional Health Maryborough District Health Northern Districts Comm Health Sunraysia Comm Health Swan Hill District Health ADCA Consortium Activities Assessments AOD services are being delivered through telehealth arrangement. AOD services are being delivered through telehealth arrangement. Telephone and telehealth support –
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Presentations from the Victorian AOD Service Providers Conference are now available
- November 28, 2019
- Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
- Category: ENEWS, Event
Click this link to access
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VAADA’s September Newsletter is now available
- September 19, 2019
- Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
- Category: ENEWS
https://www.vaada.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/03_VAADA-eNews_September_2019.pdf
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MEDIA RELEASE: Common Sense Approach Welcomed to Public Drunkenness
- August 23, 2019
- Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
- Category: ENEWS
The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) welcomes the Victorian government’s announcement to decriminalise public drunkenness. The announcement, which aligns with a recommendation from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, seeks to remove an archaic law which drives those experiencing disadvantage further into harms way. The Victorian government has committed to establishing a
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AOD in the News: The Australian, the Guardian and the Age
- August 15, 2019
- Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
- Category: ENEWS
$20m bid to butt out smoking The Australian, Journalist Olivia Caisley The Morrison government will aim to cut Australia’s smoking rate to under 10 per cent by 2025 as part of a new $20 million strategy to reduce daily smoking among Australians. Speaking at the National Press Club in Canberra yesterday, Health Minister Greg Hunt
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Illicit Drug Data Report 2017–18
- August 6, 2019
- Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
- Category: ENEWS
In its 16th year, the Illicit Drug Data Report 2017–18 (IDDR) provides an authoritative picture of illicit drugs in Australia. It continues to inform policy and operational decisions across government, industry and the not-for-profit sector and focuses efforts to reduce the impact of illicit drugs on our communities. In 2017–18, there were 112,827 drug seizures and 148,373
