2023
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Rural and Regional Workforce Snapshot
- December 11, 2023
- Posted by: Trudi Jordan
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In early 2023, VAADA inaugurated its first AOD Workforce Development Survey, with an impressive nearly 25% response rate from the workforce. The report offers a comprehensive glimpse into the distinctive capacities and capabilities of Victoria’s AOD workforce. For an in-depth understanding, access the complete survey report by clicking here. Today, we’re thrilled to present the fourth instalment of our Snapshot Series, shining a spotlight on Rural and Regional workforces. Click below to explore the valuable insights.
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A Stronger, More Diverse and Independent Community Sector Consultation
- December 4, 2023
- Posted by: Trudi Jordan
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The Australian Alcohol & Other Drugs Council (AADC) have made a submission to the Commonwealth Department of Social Services (DSS) A Stronger, More Diverse and Independent Community Sector consultation. VAADA is an AADC member, we consulted on the submission and are a signatory to the submission.
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Drug Checking Saves Lives
- November 30, 2023
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PRESS RELEASE: 30/11/2023. 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 Party. Drug checking (also called pill testing) is currently being supported by 78 agencies in Victoria including health providers, community service organisations, unions, peak bodies and professional associations.
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Cannabis law reform in Victoria a necessary step to improving community wellbeing
- November 24, 2023
- Posted by: Julia Daly
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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 the Regulation of Cannabis
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Sentencing drug law reform in Victoria: A chronically relapsing disorder?
- November 23, 2023
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This monograph – by leading Victorian expert in sentencing law Professor Arie Freiberg – examines the 170-year history of drug sentencing reform in Victoria. Despite the long and complex history of drug criminalisation, this is the first document to examine these issues in the Victorian context. From the fines, bonds and imprisonment of the early colony, through multiple Inebriates Acts, and the development of community-based orders, Professor Freiberg highlights the tensions that arise from attempts to control drinking and drug use via the criminal law. Professor Freiberg offers a sobering history of drug sentencing law reform and highlights the lessons that ideally should be learnt from these successive failures.
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VAADA Annual Report 2023
- November 20, 2023
- Posted by: Trudi Jordan
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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 Victorian alcohol and other drug (AOD) sector continues to face a mix of challenges and opportunities.
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Years in the Sector Workforce Snapshot
- November 20, 2023
- Posted by: Trudi Jordan
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In 2023 VAADA received nearly 400 responses in its biennial Victorian Alcohol and other Drugs Workforce Development survey. A detailed report was produced exploring the high-level findings and offering a handful of recommendations on workforce capacity, capability and wellbeing. This is document forms part of a series of snapshots which focus exclusively on a segment of that data.
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Increasing rates of overdose in Victoria necessitate urgent action
- November 8, 2023
- Posted by: Trudi Jordan
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The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) is deeply concerned about the surge in fatal overdoses in Victoria during 2022 as detailed in the data released by the Coroners Court of Victoria. The soaring number of fatal overdoses is indicative of a preventable crisis with harm reduction measures such as Overdose Prevention Centres and Drug Testing urgently required to save lives.
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Public Intoxication reforms are overdue and need to be supported
- November 3, 2023
- Posted by: Julia Daly
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The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) supports the public intoxication reforms noting that they are a necessary public health measure and that intoxication is unambiguously a health matter. The
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LGBTIQA+ Workforce Snapshot
- November 1, 2023
- Posted by: Trudi Jordan
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In 2023 VAADA received nearly 400 responses in its biennial Victorian Alcohol and other Drugs Workforce Development survey. A detailed report was produced exploring the high-level findings and offering a handful of recommendations on workforce capacity, capability and wellbeing. This is document forms part of a series of snapshots which focus exclusively on a segment of that data. In the following months, VAADA will unveil a series of insightful Snapshots, each delving deeper into survey data. Today, we proudly present our first in the series: LGBTQIA+ Workforce Snapshot.