2023

The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) welcomes the announcement from the Victorian Government of a new indexation rate and a formula to calculate future funding increases. The announcement will provide $259M over four years to support hundreds of community sector organisations, including alcohol and other drug agencies, and provides greater certainty and sustainability for

PRESS RELEASE 31/8/2023 [starts] Providing Support for Victoria’s most stigmatized population The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) stands with families, people who use drugs and the agencies providing AOD treatment and harm reduction services in remembering those who have died through overdose as well as celebrating the efforts of the many tireless advocates who

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 traumas and injustices, First Nations people must have input into the policies and laws that affect them. To this end, VAADA supports the establishment of

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 training and progresses the public intoxication reforms. The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) acknowledges that this budget provides a level of surety for the

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 passed in the Legislative Council on Thursday night. The Medically Supervised Injecting Room (MSIR) has successfully reduced what was soaring intravenous drug related harm occurring