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Year - 2010

  • Alcohol Taxation
    • June 20, 2010
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    Alcohol Taxation Issued June 2010 Alcohol and its consumption are an accepted and enjoyable part of Australian culture, with a long history and deep sociocultural roots. However, attitudes toward alcohol are also complex and ambivalent, and evidence of significant alcohol-related harm to individuals and communities demands a concerted and effective response. Harmful and excessive consumption

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  • Australia’s National Drug Strategy: Beyond 2009 Response to the Consultation Paper
    • May 21, 2010
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    VICTORIAN ALCOHOL & DRUG ASSOCIATION Australia’s National Drug Strategy: Beyond 2009 Response to the Consultation Paper February 2010 VAADA Vision A Victorian community in which the harms associated with drug use are reduced and general health and well being is promoted. VAADA Objectives To provide leadership, representation, advocacy and information to the alcohol and other

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  • Submission to the Inquiry into the impact of drug-related offending on female prisoner numbers
    • May 21, 2010
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    18 June 2010 Sandy Cook Executive Officer Drugs & Crime Prevention Committee Parliament House Spring St, East Melbourne Vic 3002 Dear Ms Cook, The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) would like to thank the Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee for the opportunity to provide a submission to the Inquiry into the impact of drug-related

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  • Submission to the Victorian Parliament’s Inquiry into Public Housing in Victoria
    • May 21, 2010
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    VICTORIAN ALCOHOL & DRUG ASSOCIATION Submission to the Victorian Parliament’s Inquiry into Public Housing in Victoria January 2010 VAADA Vision A Victorian community in which the harms associated with drug use are reduced and general health and well being is promoted. VAADA Objectives To provide leadership, representation, advocacy and information to the alcohol and other

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  • Alcohol Taxation
    • May 21, 2010
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    Alcohol Taxation Issued March 2010 A Caveat This background paper has been developed to accompany VAADA’s Alcohol Taxation Position Paper (issued February 2010). It contains a more detailed discussion of the complexities of alcohol taxation than was possible or desirable in VAADA’s position paper. VAADA awaits the Commonwealth Government’s response to the review of Australia’s

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  • VAADA Sector Development Survey Summary and Themes
    • May 14, 2010
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  • Alcohol advertising, marketing and promotion
    • March 20, 2010
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    Alcohol advertising, marketing and promotion Issued March 2010 Alcohol and its consumption are an accepted and enjoyable part of Australian culture, with a long history and deep socio-cultural roots. However, attitudes toward alcohol are also complex and ambivalent, and evidence of significant alcohol-related harm to individuals and communities demands a concerted and effective response. Harmful

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