Year - 2021
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State Budget Submission 2021/22
- May 21, 2021
- Posted by: Julia Daly
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No CommentsEach year the Victoria Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) prepares an annual state budget submission for the Victorian Government outlining a range of initiatives that we think can make a difference in reducing alcohol and other drug (AOD) related harms across the community. This year’s submission could be considered supplementary to an earlier submission responding
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Victorian Budget 2021-22: Alcohol and other drug treatment on the coat tails of MH
- May 21, 2021
- Posted by: Julia Daly
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Alcohol and other drug treatment on the coat tails of MH The Victorian Government has handed down a mental health budget that will herald a breadth of reform in the sector not seen since the 1990s. The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) acknowledges that the budget works to address significant underinvestment and support for
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Drug checking saves lives
- April 8, 2021
- Posted by: Julia Daly
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07 April 2021 The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) supports the recommendations from Coroner Spanos relating to the implementation of a drug checking services and an early warning system to prevent fatal overdose. The Coroner investigated five fatalities where a common thread was that the deceased did not know that the substances they were
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Mental Health Royal Commission Report – VAADA summary for the AOD sector
- March 5, 2021
- Posted by: Julia Daly
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2 March 2021 The final report of the Mental Health Royal Commission was Tabled in Parliament on 2nd March 2020. The report is comprised of 5 volumes and outlines 65 recommendations for the Victorian Government to consider and implement. The Government has already committed to addressing all 65 recommendations. The report is extremely comprehensive in
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Mental Health in Victoria : A new beginning?
- March 3, 2021
- Posted by: Julia Daly
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MEDIA RELEASE 2 March 2021 [starts] Mental Health in Victoria: A new beginning? The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA), welcomes the release of the final report of the Mental Health Royal Commission. We also look forward to learning more about the detail contained in the voluminous report and the staged implementation of its many
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VAADA ‘snapshot’ waitlist survey results January 2021
- January 30, 2021
- Posted by: Julia Daly
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