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Inquiry into the impact of illicit drug use on families

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Submissions

Submissions will be made available here when they are received and authorised for publication. The Committee encourages submissions to its inquiry from a wide range of individuals and organisations. While we prefer submissions lodged in an original, electronic format, we do not want to exclude contributors who do not have access to computing facilities. Therefore, we will accept submissions in a range of formats which may include typewritten and handwritten documents.

Submissions to this inquiry are listed below in Portable Document Format (PDF). If an alternative format (ie, hard copy or large print) is required, please contact the Committee Secretariat. More submissions will be added to the list when they are received and authorised for publication.

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There is currently a total of 183 submissions in the following list.

  1. Mr Ralph Seccombe (PDF 97KB)
  2. Name Withheld (PDF 158KB)
  3. Name Withheld (PDF 72KB)
  4. Australian Parents for Drug Free Youth (PDF 215KB)
  5. Ms Jennifer Perry (PDF 126KB)
  6. Australian Federal Police (PDF 277KB)
  7. Confidential
  8. Ms Margaret Quon (PDF 698KB)
  9. Ms Glenda Clementson (PDF 348KB)
  10. Mrs Shirley Carroll (PDF 108KB)
  11. Susan and Michael Lowy (PDF 92KB)
  12. Mr John Morrissey (PDF 325KB)
  13. Ms Mariette Ennik (PDF 104KB)
  14. Mr James Hanrahan (PDF 65KB)
  15. Family Drug Support (PDF 1.13MB)
  16. Professor Gary Hulse (PDF 938KB)
  17. Mrs Joan Faull (PDF 76KB)
  18. Confidential
  19. King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women (PDF 897KB)
  20. Name Withheld (PDF 126KB)
  21. Ms Sandra Bell (PDF 70KB)
  22. Endeavour Forum (PDF 58KB)
  23. Mr Michael Stevens (PDF 246KB)
  24. Joe Lopez (PDF 339KB)
  25. Manly Drug Education and Counselling Centre (PDF 522KB)
  26. PEPISU Women and Children's Program (PDF 409KB)
  27. Perth Naltrexone Clinic (PDF 6.2MB)
  28. Mr Theo Chang (PDF 525KB)
  29. Name Withheld (PDF 119KB)
  30. Centre for Harm Reduction (PDF 282KB)
  31. Confidential
  32. Moreland Community Health Service (PDF 215KB)
  33. Dr Stuart Reece (PDF 989KB)
  34. Mrs Margaret Riley (PDF 422KB)
  35. Catholic Women's League of Australia Inc. (PDF 1MB)
  36. Sydney Women's Counselling Centre (PDF 315KB)
  37. Drug Advisory Council of Australia (167KB)
  38. Mr David Bowman (PDF 122KB)
  39. Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation (PDF 2.6MB)
  40. Mrs Joan Westaway (PDF 315KB)
  41. Confidential
  42. Drug Free Australia (PDF 1.2MB)
  43. Patricia and William Ryan (PDF 185KB)
  44. Mrs Marjory Cleere (PDF 186KB)
  45. Confidential
  46. Voice (PDF 289KB)
  47. Ms Antonia Ravesi-Pasche (PDF 1.2MB)
  48. Ms Patsy Hersee (PDF 490KB)
  49. The List Group (PDF 1.1MB)
  50. Mrs Dianne Beckingham (PDF 89KB)
  51. Ms Hazel Hayes (PDF 155KB)
  52. Ms Ruth Corrigan (PDF 107KB)
  53. Ms Patricia Damen (PDF 225KB)
  54. Hepatitis Australia (PDF 299KB)
  55. Name Withheld (PDF 134KB)
  56. Name Withheld (PDF 291KB)
  57. Mr and Mrs L Lawrence (PDF 100KB)
  58. Confidential
  59. Australian Family Association (PDF 738KB)
  60. Centacare NT (PDF 655KB)
  61. National Centre in HIV Social Research (PDF 404KB)
  62. Mr Greg Kerlin (PDF 174KB)
  63. Judy Alcock (PDF 81KB)
  64. The Mirabel Foundation (PDF 160KB)
  65. Mrs Isobel Gawler (PDF 420KB)
  66. Mr and Mrs P Sutherland (PDF 177KB)
  67. Confidential
  68. Name Withheld (PDF 218KB)
  69. Barnardos (PDF 2.1MB)
  70. Name Withheld (PDF 212KB)
  71. Confidential
  72. Supplementary Submission to 59:

  73. Australian Family Association SA Branch (PDF 102KB)
  74. Mr Ross Colquhoun (PDF 102KB)
  75. Gladstonbury Child and Family Services (PDF 1MB)
  76. Name Withheld (PDF 211KB)
  77. Family Drug Help (PDF 736KB)
  78. Name Withheld (PDF 246KB)
  79. Ms Tonie Miller (PDF 957KB)
  80. Anglicare Victoria (PDF 521KB)
  81. Griffith University, School of Psychology (PDF 575KB)
  82. Ms Robyn Mcintyre (PDF 458KB)
  83. WA Government, Drug and Alchohol Office (PDF 641KB)
  84. Confidential
  85. Dr Chris Walsh (PDF 449KB)
  86. Festival of Light Australia (PDF 1.1MB)
  87. Name Withheld (PDF 757KB)
  88. Youth Substance Abuse Service (PDF 1MB)
  89. Mr Bruno Anfiteatro (PDF 56KB)
  90. A Collective of Harm Reduction Outreach Workers (PDF 1.1MB)
  91. Drug and Alchohol Multicultural Education Centre (PDF 1.2MB)
  92. Palmerston Association (PDF 286KB)
  93. Dr Rod MacQueen (PDF 928KB)
  94. Confidential
  95. Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users League (PDF 1.7MB)
  96. Ms Mary Moore (PDF 91KB)
  97. Ms Margaret Graham (PDF 111KB)
  98. Wanslea Family Services (PDF 368KB)
  99. Queensland Alcohol and Drug Research and Education Centre (PDF 316KB)
  100. UnitingCare Burnside (PDF 1MB)
  101. Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (PDF 926KB)
  102. Australian National Council on Drugs (PDF 66KB)
  103. Australasian Therapeutic Communities Association (PDF 651KB)
  104. Australian Institute of Family Studies (PDF 2.1MB)
  105. Not allocated
  106. Mr Brian Tierney (PDF 423KB)
  107. Name Withheld (PDF 224KB)
  108. Marymead Child and Family Services (PDF 1MB)
  109. Name Withheld (PDF 164KB)
  110. City Mission (PDF 540KB)
  111. Cyrenian House (PDF 543KB)
  112. Odyssey House Victoria (PDF 1.3MB)
  113. Toughlove Victoria (PDF 423KB)
  114. Western Australian Substance Users Association (PDF 213KB)
  115. Confidential
  116. Nar Anon Family Groups (PDF 390KB)
  117. Centacare Catholic Family Services (PDF 4.4MB)
  118. Holyoake (PDF 947KB)
  119. Australian Drug Foundation (PDF 2.2MB)
  120. Royal Australasian College of Physicians (PDF 1.5MB)
  121. Australian Institute of Criminology (PDF 3.7MB)
  122. Australian Association of Social Workers (PDF 522KB)
  123. Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform (PDF 2.8MB)
  124. Alcohol and Drug Foundation ACT (PDF 834KB)
  125. Coalition Against Drugs (WA) (PDF 2.2MB)
  126. Australian Nursing Federation (PDF 423KB)
  127. Toughlove NSW (PDF 2.1MB)
  128. Ms Mary McImerney (PDF 156KB)
  129. Centrelink (PDF 950KB)
  130. Hepatitis C Council of NSW (PDF 1.1MB)
  131. Association for Prevention and Harm Reduction Programs Australia (PDF 3MB)
  132. Australian Psychological Society (PDF 1.4MB)
  133. Australian Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Programme (PDF 3.8MB)
  134. Name Withheld (PDF 273KB)
  135. Department for Community Development, WA (PDF 222KB)
  136. Name Withheld (PDF 158KB)
  137. Confidential
  138. Supplementary Submission to 15:

  139. Family Drug Support (PDF 295)
  140. Western Australian Network of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies (PDF 741KB)
  141. Teen Challenge (PDF 155KB)
  142. Australasian Society for HIV Medicine (PDF 882KB)
  143. Department of Education, Science and Training (PDF 145KB)
  144. The Royal Women's Hospital (PDF 723KB)
  145. Relationships Australia (PDF 1MB)
  146. Supplementary Submission to 82:

  147. Drug and Alcohol Office WA (PDF 97KB)
  148. Name Withheld (PDF 1.3MB)
  149. Queensland Commission for Children and Young People and the Child Guardian (PDF 5.2MB)
  150. National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (PDF 1.9MB)
  151. Supplementary Submission to 39:

  152. Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation (PDF 351KB)
  153. Public Health Association of Australia (PDF 135KB)
  154. Supplementary Submission to 124:

  155. Coalition Against Drugs (WA) (PDF 225KB)
  156. beyondblue (PDF 705KB)
  157. Families Australia (PDF 2.7MB)
  158. South Australian Government (PDF 270KB)
  159. Supplementary Submission to 33:

  160. Dr Stuart Reece (PDF 211KB)
  161. Name Withheld (PDF 507KB)
  162. Professor Wayne Hall (PDF 256KB)
  163. Christine and Lee Rush (PDF 74KB)
  164. Family Matters SA Inc. (PDF 133KB)
  165. Local Drugs Action Groups Inc. (PDF 418KB)
  166. Name Withheld (PDF 404KB)
  167. Name Withheld (PDF 112KB)
  168. Name Withheld (PDF 54KB)
  169. Name Withheld (PDF 130KB)
  170. Name Withheld (PDF 205KB)
  171. Name Withheld (PDF 699KB)
  172. Confidential
  173. Supplementary Submission to 42:

  174. Drug Free Australia (PDF 6883KB)
  175. Supplementary Submission to 150:

  176. Coalition Against Drugs (WA) (PDF 608KB)
  177. Department of Health and Ageing (PDF 867KB)
  178. Supplementary Submission to 169:

  179. Department of Health and Ageing (PDF 777KB)
  180. Supplementary Submission to 35:

  181. The Catholic Women's League of Australia Inc. (PDF 416KB)
  182. Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (PDF 1.7MB)
  183. Queensland Government (PDF 627KB)
  184. Tasmanian Government (PDF 2.8MB)
  185. Victoria Police (PDF 637KB)
  186. Supplementary Submission to 6:

  187. Australian Federal Police (PDF 166KB)
  188. Confidential
  189. Supplementary Submission to 124, 150 and 168:

  190. Coalition Against Drugs (WA) (PDF 255KB)
  191. Supplementary Submission to 33 and 154:

  192. Dr Stuart Reece (PDF 50KB)
  193. Mrs Jette Bosworth (PDF 273KB)
  194. Supplementary Submission to 33, 154 and 179:

  195. Dr Stuart Reece (PDF 174KB)
  196. Name Withheld (PDF 476KB)
  197. Mr and Mrs Steep (PDF 222KB)
  198. Supplementary Submission to 169:

  199. Department of Health and Ageing (PDF 166KB)
  200. Mrs Maureen Connelly (PDF 244KB)
  201. Mr Ken Bickle (PDF 281KB)
  202. Australian Government - Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (PDF 2.9MB)
  203. Name Withheld (PDF 302KB)

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