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Organisation

National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Committee

Report

Alcohol and other drug treatment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

This paper was developed to challenge a perception that effective alcohol and other drugs (AOD) treatment is not available for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Introduction AOD treatment is one component of a multifaceted approach to reducing the impact of AOD-related harm to Aboriginal...
Report

Bridges and barriers - addressing Indigenous incarceration and health: revised edition

Indigenous Australians make up just over one-quarter (26 per cent) of Australia’s prison population (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2011), despite the fact that Indigenous Australians comprise around 2.5 per cent of Australia’s entire adult population (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2011c). Over the past...