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Submission to National Drug Strategy 2004-2009 ( 2 April 2004)

SWAT's submission to the National Drug Strategy. Read more

Australian Drug Foundation & University of Melbourne report ( 12 February 2004)

Report on laws in respect of the prevention of alcohol-related harm in which SWAT gets an honourable mention followed by discussion of Leigh's case. Read more

News release from the Australian Division of General Practice LTD.

Alcopops and teenage drinking: a New Year’s Eve warning from a leading national doctors group...read more For PDF version of the document click here

Submission to NSW summit ( 26 August 2003 )

Swat's submission to NSW Alcohol Summit covering the subjects area of informing and engaging the community, preventing abuse and harm, responsible supply and submission ... read more

Our greatest drug of abuse ( 13 July 2003 )

With the report being presented to Parliament of the Drug Injecting Room, most people think of heroin as the greatest drug of abuse in Australia. The truth is, It is not. The main centres where our most dangerous drug of abuse enters the blood stream is not in the Injecting Room in Kings Cross, but in the bars and lounges of your local club and pub. Alcohol is Australias’ greatest drug of abuse with the worst record of death and horrendous community cost... read more

ADFQ winter school 2003 ( 7 July 2003 )

This paper sets out to dispel the myth that most underage drinking happens in parks or on beaches. It relates local data and enforcement experience from the Central Coast of New South Wales that accord well with Australian Institute of Criminology findings, namely that most under age drinking occurs under direct adult supervision... read more

Tobacco, alcohol top the drug abuse toll ( 2 July 2003 )

Tobacco and alcohol accounted for 83 per cent of the cost of drug abuse in Australia, dwarfing the financial impact of illegal drugs, a Commonwealth Government report has found. It estimates that in 1998-99, tobacco accounted for $21 billion, or 60 per cent, of the costs of drugs to individuals, business and government, and alcohol made up $7.5 billion, or 22 per cent... read more

Call for national prayer campaign ( 13 June 2002 )

The Superintendent of Wesley Mission the Rev Dr. Gordon Moyes has called upon churches of all denominations to join together in a national campaign of prayer against alcoholic abuse and those who profit from it.

The tragic number of deaths in Australia on the Queen's Birthday weekend and the number of young people killed through the mixture of bad driving and alcohol abuse is a cause for national concern, he said... read more