Major Brian Watters AO
Chairman of the Australian National Council on Drugs
 Major
Watters was appointed Chairman of the Australian National
Council on Drugs in 1998.
Major Watters has been a Salvation Army Officer for twenty-nine
years. Whilst most of his service has been in the area of
addictions, it has also included appointments in Evangelical
centres, Prison Chaplaincy, Psychiatric Chaplaincy and as
Director of Youth Services for Western Sydney.
Major Watters has managed various drug and alcohol treatment
facilities and has Commanded the Salvation Army’s Rehabilitation
Services Command, with responsibility for all Bridge Program’s
major treatment centres in Eastern Australia, oversighting
drug and alcohol treatment services in Queensland, NSW and
ACT. He was the Salvation Army’s Territorial Consultant
and media spokesperson prior to his retirement in May 2000.
Major Watters is a past president of NADA (Network of Alcohol
and Other Drug Agencies, NSW) and served for three years
on the NSW Health Minister’s Drug Advisory Council.
Major Watters is a current member of the NSW and QLD Boards
of Drug-ARM Australia. In May 2004 Major Watters was elected
to the International Narcotics Control Board for a five year term.
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