Drug and Alcohol Monthly Media Briefing
Drug and Alcohol Media Briefing - June 2011
Media Releases
National
Alcohol
Ready to Drink (pre-mixed) beverages down, wine consumption up (ABS) 3 June
Alcopops drinking down: clues for booze tax reform (VicHealth/ADF/CC/HF) 3 June
Floor price to hit hazardous drinkers not moderate drinkers (ADF) 8 June
Health sector to tackle Australia’s hidden disability – fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (AERF) 20 June
Drugs
More than $30 million of drugs taken off Australian streets (Gov) 8 June
More older Australians seek treatment for heroin addiction (AIHW) 22 June
Drugs and Development (ANCD) 24 June
Illicit drug Clan Lab detections up 245 per cent in a decade (ACC) 28 June
Indigenous Issues
Aboriginal leaders tell Gillard: The Intervention is a failure - Self-Determination now (Intervention Rollback Action Group) 7 June
Government must do more to empower Indigenous communities to improve health outcomes (AMA) 8 June
Doing Time - Time for Doing(House of Reps) 20 June
Time for action on Aboriginal youth imprisonment (ANTaR) 20 June
Involving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people every step of the way is the only way to bring about lasting change (AHRC) 20 June
Over representation of young Indigenous people in the criminal justice system needs to be urgently addressed (AHRC) 21 June
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services are Closing the Gap in Access to Medicines (NACCHO ) 21 June
Aboriginal consultation must be more than just words from the Prime Minister (Nigel Scullion) 22 June
Delivering a better future for Indigenous people in the Northern Territory (Gov) 22 June
Law Council calls for urgent action on high rates of Indigenous juvenile incarceration 22 June
Coles Measures Welcomed (Gov) 23 June
Smoking/Tobacco
Big Donations from Big Tobacco Continue as Tony Abbott Ignores his MPs (Gov) 1 June
ADCA Targets Political Donations from Tobacco/ Alcohol Industries (ADCA) 1 June
Coalition parties need to quit the tobacco habit (ASH) 1 June
Cooperation Could Help Australia “Quit” (CHF) 1 June
Bipartisan approach to public health needed (AMA) 1 June
World says no to plain packs while we risk billions (Plain Pack) 2 June
Abbott silent as party moves against big tobacco donations (Gov) 2 June
New survey of smokers and non smokers supports plain packaging legislation (Cancer Institute) 5 June
Government Puts 'Experiment' Ahead Of Small Business Concerns (AAR) 14 June
Parliament can say no to Big Tobacco donations - Brown (Greens) 15 June
Tobacco is Least Reputable Industry (ACOSH) 15 June
Increasing your child’s future risk of heart attack? There’s never been a better reason to quit (Quit) 22 June
Long Legal Stoush On Smokes Ahead: Expert (ANU) 27 June
Other
Being a young man is risky business for health(RACGP) 10 June
Communities Rally for Record Drug Action Week (DAW) 2011 (ADCA/DAW) 14 June
Substance-abusing patients turning to hand sanitiser in hospitals (AMA) 19 June
Eastern Football League wins National Alcohol Award (ADF) 29 June
Australian Capital Territory
Release of Liquor Fees Review Submissions (ACT Gov) 8 June
New Funding seeks to minimise harm (ACT Gov) 19 June
100% of Prisoners Reject NSP Says Prisoner Aid Veteran 21 June (Act Liberals)
Government responds to Burnet Report (Gov) 28 June
New South Wales
Drug and Alcohol Services to Continue Good Work Helping Local Teenagers (Gov) 9 June
NSW Leads National Action On Synthetic Cannabis (Gov) 12 June
$129m boost for medical research (Gov) 17 June
Drug Action Week (Gov) 20 June
'Three strikes and you're still in' rule lets clubs off the hook (Greens) 21 June
Grants to improve Aboriginal health (NSW Health) 21 June
Sydney liquor licence freeze extended (Gov) 24 June
Synthetic cannabis banned in NSW (Gov) 28 June
Minerals industry welcomes Kronic ban (NSW Minerals Council) 28 June
Northern Territory
Territory Government Rules out Raising Price of Beer (NT Gov) 15 June
Alcohol policy and corrections focus at Criminal Law Conference (Gov) 24 June
Problem drinkers turned off tap this Friday (Gov) 27 June
CLP Soft on Alcohol Crime (Gov) 28 June
Queensland
Police dismantle a major drug operation (QPS/ACC) 8 June
A record budget for tough times (QLD Gov) 14 June
Bligh Government moves to ban synthetic cannabinoids (Gov) 16 June
New laws will ban tobacco advertisements in shops (Gov) 16 June
South Australia
Tougher penalties for synthetic 'marijuana' offences (Gov) 24 June
Tasmania
TAS Budget - Health and Wellbeing Strategy (Gov) 16 June
Making Drug Education More Accessible for Tasmanians (TAS Gov) 22 June
Curbing anti-social behaviour (Gov) 27 June
Victoria
Licensees with unpaid fees to be targeted by inspectors (VIC Gov) 1 June
Treatment works, prisons don’t: VAADA call for preventative & cost effective approach to crime (VAADA) 20 June
Victorian first: Gippsland council enforces smoke-free outdoor dining (Quit/Heart Foundation) 23 June
Barwon's Overcrowding And Ongoing Levels Of Drug Use Show We Need More Solutions (VAADA) 23 June
Week of action on drugs and alcohol (Gov) 25 June
New board to take VicHealth forward(Gov) 28 June
Coalition takes action to tackle new and dangerous substances such as Kronic (Gov) 29 June
Western Australia
Redman ignites debate on smoking in prisons (WA Labor) 1 June
New approved manager system to provide greater flexibility, Waldron (WA Gov) 7 June
WA Government bans synthetic cannabinoids (WA Gov) 13 June
Funding injection for health research (WA Gov) 15 June
News Articles
AIDS/HIV
PNG gets $11m for HIV prevention 13 June
HIV Drugs May Be Tied to Early Aging 26 June
HIV brain infection may lead to dementia 29 June
Alcohol
Indecent assaults and petrol theft on the rise 8 June
Roxon approves national plan for minimum alcohol price 8 June
Alcohol floor 'a hit on elderly and poor' 9 June
Last shout for cheap drinkers 15 June
Pubs fight back on floor price for grog 16 June
Kids blighted by alcohol damage 20 June
Australia lagging in foetal alcohol research 20 June
Warning on booze culture 21 June
Just One Less to tackle binge drinking 22 June
Close ties can help with booze 27 June
Alice Springs council protests against cheap alcohol ban in Woolworths and Coles 29 June
Bid to curb cheap grog sales gathers pace 29 June
Drugs
Let's lay a floor under public health 1 June
War on drugs 'has failed' 3 June
Drug harm efforts hurt by flawed aid: report 7 June
Drug policy – the case for realism 7 June
Courts, drugs and chronic pain treatment 8 June
Kronic ban sparks 'fire-sale' fears 14 June
Parents of drug addicts need our help 15 June
Synthetic pot gets chop 16 June
Thousands of Victorians using lifestyle drugs 20 June
Roxon rejects plea on drugs 21 June
Methamphetamines and brain damage 21 June
Desperate addicts fuel the rise of the 'private' drug lab 22 June
The proportion of older Australians being treated for heroin addiction is growing 22 June
Public feels pain of drug deferrals 22 June
States begin crackdown on synthetic cannabis 23 June
26 bags of weed seized in bust 24 June
Cocaine tops record drug haul 26 June
Out to stop the drug babies 26 June
Drugs trials needle jailers 27 June
Industry brushes up on substance abuse 27 June
Neighbourhood drug lab busts up 245pc 28 June
NSW to ban synthetic cannabis Kronic 28 June
Finance more drug help centres, says police chief 28 June
Health
Men expected to die five years earlier than women, Aussie study indicates 14 June
Chronic disease down, and we're living longer says Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 20 June
Indigenous Issues
Serious issues remain at Alice Springs: Macklin 5 June
Grylls admits Governments have failed indigenous communities 6 June
AFP to withdraw from intervention 16 June
Aboriginal voices to be heard on intervention 23 June
Govt acts on synthetic drugs 30 June
Mental health
Home loss often trigger for mental illness, study finds 6 June
Prisons
Synthetic cannabis banned in prisons 8 June
Prison staff's petition adds to syringe program row 14 June
Smoking/Tobacco
Abbott to back plain tobacco reforms 1 June
Calling it quits 1 June
Libs may stub out tobacco support 2 June
Plain packaging challenge could go up in smoke, but you never know 7 June
Tobacco pleads for pack delay 8 June
WTO talks about plain packaging 9 June
More bans loom for smokers on outer 15 June
Lib MP anti tobacco company donations 20 June
Smoking mums increase kids' heart risk 22 June
Tobacco giant to challenge packaging laws 27 June
PM defiant on cigarette packs as legal stoush begins 28 June
Tobacco loses ally over ads 28 June
Youth
Drug dealers infiltrating schools 6 June
Bendigo kids having sex, drinking, taking drugs, report says 8 June
Students tackle binge drinking and drug culture 21 June
Do you know what your daughter’s doing tonight? 30 June
Other National articles
Domestic flight crackdown 16 June
Gold Coast poses ethical challenges to police: CMC 24 June
Fitzroy drug and alcohol centre asks for cash 28 June
International news
Addiction
Addiction Starts Early in American Society, Report Finds 29 June
Alcohol
Alcohol-related problems: Survey checks nurse training 6 June
Drinks giant sponsors training of 10,000 midwives to advise pregnant women on dangers of alcohol 13 June
Tongan drink driving campaign delivers 23 June
Drugs
Heroin clinic didn't hurt Mtl street: study 2 June
Drugs and the law: state of confusion 2 June
Schumer Pushes to Shut Down Online Drug Marketplace 5 June
Conn. passes bill to decriminalize marijuana 8 June
Brazil to fight drugs with drones 9 June
James Downey: Time to use the nuclear option in the drugs 'war' -- legalise them all 13 June
Mexicans are uneasy about America's outsourced war on drugs 14 June
Call Off the Global Drug War 16 June
Side Effects of Arrests for Marijuana 16 June
Drugs treatment policy for England 'doomed to failure' 19 June
West Africa drugs trade going the way of Mexico -UN 20 June
Prescription painkiller deaths on the rise in Canada. We should learn from Australia's Prescription Drug Misuse Strategy, and start saving lives 20 June
We Need a New Drug Policy 21 June
Next Afghanistan battle: Opium 21 June
Central America drugs war: Clinton pledges more funds 22 June
Krokodil: The drug that eats junkies 22 June
Glasgow University backs cuts to courses 23 June
Heroin Habits (Pakistan) 26 June
Substance abuse spreading like contagion (Bangladesh) 27 June
Some combinations of common drugs can cause early death. So how risky are YOUR daily pills? 27 June
Looming drug problem (Pakistan) 27 June
HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS at the UN: Battleground of the war on drugs 15 June
Home Brew
Illegal home brews adding to Solomons alcohol problems 2 June
Smoking/Tobacco
SPR 2011: Fighting back against the agent of death 5 June
US joins tobacco fight with new warnings 21 June
Youth
Young people 'should avoid alcohol until 24' 6 June
Gay Teens At Much Higher Risk For Unhealthy Behavior; Suicide, Drugs 6 June
Mental Disorders Leading Cause of Disability in World's Youth 6 June
Abandoning war on drugs would leave our youth vulnerable 7 June
Editorial: Our teenage binge-drinking problem 14 June
Drink and drugs 'fuelling suicide' 29 June
Recently Released Reports
Inquiry into the high level of involvement of Indigenous juveniles and young adults in the criminal justice system: Doing Time: Time for Doing ( House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs)
Closing the Gap Clearinghouse report: What works to overcome Indigenous disadvantage: key learnings and gaps in the evidence (AIHW)
The health of Australian males (AIHW)
National Opioid Pharmacotherapy Statistics Annual Data collection: 2010 report (AIHW)
