Australian Alcohol & Other Drugs Council (AADC)

Upcoming online event:

Alcohol and other drugs, disability and overrepresentation in the criminal justice system: forging new partnerships and pathways to achieve better outcomes

 1-2.45pm (AEDT), Wednesday 25 October 2023

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Keeping people out of the criminal justice system is one of the key priorities in AADC’s Strategic Plan. This event will highlight and explore innovative and collaborative responses to the range of intersecting issues contributing to the overrepresentation of particular population groups in the criminal justice system, including people who use alcohol and other drugs (AOD), people with disability and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Chaired by AADC CEO, Melanie Walker, this event features speakers including:

• Mick Gentleman MLA, Minister for Corrections, ACT Government
• April Long, Chief Executive Officer, SMART Recovery Australia
• Kymberley McKay, Board Member NOFASD Australia, General Manager at Department Correctional Services, South Australia
• Nicole Hewlett, Project Manager, First Nations Cancer & Wellbeing Research Program, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland
• Jody Barney, Deaf Indigenous Community Consultancy Pty Ltd, Senior Fellow with Atlantic Fellows Social Equity and Global Fellow for Social Change, current Churchill Fellow
• Gerard Byrne, President, Australasian Therapeutic Communities Association and Operations Manager, WHOS Treatment Services

See the event flyer for full details.

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