- Author
- Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy
- Title
- National Drug Strategy: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' Complementary Action Plan 2003-2009: Summary
- Imprint
- Department of Health and Ageing, 2006, 8 pp
- Url
- http://www.nationaldrugstrategy.gov.au/internet/drugstrategy/publishing.nsf /Content545C92F95DF8C76ACA257162000DA780$Fileindigenous-summary.pdf
- Description
Reprint of the previous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Complementary Action Plan 2003-2006: Summary
- Abstract
"Australia’s National Drug Strategic Framework 1998-99 to 2002-03 was set up to improve health, and social and economic outcomes by reducing use of harmful drugs. It is an umbrella framework under which national plans tackling alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs, and education about drugs have been formed. The national plans apply to Australians generally and as such do not always relate well to the drugs issues that affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples complementary Action Plan 2003-2006 has been researched and written to complement the issues raised in these national plans and make them more applicable to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The complementary action plan sits between the national framework and the individual national action plans. It is not prescriptive but rather sets the national direction, encouraging careful attention to the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The plan provides an opportunity for communities, non-government organisations, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled organisations and all levels of government to pursue strategies that are specifically relevant to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and appropriate to their circumstances, needs and aspirations. It recognises the similarities and differences between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, as well as the diversity that exists within these two broad cultures although the problems encountered by each group are similar, the way each addresses those problems may be quite different."
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- Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy, National Drug Strategy: Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area Complementary Action Plan 2003-2009: Torres Strait Islander Supplement, Department of Health and Ageing, 2006, 43 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy, National Drug Strategy: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' Complementary Action Plan 2003-2009: Glossary, Department of Health and Ageing, 2006, 17 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy, National Drug Strategy: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' Complementary Action Plan 2003-2009: Background Paper, Department of Health and Ageing, 2006. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy, National Drug Strategy: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' Complementary Action Plan 2003-2009: Action Plan, Department of Health and Ageing, 2006, 45 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
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- Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy, National Drug Strategy: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' Complementary Action Plan 2003-2006: Background Paper, Ausinfo, Canberra, August 2003, 85 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy, National Drug Strategy: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' Complementary Action Plan 2003-2006: Action Plan, Ausinfo, Canberra, August 2003, 45 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy, National Drug Strategy: Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area Complementary Action Plan 2003-2006: Torres Strait Islander Supplement, Ausinfo, Canberra, August 2003, 43 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy, National Drug Strategy: Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area Complementary Action Plan 2003-2006: Glossary, Ausinfo, Canberra, August 2003, 18 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy, National Drug Strategy: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' Complementary Action Plan 2003-2006: Summary, MCDS, Canberra, n/d, 8 pp. [ Details... ]