September 2024

Second edition of FundAssist out now - Revised 2024

NCETA are pleased to announce that a revised version of FundAssist is now available to assist non-government AOD organisations to prepare, plan, and write successful grant applications.

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August 2015

“Chucking a Sickie”: Identifying AOD-Related Absenteeism in the Workplace

NCETA undertook a secondary analysis of the 2013 National Drug Strategy Household Survey (NDSHS) to find out how much employee alcohol and drug use costs workplaces per year.

August 2015

New NAIP research on alcohol-related ED presentations

The latest NAIP research has found that the rate of alcohol-related emergency department presentations is increasing faster for women than for men in Australia.

August 2015

Release of Australia’s First National Alcohol and Drug Workforce Development Strategy

NCETA was commissioned by the Intergovernmental Committee on Drugs (IGCD) to develop Australia’s first National Alcohol and Drug Workforce Development Strategy. The Strategy was released in August 2015.

August 2015

Managing drug users’ high suicide risk: New NDARC resource assists co-ordinated approach

A new tool to assess and manage suicide risk, developed by a team of researchers at the National and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) at UNSW in partnership with the Network of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies (NADA), can help residential alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment services to better assist their clients.

August 2015

Good research, informing policy

A high-level panel discussion on drugs, policy and politics was a fitting culmination to NDRI’s Drugs, Policy and Public Health program

August 2015

Responding to steroid injecting: New report

A new report suggests that Australia is at risk of increases in HIV and hepatitis C transmission as rates of illicit steroid injecting go up.

August 2015

How Can I Ask…? Family and Domestic Violence Workshops for AOD Services

NCETA is conducting national training workshops to help AOD treatment services respond to family and domestic violence (FDV).

August 2015

The Elephant in the Room: Improving Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment for Women and Families

NCETA and NDARC inform the development of a resource to enhance the treatment and services provided to women and families attending AOD services.

August 2015

NADK Updates - Alcohol FAQs

NCETA has updated 83 FAQs on the National Alcohol and Drug Knowledgebase (NADK).

August 2015

The Dirt on Dope: Cannabis FAQs

NCETA launches the Cannabis section of the National Alcohol and Drug Knowledgebase (NADK).

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