PRESS CONFERENCE
NSW Environment Protection Authority Chief Executive Officer Tony Chappel will be joined by NSW Department of Education Secretary Murat Dizdar to give an update on the ongoing investigation into mulch containing asbestos and testing at schools.
WHEN: 12:00pm today
WHERE: Cenotaph (rear), Hyde Park Sydney, NSW
MEDIA: 02 9995 6415 | media@epa.nsw.gov.au
The following joint statement is from the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Residential Rehabilitation Network (ADARRN), ACON, the NSW Users and AIDS Association (NUAA), and Network of Alcohol and Other Drugs Agencies (NADA). As organisations and leaders in alcohol and other drug (AOD) services and supporting communities, we call on the NSW Government to work with people with living/lived experience and the AOD sector to take urgent action following the NSW Drug Summit. The multi-day summit heard from a range of people and organisations, including health experts, researchers, support workers and people with lived and living experiences, Aboriginal and Torres Strait…
Thursday, 5 December 2024 NCOSS has called on the NSW Premier to implement a whole-of-government drug and alcohol strategy after the two-day Drug Summit wrapped up this afternoon. NCOSS CEO Cara Varian said there was robust discussion across the Summit, but the Government now needs to turn this into action. “This Summit brought together a broad group of stakeholders, and we had some productive discussions – but it can’t stop there,” Ms Varian said. “It was clear that we are failing our most marginalised communities, including first nations people, young people and culturally and linguistically diverse communities. People, their families…
Thursday, 5 December 2024 The Network of Alcohol and other Drugs Agencies (NADA) has said the NSW Government does not need to wait for the Drug Summit report to be handed down to increase funding for alcohol and other drug (AOD) services. NADA CEO Dr Robert Stirling said the NSW Government can act now by allocating more funding to the sector in the next Budget. “While the Summit featured a healthy debate and interest discussion across the two days, we already know what needs to be done,” Dr Stirling said. “The priorities that were discussed today were already covered in…
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