Page 1913 - Week 06 - Thursday, 9 June 2022
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value and which provide extremely valuable support, experience and advice from across the alcohol and other drug sector.
Both the progress report and the review incorporated feedback from extensive consultation across government and external stakeholders and represent a solid accounting of where we have come from, what we have achieved and where we expect to go next. The review draws on published research, a range of submissions to government and recent consultations to examine how the action plan functioned to guide harm minimisation efforts. It makes recommendations for how the next plan could be improved to further prevent and minimise alcohol, tobacco and other drug-related harm.
The review’s recommendations address areas for improvement in evaluation and monitoring of the plan’s outcomes, governance structures, partnership and engagement mechanisms to ensure effective collaboration, and targeting the populations most affected by alcohol, tobacco and other drug-related harm. The review recommends ensuring that the ACT continues to set ambitious and targeted goals to maintain the ACT as a national leader in alcohol, tobacco and other drug policy. The review also recommends that the next plan continue the coordinated and collaborative approach taken during the COVID-19 response to respond to emerging issues and the longer term impacts of COVID-19 on alcohol and other drug use and support services.
Together, the review and the final progress report provide a snapshot of recent achievements, ongoing challenges and opportunities for the ACT in coming years. The feedback received and the review’s recommendations are being used to inform the development of the next drug strategy action plan.
The draft new action plan will build on the successes of the initial action plan, addressing the critical areas that reflect evidence informed, impactful initiatives that meet the needs of people affected by AOD-related harms.
The action plan will facilitate the systemic change required to further minimise the harms related to alcohol, tobacco and other drugs in the Canberra community, improve the health and wellbeing of the Canberra community, and reduce stigma experienced by people impacted by alcohol, tobacco and other drug use. Actions under the new plan will address policy, regulation, treatment and support, education and awareness, and mechanisms to enhance inclusion of people with lived experience in harm minimisation initiatives.
The new action plan is being developed through comprehensive engagement across government and with non-government stakeholders in the alcohol and other drug sector and related sectors. Development of the draft new action plan has also closely considered submissions to the select committee inquiry and the evidence-based harm minimisation approaches in the National Drug Strategy.
The iterative co-design process has given stakeholders multiple opportunities to comment on increasingly more refined consultation documents and potential priorities over the past few months, including a process for stakeholders to rank priority areas, objectives and actions to indicate importance and urgency.
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