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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 10 Hansard (25 September) . . Page.. 3392 ..
who are ordered by a court to undertake a Drink Driver Education program and other offenders who are assessed by Corrective Services as being in need of undertaking the program.
The Belconnen Remand Centre (BRC) has also accessed ADFACT's services through the conduct of a Drug and Alcohol Awareness course at BRC.
Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous, two organisations available to all persons in the community wishing to stop using alcohol and or drugs, also conduct regular meetings at the Centre.
The ACT Intravenous (Drug Users) League (ACTIV League), an education and risk management organisation, has also conducted education sessions at BRC on safer drug usage and minimising the harmful effects.
The ACT Emergency Services Bureau has neither administered nor funded any drug use prevention programs.
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The Australian Federal Police are unable to identify the costs associated with their activities mentioned above. Funds are provided from within normal budgetary allocations.
Staff costs for the drink driving course operated by ACT Corrective Services in 1995/96 were estimated to be in the vicinity of $1,860 - $2,060 per course. Funding for these courses were provided from the general operating expenditure.
The ADFACT Drink Driver Program costs $198 per participant for 11 sessions at $18 per session. Funds are made available from a $5,000 allocation within the ACT Corrective Services budget.
The courses and information sessions provided at the BRC were conducted free of charge to ACT Corrective Services. The ACTIV League, however, receives a Government grant to provide outreach services such as those provided to the BRC.
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The Australian Federal Police are unable to advise of the number of `participants' for any of the activities they undertake.
An average of 10 participants took part in each of the drink drinking courses conducted by ACT Corrective Services in 1995/96. During 1996/97, ACT Corrective Services sponsored 8 participants on the ADFACT Drink Driver Program.
The number of participants in the information sessions and programs conducted at the BRC varies from 6 to 12.
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AFP programs are ongoing. Actual attendance at lectures varies according to the audience.
The 1995/96 ACT Corrective Services drink driving courses were conducted over a full day and three 2.5 hour sessions. The ADFACT course consists of one 90 minute session per week for 11 weeks.
The ADFACT course conducted at the BRC was a four week course and each week focussed on a different aspect of drug use and changing behaviour.
ACTIV League conducts information sessions and discussions as and when it is required.
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