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Number 7.9 April 2009
For workers
Resources for workers in the drug and alcohol
field who work with Indigenous communities
Introduction
This fact sheet provides links to some of the many
services that provide resources and support for
workers in the drug and alcohol field who work with
Indigenous communities. The resources and support
services listed in this fact sheet range from pamphlets
and information to give to clients, to research
and reports, noticeboards and e-lists, workforce
development and training, and links to government
policies and strategies.
As well as the many resources listed below, you may
also find it helpful to contact the Koori Drug and
Alcohol Network for information and support. The
Koori Drug and Alcohol Network is made up of Koori
workers in the drug and alcohol field from across
Victoria and provides support and cultural debriefing.
For more information contact Rondan D’Antoine at
tel. (03) 9510 3233 or email r.dantoine@ngwala.org.
Pamphlets, brochures, posters and
information to give to clients
›› Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (SA)
Inc. (ADAC, www.adac.org.au/resources.
php?resType=Poster)
›› Australian Drug Foundation DrugInfo Clearinghouse
(www.druginfo.adf.org.au/druginfo/free_
resources/free_resources_browse_by_audi/
ResourcesforIndigenousAustralians.html)
››
Cuz Congress ( www.cuzcongress.com.au)
››
www.alcohol.gov.au ( www.alcohol.gov.au)
Manuals and guidelines
›› Australian Government Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Health (www.health.gov.au/internet/
main/publishing.nsf/Content/Aboriginal+and+
Torres+Strait+Islander+Health-1lp)
›› Indigenous Drug Education Support Materials
resource (South Australian Department of
Education and Children’s Services)
(www.decs.sa.gov.au/drugstrategy/
default.asp?id=31884&navgrp=3057)
›› Northern Territory Public Health “Bush Book”
(www.health.nt.gov.au/Health_Promotion/
Bush_Book)
››
Victorian Koori Health website ( www.health.
vic.gov.au/koori/koori-health-home)
››
www.alcohol.gov.au ( www.alcohol.gov.au)
Projects, research, reports, statistics
and journals
›› Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal
(www.aihwj.com.au)
›› Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS): The National
Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Statistics (NCATSIS) (www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/
c311215.nsf/20564c23f3183fdaca25672100813
ef1/7b42698ca2264d4bca256e540071b1d9!
OpenDocument)
›› Australian Drug Foundation Koori DrugInfo
(www.kooridruginfo.adf.org.au/research)
›› Australian Drug Information Network (ADIN,
www.adin.com.au/content.asp?Document_ID=3)
›› Australian Government Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Health (www.health.gov.au/internet/
main/publishing.nsf/Content/Aboriginal+and+To
rres+Strait+Islander+Health-1lp)
›› Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Studies (AIATSIS, www.aiatsis.gov.au)
›› Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW,
www.aihw.gov.au/indigenous/index.cfm)

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›› National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health
Organisation (NACCHO, www.naccho.org.au)
›› Register of Australian Drug and Alcohol Research
(RADAR, www.radar.org.au)
Noticeboards, e-lists and e-forums
››
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
(www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-risks/
substance-misuse)
›› Australian Indigenous Health Promotion Knowledge
Network (AIHPKN) (www.indigenoushealth.med.
usyd.edu.au)
›› Public Health Association Australia: Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander Special Interest Group
(www.phaa.net.au/atsih.php)
Workforce development, training
and funding opportunities
›› Aboriginal Health Council of South Australian Inc.
(AHCSA, www.ahcsa.org.au)
›› Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia
(AHCWA, www.ahcwa.org)
›› Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of
New South Wales (AH&MRC, www.ahmrc.org.au)
›› Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern
Territory (AMSANT, www.amsant.com.au)
›› Australian Drug Foundation Koori DrugInfo
(www.kooridruginfo.adf.org.au/workforce/)
›› Australian Indigenous Health Promotion Knowledge
Network (AIHPKN, www.indigenoushealth.med.
usyd.edu.au)
››
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
(www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-risks/
substance-misuse)
›› Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
(CRCAH, www.crcah.org.au)
›› Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit
(www.onemda.unimelb.edu.au)
›› Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council
(QAIHC, www.qaihc.com.au)
›› Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health
Organisation (VACCHO, www.vaccho.org.au)
Government policies and strategies
›› Australian Government Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Health (www.health.gov.au/internet/main/
publishing.nsf/Content/Aboriginal+and+Torres+
Strait+Islander+Health-1lp)
››
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
(www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-risks/
substance-misuse)
›› National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health
Organisation (NACCHO, www.naccho.org.au)
›› New South Wales Government: Aboriginal Health
(www.health.nsw.gov.au/topics/aboriginal.asp)
››
Victorian Koori Health website ( www.health.vic.gov.
au/koori/koori-health-home)
›› Western Australian Office of Aboriginal Health
(www.aboriginal.health.wa.gov.au)
››
www.alcohol.gov.au ( www.alcohol.gov.au)
For more information on drugs and drug prevention contact the DrugInfo Clearinghouse on
tel. 1300 8585 84, email druginfo@adf.org.au, or see our website www.druginfo.adf.org.au