Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
www.alcohol.gov.au
Links and Contacts

ACT Alcohol & Drug Program

Al-Anon/Alateen

Alcohol & Drug Foundation Queensland

Alcohol & Other Drugs Council of Australia (ADCA)

Alcoholics Anonymous

Alcohol Beverage Advertising Code

Australian Centre for Health Promotion

Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies

Australian Drug Foundation

Australian Institute of Health & Welfare

Australian National Council on Drugs

Australian Parents Council

Australian Professional Society on Alcohol and Other Drugs (APSAD)

Centre for Youth Drug Studies(Australian Drug Foundation)

Child & Youth Health (South Australian Department of Human Services)

Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs -National School Drug Education Strategy

Drug and Alcohol Office Western Australia

Family Drug Help (Victoria)

Health Infonet

HealthInsite

National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC)

National Drug Research Institute

National Drug Strategy

National Drugs Campaign

National Health and Medical Research Council

National Tobacco Campaign (Quitnow)

National Rural Health Alliance

Next Step (Specialist Drug & Alcohol Services WA)

Queensland Health, Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Services

Queensland Police, Drug and Alcohol Information

Western Australia Network of Alcohol & Other Drugs Agencies



Laws and Penalties

The following link will take you to the Lawstuff Web Site, 'the website with a whole bunch of stuff about legal rights for people under 18'.

http://www.lawstuff.org.au/

To get help for an alcohol or drug issue...

ACT
Alcohol & Drug Program
Ph: 02 6207 9977

NSW
1800 422 599 (NSW country) (02) 93618000 (Sydney)

NT
Alcohol and Other Drug Services
Territory Health Services
PO Box 40596
CASUARINA NT 0811
(08) 8948 0087 (Darwin) (08) 8951 7580 (Central Australia) 1800 131 350 (Territory wide)

QLD
Metropolitan
Ph: 07 3837 5989
Regional (Toll Free)
Ph: 1800 177 833 (QLD outside Metro area)

SA
Ph: 1300 131 340

TAS
Ph: 1800 811 994

VIC
Direct Line
Ph: 1800 888 236
(an alcohol and drug counselling and referral service administered by Turning Point Drug and Alcohol Centre)

Drug Info Line - 1300 858 584
(principally an information service about drug and alcohol issues administered by the Australian Drug Foundation)

Parent Line - 13 22 89
(a state wide telephone information, advice and referral service for parents of children aged 0 to 18 years, funded by the Department of Human Services)

WA
Alcohol and Drug Information Service
Metropolitan
(08) 9442 5000 (Perth) and 1800 198 024 (WA country)