Transcript Helen Wilson Office Manager Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol

Scott Wilson
Director
Aboriginal
Drug and Alcohol
Council (SA) Inc. ©
Aboriginal Drug & Alcohol
Council (SA) Inc.
Aboriginal
Drug and Alcohol
Council (SA) Inc. ©
I’d like to acknowledge the
Indigenous people past and
present whose land we are on
today.
Out of Sight, Out of mind: Australia’s
alcohol guidelines.
History
of
Alcohol Guidelines
relevance to Indigenous Australians.
Aboriginal
Drug and Alcohol
Council (SA) Inc. ©
What did we do.
• ADAC received funds from the PM to make the
Australian
Standard
Drinking
Guidelines
Indigenous appropriate.
Aboriginal
Drug and Alcohol
Council (SA) Inc. ©
• After national consultations we produced in house
thousands of different documents, such as
flipcharts, pamphlets and posters only to have them
sit in the National Mailing Centre.
Aboriginal
Drug and Alcohol
Council (SA) Inc. ©
Aboriginal
Drug and Alcohol
Council (SA) Inc. ©
Aboriginal
Drug and Alcohol
Council (SA) Inc. ©
Aboriginal
Drug and Alcohol
Council (SA) Inc. ©
Aboriginal
Drug and Alcohol
Council (SA) Inc. ©
Aboriginal
Drug and Alcohol
Council (SA) Inc. ©
Aboriginal
Drug and Alcohol
Council (SA) Inc. ©
Aboriginal
Drug and Alcohol
Council (SA) Inc. ©
• 2009 new Alcohol Guidelines to Reduce the
Lifetime Health Risks from Drinking Alcohol.
• Chance Meeting 2010.
Aboriginal
Drug and Alcohol
Council (SA) Inc. ©
• 2011 we Revised the Alcohol Guidelines we
developed in 2004.
Aboriginal
Drug and Alcohol
Council (SA) Inc. ©
• 2012 we developed the Phone App with new
Guidelines.
• Go to www.adac.org.au click on alcohol guidelines
and then follow the steps to have them downloaded
onto your smartphone or tablet such as ipad.
Aboriginal
Drug and Alcohol
Council (SA) Inc. ©
• THANK YOU