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Friday, 29 August 2008
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Prevention and Community Education Reference Group
Chair: Currently Vacant
NSW Ms Debbie Roberts Youth Solutions
TAS: Ms Tracey Bullen Drug Education Network
NT: Ms Veronica-Jane Thorpe Drug and Alcohol Services Association
VIC: Ms Rosemary McClean Australian Drug Foundation
ACT: Mr Troy Combo Australian Hepatitis Council
SA: Ms Sue Miers National Organisation for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome & Related Disorders
WA: Ms Sioban Delgado Kimberley Community Drug Service Team

Aboriginal Peoples and Torres Strait Islander Reference Group
Chair: VIC Mr Moses Abbatangelo DASWEST
QLD: Ms Coralie Ober Queensland Health
WA: Mr Wayne Flugge Western Australian Network of Alcohol and Drug Agencies
SA: Mr Scott Wilson Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (SA)
NSW: Ms Raechel Wallace South Coast Medical Services Aboriginal Corporation
ACT: Currently Vacant
NT: Currently Vacant
TAS: Currently Vacant

Law and Criminal Justice Reference Group
Chair: TAS Dr Jenny Fleming University of Tasmania
ACT: Ms Juani O'Reilly
NSW: Detective Superintendent Grieg Newbery NSW Police
WA: Ms Carol Daws Cyrenian House
QLD: Mr Gavin Palk Queensland University of Technology
VIC: Ms Sharon O'Reilly Inner South Community Health Service
SA: Mr Leigh Garrett OARS SA & The Centre for Restorative Justice
NT: Currently Vacant 

Economics and Marketing Reference Group
Chair: SA: Mr Graham Strathearn
NSW Currently Vacant
QLD: Currently Vacant
ACT: Currently Vacant
NT: Currently Vacant
WA: Currently Vacant
VIC: Dr Railton Hill
TAS: Currently Vacant

 Research Reference Group
Chair: Vic Dr Nicole Lee Turning Point Drug and Alcohol Centre
ACT: Mr David McDonald Consultant in social research & evaluation
NT: Dr Kate Senior Menzies School of Health Research
QLD: Caroline Salom Drug Arm Australasia
NSW: Dr Wendy Swift National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre
SA: Dr Peter Lawrinson  National Centre for Education and Training on Addictions
WA: Dr Richard Midford National Drug Research Institute
TAS: Assoc Prof Roberta Julian Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies

Workforce Development Reference Group
Chair: ACT Mr Tony Cotton Australian Federal Police
NSW: Ms Janice Jones Australasian Therapeutics Communities Association
VIC: Mr Kieran Connolly Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre
WA: Mr Bram Dickens South Metro Community Drug Service, Perth
QLD: Ms Caroline Salom Drug Arm Australia
NT: Ms Judith McKay CAAPS Inc
SA: Mr Lesley Edwards South Australian Network of Drug and Alcohol Services (SANDAS)
TAS: Ms Tracey Bullen Drug Education Network Inc

Treatment and Rehabilitation Reference Group
Chair: NSW Mr James Pitts Odyssey House McGrath Foundation
QLD: Ms Diane Forsyth Addiction Help Agency Cairns
NT: Mr Paul Finlay Drug and Alcohol Services Association
WA: Ms Jill Rundle Western Australian Network of Alcohol and Drug Agencies
ACT: Ms Lynne Magor-Blatch Alcohol and Drug Foundation ACT Inc
TAS: Mr Kim Churchill Holyoake Tasmania Inc
SA: David Calvert Anglicare South Australia
VIC currently vacant

Workplace/Industrial and Occupational Health & Safety Reference Group
Chair: SA: Dr Ken Pidd National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction
QLD: Assoc Prof Jeremy Davey Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety
ACT: Ms Kerry Fitzgerald Australian Safety and Compensation Council
WA: Mr James Lawton Palmerston Association
TAS: Ms Cecile McKeown Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies, UTAS
NSW Mr Trevor Sharp Building Trades Group of Unions
VIC: Mr Darrell Hinga Eastern Alcohol and Drug Service
NT: Ms Louise Page Employee Assistance Program