2004
National Drug and Alcohol Awards
The organisers of the inaugural 2004 National Drug
and Alcohol Awards, the Ted Noffs Foundation, the
Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia, the
Australian Drug Foundation and the Australian National
Council on Drugs are pleased to announce the award
winners. These were presented at the gala awards
dinner in Sydney on Friday 2 April.
The awards went to:
Prime Minister's award for excellence and outstanding
contribution in drug and alcohol endeavours
Father Chris Riley — Chief Executive Officer —
Youth Off The Streets
Recognition for lifetime achievement in the drug
and alcohol field award
Milton Luger — Founder of Odyssey House
Services to the drug and alcohol field award
Professor Margaret Hamilton — Director — Turning
Point Alcohol and Drug Centre
Excellence in prevention
Western Sydney Drug & Alcohol Resource Centre
(WESDARC) — The Young Women and Alcohol Project
Other finalists:
- Premier's Drug Prevention Council (Victoria)
- Pilbara Community Drug Service Team and Newman
YMCA — DRUGGeD
- Youth Substance Abuse Service — Hepatitis B Vaccination
Program 2003
Excellence in treatment
Oolong House
Other finalists:
- Next Step Youth Services
- William Booth Institute
- Odyssey House Victoria
Excellence in research
National Drug Research Institute — School Health
and Alcohol Harm Reduction Project
Other finalists:
- National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre — Illicit
Drug Reporting System
- NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research — NSW
Drug Court Evaluation
Excellence in services for young people
Next Step Youth Services
Other finalists:
- Youth Substance Abuse Service
- Manly Drug Education and Counselling Centre
Excellence in serving a special target population
Odyssey House Victoria — The Nobody's Clients Project
Other finalists:
- Streetwize Communications and Aboriginal Medical
Service Co-operative Ltd — Getting on Track
- Western Sydney Drug & Alcohol Resource Centre
Excellence in alcohol and drug media reporting
Tanya Denning — SBS Television
Other finalists:
- Shannon Norris — Leader Newspapers (Victoria)
- Geesche Jacobson — The Sydney Morning Herald
- Helen Dalley & Christopher Zinn — Channel Nine
Sunday Program
The event organisers would like to thank all those
who participated in the 2004 National Drug and
Alcohol Awards. Without you this event would
not be possible.
We would also like to thank the principal sponsors
of the event, The
Department of Health and Ageing and the Alcohol
Education and Rehabilitation Foundation and the major sponsors, the NSW
Government and
the Victorian
Department of Human Services for
their support and generosity.
More information on the 2004 National Drug and
Alcohol Awards can be found at www.drugawards.org.au
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