National Drug and Alcohol Awards
Celebrating Australian achievements to prevent
and reduce alcohol and other drug use and harm
Award categories
Principal Sponsor

Department of Health and Ageing

Major Sponsor

Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

Sponsors

AER Foundation

Australian Drug Foundation

Supporters

ActNow - NSW Government

ACT Health

Collaborating organisations
Ted Noffs Foundation
The Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia
Australian Drug Foundation
Australian National Council on Drugs

Drug-Arm Australasia

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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