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

AER Foundation

Major Sponsors

Department of Health and Ageing

Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

Victoria Department of Human Services

Supporter

Victoria Department of Education and Early Childhood Development

ActNow - NSW Government

Collaborating organisations
Ted Noffs Foundation
The Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia
Australian Drug Foundation
Australian National Council on Drugs
Prime MinisterÕs award for excellence and outstanding contribution in drug and alcohol endeavours Excellence in prevention Excellence in treatment Excellence in research Excellence in services for young people Excellence in law enforcement Excellence in alcohol and drug media reporting Excellence in school drug education Honour roll How to enter Media releases Contacts Previous awards

2005 National Drug and Alcohol Awards

Prime Minister’s award for excellence and outstanding contribution in drug and alcohol endeavours

Winner:

Mr Barry Abbott of Ilpurla Aboriginal Association

Excellence in prevention

Winner:

Drugs Policy and Services Branch, Department of Human Services, Victoria, for "Temazepam injection: ending the Australian epidemic"

Finalists:

Streetwize Magazine & Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council of South Australia, for the Risky Business Resource Pack

Newman YMCA Incorporated for DRUGeD

Excellence in treatment

Winner:

Odyssey House (NSW)

Finalist:

The Australian Centre for Addiction Research

Excellence in services for young people

Winner:

Streetwize Communications

Finalists:

NASAS Youth Outreach Program

Teen Challenge NSW for Kickstart

Excellence in law enforcement

Winner:

New South Wales Police and Hunter New England Area Health Service for "The Alcohol Linking Program"

Finalists:

NSW police (Wollongong) for the "Take the Hint project"

Victorian Police — Police Schools Involvement Program

Excellence in alcohol and drug media reporting

Winner:

Alison Dean from Metropolis Media for ‘Sex, drugs and specialised care’ in the Emerald Hill Times and ‘Loving alcohol to death’ in the Melbourne Times

Finalists:

Jane Bardon, SBS radio — ‘Beating the grog: alcohol in aboriginal Australia’

Sacha Payne, SBS radio — ‘Khat: a new drug challenge for multicultural Australia’

Awards night photographs