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

PM’s award 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 Excellence in creating healthy sporting communities Honour roll How to enter Media releases Contacts Previous awards

2009 National Drug and Alcohol Awards

PM’s award

Winner:

Prof Ian Webster, AO

Excellence in prevention and community education

Winner:

Stepping Stones — Family Drug Support

Finalists:

FebFast

TAFE NSW Training and Education Support, Industry skills Unit, Meadowbank

Excellence in treatment and support

Winner:

Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre

Finalists:

The Buttery, The Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Lifestyle Support Program (MISA LSP)

The PEPISU Women and Children’s Program

Excellence in research

Winner:

Prof Amanda Baker, Dr Frances Kay-Lambkin, Prof David Kavanagh, Prof Brian Kelly, Prof Vaughan Carr, University of Newcastle

Finalists:

Professor Sandra Jones, University of Wollongong

Dr. Laura Vogl, Prof. Maree Teesson, Prof. Gavin Andrews, Dr. Kevin Bird, Ms. Bronwyn Steadman, Mr. Paul Dillon, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre

Excellence in services for young people

Winner:

Mission Australia: Triple Care Farm

Finalists:

Brisbane City Council — The Working On program

Drug Education Network Inc. — Tune In Not Out (TINO)

Excellence in law enforcement

Winner:

Drug and Alcohol Co-ordination, Alcohol and Licensing Enforcement Command, New South Wales Police Force

Excellence in alcohol and other drug media reporting

Winner:

Suzanne Smith, Brett Evans, Tony Jones, Chris Schembri of 'Lateline' ABC

Finalists:

The Geelong Advertiser

Four Corners — ABC

Excellence in school drug education

Winner:

South Australian Cross Sectoral Drug Education Indigenous, Rural and Remote Project 2008–09

National Drug and Alcohol Honour Roll

Barry Evans

Prof David Hill, AO

2009 awards night photographs