Illicit drugs and alcohol

Preventing drug and alcohol-related crime - research and initiatives

• Licensed venues
• Drink spiking
• Liquor restrictions
• Policing
• Drink/drug driving
• Other initiatives, by state/territory

• Australian local government: alcohol harm minimisation projects - a good practice guide (PDF 285kB)
  Trevor King and Jennifer Richards. Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, 2003
• Alcohol & disorder in the Australian community: part I - victims
  Toni Makkai, 1997

Licensed venues

• Alcohol and licensed premises : best practice policing (PDF 1.12MB)
  National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund, 2003
• Accord with licensed premises: working together to keep Sydney safe (PDF 182kB)
  City of Sydney Council, New South Wales
• Liquor accords - local solutions for local liquor problems (PDF 276kB)
  Department of Gaming and Racing, New South Wales
• Reducing violence in licensed venues: community safety action projects
  Marg Hauritz, Ross Homel, Gillian McIlwain, Tamara Burrows and Michael Townsley, 1998
• Surfers Paradise safety action project
  Boronia Halstead. In 'The promise of crime prevention: leading crime prevention programs', 1995

Drink spiking

• Efforts to prevent drink spiking
  Natalie Taylor, Jeremy Prichard and Kate Charlton. Chapter from the report, National project on drink spiking : investigating the nature and extent of drink spiking in Australia, 2004
• "Spiked drinks" initiatives in NSW: drug/alcohol facilitated sexual assault (PDF 58kB)
  Jennifer Huxley and Jillian Meyers-Brittain. Presented at "Seeking Solutions": Australia's inaugural domestic violence & sexual assault conference, 2001

Liquor restrictions

• Alice Springs liquor restrictions
  Territory Health Services, Northern Territory
• An evaluation of liquor licensing restrictions in the Western Australian community of Port Hedland (PDF 497kB)
  Richard Midford, Deidra Young, Denese Playford, Elaine Kite, Tanya Chikritzhs, Richard Pascal. National Drug Research Institute, 2005
• Banning the bottle - liquor bans in New Zealand (PDF 249kB)
  Michael Webb. Third Australasian Drug Strategy Conference, 2004
• Monitoring the Adelaide dry area (PDF 1.7MB)
  Nichole Hunter, Judy Harvey, Bev O'Brien, Joy Wundersitz. South Australia Office of Crime Statistics and Research, 2004

Policing

• Police powers and VSM : a review : responding to volatile substance misuse (PDF 2.82MB)
  Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission, 2005
• The role of police in preventing and minimising illicit drug use and its harms (PDF 884kB)
  Catherine Spooner, Mark McPherson and Wayne Hall. National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund, 2004
• Alcohol and licensed premises : best practice policing (PDF 1.12MB)
  National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund, 2003
• Police powers and drug law enforcement in NSW
  Gareth Griffith. New South Wales Parliamentary Library, 2001

Drink/drug driving

• Drink rite project
  Queensland Police Service
• Sober Bob campaign
  Northern Territory Department of Heath and Community Services

Other initiatives, by state/territory

• ACT
• NSW
• NT
• Qld
• SA
• Vic
• WA

Australian Capital Territory

• Alcohol, tobacco and other drug strategy 2004-2008
  ACT Health

New South Wales

• NSW drugs and community action strategy: evaluation report (PDF 487kB)
  NSW Premier's Department, 2004
• Evaluation of the impact of Drug Summit initiatives in two NSW regions
  Katie Willis, 2002
• Community drug action
• New South Wales Drug Summit 1999

Northern Territory

• Illicit drugs taskforce report
  Taskforce on Illicit Drugs, Northern Territory
• Living with alcohol program
  Northern Territory Department of Health and Community Services
• Living with alcohol in the Northern Territory
  Ian Crundall, Research and Evaluation Co-ordinator, Living With Alcohol Program

Queensland

• Police powers and VSM : a review : responding to volatile substance misuse (PDF 2.82MB)
  Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission, 2005
• Protecting the future - illicit drug action plan 2003/04-2006/07 (PDF 350kB)
  Queensland Government
• Community crime prevention and alcohol and drug issues in Mackay
  John Mallett. Crime prevention conference, 2002
• 'Two steps forward, two steps back; circle to the left and promenade' Community crime prevention and drug-related issues in Mackay
  John Mallet. The character, impact and prevention of crime in regional Australia conference, 2001

South Australia

• The alcohol, drugs and crime working group: a partnership which has survived
  David Watts. Partnerships in crime prevention conference, 1998

Victoria

• Drug and alcohol issues in Bayside: draft research report for public comment (PDF 576kB)
  Greg Rumbold, Centre for Applied Drug and Alcohol Research, Monash University. Report prepared for Bayside City Council, 2003
• Drug action
  City of Greater Dandenong Council
• Drug Policy Expert Committee, Victoria
• The Gippsland anti-violence project: research in progress
  Arthur Veno. Partnerships in crime prevention conference, 1998

Western Australia

• Enough is enough
  An alcohol education program that aims to reduce the problems associated with drunkenness in the community
• Prevention Branch
  Western Australia Drug and Alcohol Office
• Publications
  Western Australia Drug and Alcohol Office
• Community partnerships in the WA: Strategy Against Drug Abuse - reducing the risk factors in local communities
  Terry Murph, Reducing criminality - partnerships and best practice conference, 31 July-1 August 2000