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The tutakalani by Donna Lei Rioli
Donna is a young Tiwi/Nyungar woman who is dedicated to the heritage and culture of the Tiwi people on her father's side, Maurice Rioli, and the Nyungar people on her mother's side, Robyn Collard. Her father and grandfather's country is at Wulawunga on Melville Island north of Darwin.
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2006
- Australian Government (2006) Australian Government
response to the House of Representatives inquiry into substance
abuse in Australian communities: road to recovery: report
on the inquiry into substance abuse in Australian communities.
Canberra: Australian Government
View report (PDF - 429KB)
View website: Parliament of Australia - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2006) Drug
use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples:
an assessment of data sources. Canberra: Australian
Institute of Health and Welfare
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View report (PDF - 554KB)
View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2006) Alcohol
and other drug treatment services in Australia 2004-05:
report on the national minimum data set. (AIHW catalogue
no. HSE 43) Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and
Welfare
View report
View findings (PDF - 258KB)
View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - Clough AR, Lee KSL, Cairney S, Maruff P, O'Reilly B, et
al. (2006) Changes in cannabis use and its consequences
over 3 years in a remote Indigenous population in northern
Australia. Addiction;101(5):696-705
View abstract: Addiction
View website: Blackwell Synergy (publishers) - Delahunty B, Putt J (2006) Good practice framework:
policing illicit drugs in rural and remote Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander communities. Canberra: Australian
Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
and Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
View report (PDF - 284KB)
View website: National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund - Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy (2006) National
Drug Strategy: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Complementary Action Plan 2003-2009: action plan. Canberra:
Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy
View information (PDF - 824KB)
(This report replaces the 2003-2006 edition)
View website: Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy - Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy (2006) National
Drug Strategy: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Complementary Action Plan 2003-2009: background paper.
Canberra: Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy
View paper (PDF - 500KB)
(This report replaces the 2003-2006 edition)
View website: Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy - Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy (2006) National
Drug Strategy: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples'
Complementary Action Plan 2003-2009: Torres Strait Islander
supplement. Canberra: Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy
View paper (PDF - 972KB)
(This report replaces the 2003-2006 edition)
View website: Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy - Putt J, Delahunty B (2006) Illicit drug use in rural
and remote Indigenous communities. Canberra: Australian
Institute of Criminology
View report (PDF - 279KB)
View website: Australian Institute of Criminology - Van der Sterren A, Anderson IP, Thorpe LG (2006) 'Individual'
harms, community 'harms': reconciling Indigenous values
with drug harm minimisation policy. Drug and Alcohol
Review;25(3):219-225
View abstract: Drug and Alcohol Review
View website: Taylor and Francis (publishers) - Williams N, Nasir R, Smither G, Troon S (2006) Providing
opioid substitution treatment to Indigenous heroin users
within a community health service setting in Adelaide. Drug
and Alcohol Review;25(3):227-232
View abstract: Drug and Alcohol Review
View website: Taylor and Francis (publishers)
2005
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2005) 2004
National Drug Strategy Household Survey: detailed findings.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
View report (PDF - 543KB)
View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2005) Statistics
on drug use in Australia 2004. Canberra: Australian
Institute of Health and Welfare
View report (PDF - 1.1MB - large file warning!)
View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
(2005) Drug and alcohol service reporting: 2003-04 key
results: a national profile of Australian Government Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander substance use specific services.
Canberra: Australian Government Department of Health and
Ageing
View report (PDF - 274KB)
View website: Department of Health and Ageing - Tongs J, Chatfield H, Dance P, Guthrie J (2005) 'I
want to be heard': an analysis of needs of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander illegal drug users in the ACT and
region for treatment and other services: community report:
findings from the final report. Canberra: National
Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian
National University and Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health
Service
View report (PDF - 14.1MB - large file warning!)
View website: National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health
2004
- Clough A, d'Abbs P, Cairney S, Gray D, Maruff P, et al.
(2004) Emerging patterns of cannabis and other substance
use in Aboriginal communities in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory:
a study of two communities. Drug and Alcohol Review;23(4):381-390
View abstract: Drug and Alcohol Review
View website: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Clough AR, Cairney S, D'abbs P, Parker R, Maruff P, et
al. (2004) Measuring exposure to cannabis use and other
substance use in remote Aboriginal populations in Northern
Australia: evaluation of a 'community epidemiology' approach
using proxy respondents. Addiction Research and Theory;12(3):261-274
View abstract: Addiction Research and Theory
View website: Taylor and Francis (publishers) - Gray D, Saggers S, Atkinson D, Strempel P (2004) Substance
misuse and primary health care among Indigenous Australians:
review of the Australian Government's Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Primary Health Care Program. Canberra:
Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
View report (PDF - 224KB)
View website: Department of Health and Ageing - Loxley W, Toumbourou JW, Stockwell T, Haines B, Scott
K, et al. (2004) The prevention of substance use, risk
and harm in Australia: a review of the evidence. Canberra:
The National Drug Research Institute and the Centre for
Adolescent Health
View report (PDF - 1.7MB - large file warning!)
View summary (PDF - 426KB)
View website: Department of Health and Ageing
2003
- Holly C, Shoobridge J (2003) Investigating the impact
of injecting drug use in Indigenous communities in metropolitan
Adelaide: community report. Adelaide: Aboriginal Drug
and Alcohol Council (SA) Inc
View abstract: South Australian Policy Online
View website: South Australian Policy Online - Strempel P, Saggers S, Gray D, Stearne A (2003) Indigenous
drug and alcohol projects: elements of best practice.
Canberra: Australian National Council on Drugs
View report (PDF - 1.5MB - large file warning!)
View website: Australian National Council on Drugs
2002
- Department of State Aboriginal Affairs
(2002) Aboriginal people and drug use, South Australian
Drugs Summit. Adelaide: Department of State Aboriginal
Affairs
View report
View outcomes (PDF - 258KB)
View website: Department of State Aboriginal Affairs - Gray D, Sputore B, Stearne A, Bourbon D, Strempel P (2002)
Indigenous drug and alcohol projects 1999-2000.
Canberra: Australian National Council on Drugs
View report (PDF - 11.8MB - large file warning!)
View website: Australian National Council on Drugs
2001
- Gray D, Saggers S, Atkinson D, Carter M, Loxley W, et
al. (2001) The harm reduction needs of Aboriginal people
who inject drugs: community report. Perth: National
Drug Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology
View report (PDF - 78KB)
View HealthInfoNet abstract
1999
- Larson ASC, Eldridge C (1999) Indigenous
Australians who inject drugs: results from a Brisbane study.
Drug and Alcohol Review;18(1):53-62
View abstract: Drug and Alcohol Review
View website: Taylor and Francis (publishers)
1998
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Lehmann T, Frances R (1998) Victorian Aboriginal Health Service Co-operative Ltd : injecting drug use project. Health Promotion Journal of Australia;8(1):51-54
View abstract: Health Promotion Journal of Australia
View website: Australian Health Promotion Association
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