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© Roderick Collard
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Sydney 2007
The painting:
Rod says his artwork reflects his ancestry and Dreamtime spirit of which he has a strong spiritual passion. This helps him to create his designs and colour which come from within. 'This really inspires me which enables me to become more creative, this also gives me a real purpose in life'.
The artist:
Roderick Collard (a Nyungar man, the original peoples of the southwest of Western Australia). Born in 1951, Pingelly, Western Australia.
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Policies and strategies
References and links to policies and strategies that address the misuse of kava and other drugs among Indigenous peoples are provided here, including National, State and Territory materials that address relevant issues in broader areas of drug use.
Indigenous
National
2006
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
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report (PDF - 429KB)
(This report replaces the 2003-2006 edition)
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website: National 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
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report (PDF - 970KB)
(This report replaces the 2003-2006 edition)
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website: National Drug Strategy
Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy (2006)
National Drug Strategy: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Peoples' Complementary Action Plan 2003-2009: glossary.
Canberra: Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy
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report (PDF - 206KB)
(This report replaces the 2003-2006 edition)
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website: National Drug Strategy
Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy (2006)
National Drug Strategy: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Peoples' Complementary Action Plan 2003-2009: summary.
Canberra: Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy
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report (PDF - 98KB)
(This report replaces the 2003-2006 edition)
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website: National Drug Strategy
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
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report (PDF - 823KB)
(This report replaces the 2003-2006 edition)
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website: National Drug Strategy
2004
Clough A, Jones P (2004)
Policy approaches to support local community control over
the supply and distribution of kava in the Northern Territory
(Australia).
Drug and Alcohol Review;23(1):117-126
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abstract: PubMed
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website: National Center for Biotechnology Information
States and Territories
2007
Northern Territory
Northern Territory of Australia (2007)![]()
Kava Management Act 2007
Darwin: Government of Northern Territory
View legislation
View website: Northern Territory of Australia
2006
Northern Territory
Northern Territory of Australia (2006)
Kava Management Regulations 2006
View regulations
View website: Northern Territory of Australia
2005
Western Australia
Drug and Alcohol Office (2005)
Strong spirit, strong mind: Western Australian Aboriginal
Alcohol and Other Drugs Plan 2005-2009.
Perth: Drug and Alcohol Office, Government of Western Australia
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report
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website: Drug and Alcohol Office
2004
South Australia
South Australian Aboriginal Health Partnership (2004)
Aboriginal health - everybody's business: substance misuse:
a South Australian strategy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people 2005-2010.
Adelaide: South Australian Aboriginal Health Partnership
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report (PDF - 1.4MB - large file warning!)
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website: Department of Health, South Australia
2003
Victoria
Rural and Regional Health and Aged Care Services Division
(2003)
The Koori alcohol and drug plan 2003-2004.
Melbourne: Victorian Government Department of Human Services
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report (PDF - 903KB)
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website: Victorian Government Health Information
General
2007
Northern Territory of Australia (2007)![]()
Kava Management Act 2007
Darwin: Government of Northern Territory
View legislation
View website: Northern Territory of Australia
2006
Northern Territory of Australia (2006)
Kava Management Regulations 2006
View regulations
View website: Northern Territory of Australia
2005
Lye G (2005)
Information about the Kava Management Act and Regulations.
Darwin: Northern Territory Government
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report (PDF - 200KB)
View website: Northern Territory Government
Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy (2005)
Intergovernmental Committee on Drugs National Drug Strategic
Framework Annual Report 2003–04 to the Ministerial Council
on Drug Strategy.
Canberra: Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy
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report (PDF - 627KB)
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website: National Drug Strategy
2004
Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy (2004)
National Drug Strategy: Australia's integrated framework
2004-2009.
Canberra: Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy
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report (PDF - 311KB)
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website: National Drug Strategy
2003
Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia
(2003)
Policy positions of the Alcohol and other Drugs Council
of Australia.
Deakin: Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia
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information
Kava Code of Management Advisory Group (nd)
National Code of Kava Management.
Darwin: Northern Territory Government
View report (PDF - 96KB)
View website: Northern Territory Government
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