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NSW/ACT Alcohol Policy Alliance

The NSW ACT Alcohol Policy Alliance (NAAPA) is an alliance of organisations advocating for evidence-based solutions to prevent and reduce alcohol-related harms in NSW and the ACT.

2013 NSW Alcohol Summit

The 2013 NSW Alcohol Summit was held on Thursday 14 March at NSW Parliament House with over 180 attendees including health professionals, community representatives, law enforcement officials, researchers, frontline workers, and state politicians.

Media releases

NSW Alcohol Summit – a wakeup call for government
Past lessons flagged ahead of alcohol summit

Summit report

10 years on: An analysis of the progress made in preventing alcohol-related harms since the 2003 NSW Summit on Alcohol Abuse

Communique

2013 NSW Alcohol Summit Communique

Event program

Download the event program & Twitter guide for delegates

About NAAPA

NAAPA aims to reduce alcohol-related harms by ensuring that evidence-based solutions inform alcohol policy discussions in NSW and ACT. NAAPA currently has 35 member organisations from a range of fields including health, community, law enforcement, emergency services and research organisations. If you are interested in joining NAAPA email us at naapa@fare.org.au

Policy priorities

The harms that result from alcohol consumption are not limited to Kings Cross in Sydney and Civic in Canberra. They result from drinking at bars, pubs and at home and include a broad range of immediate and long term health conditions, injuries and death.

Effective interventions to reduce alcohol-related harms need to consider the range of harms that result from alcohol consumption, the various patterns of drinking and the environment in which alcohol is consumed. Policies also need to consider the impacts of both on-licence (bars and clubs), as well as off-licence (retailers and take-away outlets) premises.

The ways that alcohol is sold, promoted and made available all contribute to the way that alcohol is consumed and the associated harms. Across Australia today alcohol is the most affordable that it has been in over three decades, it is more available than it ever has been and it is more heavily promoted.

NAAPA’s policy priorities are focused on three areas where the NSW and ACT Governments can have the greatest influence in reducing alcohol-related harms. These are:

1. Alcohol availability;
2. Alcohol pricing and promotion; and
3. Community engagement.

Founding members

The following organisations are founding members of NAAPA:

1. Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education
2. Network of Alcohol and Drug Agencies
3. Darlinghurst Resident Action Group
4. Newcastle Community Drug Action Team
5. Police Association of NSW
6. Australian Medical Association NSW
7. The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
8. Public Health Association NSW Branch
9. Cancer Council NSW
10. National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre
11. Centre for Health Initiatives, University of Wollongong
12. Hello Sunday Morning
13. Australasian College of Emergency Medicine
14. Jewish House Limited
15. Inspire Foundation
16. The Asia Pacific Centre for Crime Prevention Griffith University (Sydney)
17. University of Newcastle
18. Ulladulla Community Drug Action Team
19. Drug and Alcohol Research and Training Australia
20. Bondi Residents Association
21. Ted Noffs Foundation (NSW)
22. St Vincent’s Hospital
23. Australian Drug Foundation
24. Health Services Union
25. Pedestrian Council of Australia
26. The Salvation Army NSW
27. Awabakal Newcastle Aboriginal Co Operative Ltd
28. The Royal Australasian College of Physicians
29. Byron Bay Youth Service
30. Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
31. NSW Nurses and Midwives Association
32. 2011 Residents Association
33. Karralika Programs Inc.
34. Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drugs Association ACT
35. Ted Noffs Foundation (ACT)

Summer harms

Alcohol harms in NSW: What to expect this summer

NAAPA Policy Priorities

NAAPA Background Information

What’s the story?

We’ve prepared an overview of the Summit, and will continue to update this as events unfold.