28 October 2025
The Network of Alcohol and other Drugs Agencies (NADA) gave its verdict on the NSW Government response to the NSW Drug Summit Report, which was released this morning.
NADA CEO Dr Robert Stirling said the NSW Government needs to urgently unlock funds to address the backlog of long waitlists and growing demand at alcohol and other drug (AOD) services across the state.
“Today’s response from the NSW Government is a missed opportunity,” said Dr Stirling.
“Between the Drug Summit under this government and the Special Commission under the last one, we’ve had two chances in the past five years to reform drug laws, and unfortunately it looks like we have missed both.
“That said we hold out hope the strategy that was recommended by the Summit and endorsed by the government will be developed, implemented, funded and monitored as soon as possible.
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