The Committee is conducting an inquiry into the Drugs of Dependence (Personal Use) Amendment Bill 2021.

Inquiry status:
Completed
Date started:
11 February 2021
Submissions close:
11 June 2021
Reporting date:
Report released
30 November 2021

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Terms of reference

Please click here to read the Inquiry’s terms of reference.

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Terms of Reference PDF (171.3 KB) Word (174.9 KB)
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Submission 59 - Jacob White - Confidential PDF (241.0 KB)
Submission 58 - Drug Free Australia Queensland PDF (9.4 MB)
Submission 57 - Ted Noffs Foundation PDF (596.4 KB)
Submission 56 - The Pharmacy Guild of Australia, ACT Branch PDF (339.9 KB)
Submission 55 - NSW Police Force PDF (1.1 MB)
Submission 54 - Dr Wodak PDF (505.7 KB)
Submission 53 - John Miller PDF (334.3 KB)
Submission 52 - JonathanC PDF (278.9 KB)
Submission 51 - Human Rights Justice Action PDF (605.3 KB)
Submission 50 - Civil Liberties Australia Inc. PDF (346.0 KB)
Submission 49 - Carers ACT PDF (471.3 KB)
Submission 48 - The Australian Medical Association (ACT) Limited PDF (1006.8 KB)
Submission 47 - National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University (NDRI) PDF (365.2 KB)
Submission 46 - Dr Adele Stevens and Suzanne Eastwood PDF (347.0 KB)
Submission 45a - Bill Stefaniak - Supplementary PDF (416.3 KB)
Submission 45 - Bill Stefaniak PDF (462.5 KB)
Submission 44 - The Salvation Army Australia PDF (4.5 MB)
Submission 43 - Directions Health Services PDF (1.0 MB)
Submission 42 - Australian Alcohol and other Drugs Council PDF (527.5 KB)
Submission 41 - Confidential PDF (194.8 KB)
Submission 40 - Australian National University Drug Research Network PDF (1.3 MB)
Submission 39 - Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation & Advocacy (CAHMA) PDF (653.3 KB)
Submission 38 - Families & Friends for Drug Law Reform PDF (3.4 MB)
Submission 37 - Unharm PDF (3.0 MB)
Submission 36 - Uniting NSW.ACT. PDF (4.0 MB)
Submission 35 - Australian Psychedelic Society Canberra Chapter PDF (441.0 KB)
Submission 34 - Burnet Institute PDF (1.5 MB)
Submission 33 - Australian Federal Police Association’s (AFPA) PDF (570.7 KB)
Submission 32 - Jenny Xue PDF (1.2 MB)
Submission 31a - Supplementary Statement - Drug Free Australia evidence of EMCDDA's official data for Portugal PDF (347.6 KB)
Submission 31 - Drug Free Australia PDF (5.6 MB)
Submission 30 - Karralika Programs Incorporated PDF (789.5 KB)
Submission 29 - Toora Women Inc. PDF (680.0 KB)
Submission 28 - Australian Association of Social Workers PDF (812.2 KB)
Submission 27 - Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Association ACT (ATODA) PDF (1.5 MB)
Submission 26 - ACT Justice Reform Group PDF (477.6 KB)
Submission 25 - Mrs. and Mr. Bingham PDF (194.8 KB)
Submission 24 - Judith Girdler and Lawrence Paul PDF (293.1 KB)
Submission 23 - ACT Council of Social Service Inc. (ACTCOSS) PDF (337.2 KB)
Submission 22 - The Drug Policy Modelling Program (DPMP), UNSW Sydney PDF (534.9 KB)
Submission 21 - Marion McConnell PDF (644.4 KB)
Submission 20 - Western Australian Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies (WANADA) PDF (479.0 KB)
Submission 19 - Alcohol and Drug Foundation PDF (492.6 KB)
Submission 18 - Erika Unsworth, Dr Clara Tuck Meng Soo, Associate Professor Anna Olsen & Dr William Huang PDF (333.6 KB)
Submission 17 - Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association PDF (824.2 KB)
Submission 16 - Peter Taylor PDF (268.0 KB)
Submission 15 - ACT Government - Health Submission PDF (1.1 MB)
Submission 14 - Queensland Network of Alcohol and other Drugs PDF (1.2 MB)
Submission 13 - Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) PDF (619.0 KB)
Submission 12 - Harm Reduction Australia PDF (269.6 KB)
Submission 11 - 360Edge PDF (2.3 MB)
Submission 10 - ACT Law Society PDF (537.3 KB)
Submission 09 - Canberra Community Law PDF (832.4 KB)
Submission 08 - Mind Medicine Australia PDF (1.0 MB)
Submission 07 - ACT Policing PDF (1.5 MB)
Submission 06 - Alison PDF (534.1 KB)
Submission 05 - Family Drug Support PDF (612.9 KB)
Submission 04 - Meridian PDF (2.3 MB)
Submission 03 - Health Care Consumers' Association Inc. PDF (472.6 KB)
Submission 02 - Australian Lawyers Alliance PDF (354.4 KB)
Submission 01 - Joel Dignam PDF (234.7 KB)

Public hearings

8 July 2021, 1:30pm - 4:00pm

9 July 2021, 1:00pm - 4:00pm

21 July 2021, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

29 July 2021, 12:30pm - 4:15 pm

30 July 2021, 9:30 am - 4:00 pm

View current public hearings schedule and click here to read transcripts from these hearings.

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Answers to Questions Taken on Notice - Canberra Community Law (CCL) PDF (4.1 MB)
Answers to Questions Taken on Notice - Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Association ACT (ATODA) PDF (396.2 KB)
Answer to Question Taken on Notice - Minister for Health PDF (314.1 KB)
Answer to Question Taken on Notice - Marion McConnell PDF (169.4 KB)
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Report - Inquiry into the Drugs of Dependence (Personal Use) Amendment Bill 2021 (without Dissenting Report) PDF (505.2 KB) Word (3.1 MB)
Report - Inquiry into the Drugs of Dependence (Personal Use) Amendment Bill 2021 (with Dissenting Report) PDF (565.0 KB) Word (145.6 KB)
Appendix C - Dissenting Report PDF (188.0 KB) Word (3.0 MB)
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Government Responses tabled 9 June 2022 PDF (257.5 KB)
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Explanatory Statement to the Bill PDF (217.7 KB)
Drugs of Dependence (Personal Use) Amendment Bill 2021 PDF (173.6 KB)
8. Media Release - Drugs of Dependence Committee tables report (30 November 2021) PDF (181.9 KB) Word (175.5 KB)
7. Media Release - Reporting date extended for Drugs of Dependence Committee (22 September 2021) PDF (185.1 KB) Word (174.5 KB)
6. Media Release - Parliamentary committee holding final hearings into Drugs of Dependence (Personal Use) Amendment Bill 2021 (27 July 2021) PDF (193.2 KB) Word (176.8 KB)
5. Media Release - Public hearing to discuss Canberra’s needle and syringe program (21 July 2021) PDF (167.6 KB) Word (174.8 KB)
4. Media Release - First public hearings for drugs of dependence inquiry (8 July 2021) PDF (185.4 KB) Word (174.7 KB)
3. Media Release - Drugs of Dependence (Personal Use) Amendment Bill 2021 - Online survey (11 June 2021) PDF (185.8 KB) Word (174.6 KB)
2. Media Release - Legislative Assembly Committee opens public survey on drugs of dependence (20 May 2021) PDF (185.9 KB) Word (174.6 KB)
1. Media Release - Drugs of Dependence (Personal Use) Amendment Bill 2021—new Assembly Select Committee (25 March 2021) PDF (214.5 KB) Word (177.9 KB)


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