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 |
Submissions to this inquiry are closed.
Write a submission
There are few rules for submissions, only that they must be relevant, written and received before the closing date. Include your name, phone number, and postal and email addresses, before sending your submission in either digital or physical form to one of these addresses:
- By email (preferred): LASelectCommitteeDDAB2021@parliament.act.gov.au
- By post: Drugs of Dependence Committee, ACT Legislative Assembly, GPO Box 1020, Canberra ACT 2601
Submissions received by the committee may be published online, but personal contact details will be removed.
Closing date for submissions is 11 June 2021. If you will have difficulty meeting this deadline, please request an extension.
Need help? Check out our guide to writing a submission for tips and advice.
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) |