Alcohol and Other Drug Advisory Board
The Alcohol and Other Drugs Advisory Board (AODAB) is established pursuant to s.14 of the Alcohol and Other Drug Act 1974 (the Act) to provide advice to the CEO (the Mental Health Commissioner, the Commissioner) about matters relevant to performance of functions under section 11 - the functions of the CEO - which include:
- to provide assessment, treatment, management, care and rehabilitation of persons experiencing alcohol or other drug (AOD) use problems or co-occurring health issues, including persons who have or may have a mental illness, and to subsidise and otherwise support, as the CEO thinks fit, any other persons or organisations providing any one or more of those things;
- subject to the Minister’s consent, to establish and maintain premises for the assessment, treatment, management, care and rehabilitation of persons experiencing AOD use problems or co-occurring health issues, including persons who have or may have a mental illness, and to subsidise and otherwise support, as the CEO thinks fit, other persons and organisations establishing or maintaining premises for any one or more of those purposes;
- subject to the Minister’s consent, to establish and maintain accommodation for persons for whom assessment, treatment, management, care or rehabilitation services are provided under this Act and to subsidise and otherwise support, as the CEO thinks fit, other persons and organisations establishing or maintaining such accommodation;
- to provide such other facilities and services as the CEO considers necessary or desirable for the purposes of this Act;
- to determine the persons or classes of person for whom the CEO may provide facilities or services under this Act or in respect of whom the CEO may subsidise or otherwise support other persons and organisations providing facilities and services consistent with the purposes of this Act;
- to coordinate, promote, and subsidise, in Western Australia research into and education on the causation, prevention, reduction and treatment of AOD use problems and co-occurring health issues such as mental illness;
- to inquire into offences in which the use of AOD or both is an element, and the penalties for those offences, and to make recommendations to the Minister and Attorney General in relation to the need for, or desirability of, legislative action in the community interest in relation to those offences and penalties;
- subject to the Minister’s consent, to cooperate and enter into agreement with other persons and organisations, in this State or otherwise, to such extent as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act (s.11(1).
All members of the AODAB will be appointed by the Minister for Mental Health. Members are appointed based on their leadership, experience, knowledge, interest and expertise in the AOD sector and do not represent specific organisations or professions. Members will be residents of Western Australia.
To ensure the advice provided is considerate of the diverse perspectives, members are likely to have expertise in AOD issues in the following areas:
- Community sector, regional services
- Aboriginal, multicultural sector
- Prevention, Treatment, Recovery
- Youth, older adult, people with disability
- Public Health
- Addiction Medicine
- Academia and research
- Law Enforcement
Last updated 14 October 2024