Community Action 

NSW Government Links

Community Builders
This website has a range of information on how Community Drug Action Teams are responding to alcohol issues in NSW.

Are you responsibe
A campaign developed by the Wollongong Local Area Command to address the problems associated with under age drinking and the secondary supply of alcohol to young people. Information is from the NSW Community Builders website.

NSW Health
Had Enough? Alcohol related violence and crime - What you and your community can do about it
A pamphlet produced by the NSW Government to assist communities find local solutions to alcohol-related violence and crime.

Other Links

Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand (ALAC)
Strengthening Community Action on Alcohol
This publication has been created in response to calls from people working at a community level looking for ideas on where to start in reducing alcohol related harm.

Alcohol Issues in Alice Springs and the Role of Alice Springs Town Council
Alice Springs Town Council is one of the many concerned stakeholders seeking to minimise harms related to alcohol and the economic and social costs to the community. Alice Springs, along with other isolated regions and towns across Australia and in the Territory, has one of the highest rates of consumption of alcohol per capita in Australia. The Alice Springs Town Council has adopted a position and has resolved to take a “leadership role in resolving alcohol issues in Alice Springs by encouraging and supporting concerned community groups and organisations to participate”.

Community Alcohol Action Network (CANN)
CAAN aims to reduce alcohol problems by tackling social and cultural forces that drive unsafe and heavy drinking. CAAN fosters public awareness of alcohol problems and seeks to mobilise the community to take action against inappropriate alcohol use, advertising and supply.

Road to recovery
Report from The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family and Community on the inquiry into substance abuse in Australian communities. This report contains recommendations to improve the way the community deals with the problems associated with substance abuse and misuse. September 2003