NDARC/DPMP project on reducing stigma and discrimination associated with alcohol and other drugs in Queensland.

Will Tregoning made this Right to Information request to Queensland Mental Health Commission

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Dear Queensland Mental Health Commission,

I would like to request access to a report prepared for the QMHC by the Drug Policy Modelling Project at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at the University of New South Wales.

The report addresses effective ways of reducing stigma and discrimination related to alcohol and other drugs.

The project is mentioned on this page of your website

https://www.qmhc.qld.gov.au/research-rev...

I attended the QNADA conference earlier this year where Prof Alison Ritter presented summary findings and mentioned that the project was complete.

Yours faithfully,

Will Tregoning

Mental Health Commissioner, Queensland Mental Health Commission

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Kind regards

Queensland Mental Health Commission

 

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Dear Mr Tregoning

Thank you for your email dated 18 December 2017 regarding the research report prepared by the Drug Policy Modelling Project (DPMP) on effective ways of reducing stigma and discrimination related to alcohol and other drugs on behalf of the Commission.

The Commission is aware that there is a great interest in seeing the important research that the DPMP has undertaken. We were pleased to work with Professor Ritter to enable the key research findings to be shared at the Australian Winter School.

Since then the Commission has been consulting with state government agencies to capture their views and any activities that they are undertaking. This was outside the scope of the work DPMP were commissioned to conduct. As you may be aware the Queensland Government was in caretaker mode for a month or so, and a new government has recently been formed. This has meant that we have not been able to progress some of the work with some key state government agencies.

The Commission intends to publish a paper aimed at driving reform to address stigma and discrimination experienced by people living with problematic alcohol and other drug use. The report will be informed by the DPMP research, as well as consultation with state government agencies, non-government stakeholders and participants in the recent statewide consultations on the renewal of the Queensland Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol Strategic Plan 2014–2019. It is our intention to publicly release the paper and the DPMP research simultaneously in the first quarter of 2018.

Thank you again for your interest and I will ensure that you are provided with copies of the documents once they are released in the new year.

Regards

Queensland Mental Health Commission
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From: Will Tregoning [mailto:[FOI #4272 email]]
Sent: Monday, 18 December 2017 2:27 PM
To: Qld Mental Health Commission
Subject: Right to Information request - NDARC/DPMP project on reducing stigma and discrimination associated with alcohol and other drugs in Queensland.

Dear Queensland Mental Health Commission,

I would like to request access to a report prepared for the QMHC by the Drug Policy Modelling Project at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at the University of New South Wales.

The report addresses effective ways of reducing stigma and discrimination related to alcohol and other drugs.

The project is mentioned on this page of your website

https://www.qmhc.qld.gov.au/research-rev...

I attended the QNADA conference earlier this year where Prof Alison Ritter presented summary findings and mentioned that the project was complete.

Yours faithfully,

Will Tregoning

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Dear QMHC,

Thanks for your response to my request for access to the report, as per previous correspondence.

Noting the Preamble and Objects of the Right to Informations Act 2009, I request that you provide a full and unamended copy of the report within the processing period specified in the Act - 25 business days.

Please notify me immediately if you do not intend to comply with this request. If you do not intend to comply with this request I will proceed to a formal Right To Information application.

Yours sincerely,

Will Tregoning

QMHC Corro, Queensland Mental Health Commission

Thank you for your email, which has been received and is being reviewed.

 

Kind regards

Queensland Mental Health Commission

 

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QMHC Corro, Queensland Mental Health Commission

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If your enquiry urgent please contact the Commission on 1300 855 945.

 

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Mental Health Commissioner, Queensland Mental Health Commission

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Dear Mr Tregoning,

 

I refer to our email of 20 December 2017 regarding the research report
prepared by the Drug Policy Modelling Project on effective ways of
reducing stigma and discrimination related to alcohol and other drugs on
behalf of the Commission.

 

We would like to inform you that the Commission’s paper “Changing
attitudes, changing lives – Options to reduce stigma and discrimination
for people experiencing problematic alcohol and other drug use” has been
published on our website [1]www.qmhc.qld.gov.au on Friday, 13 April. The
research report is also available on the website.

 

Thank you for interest in this project.

 

Regards,

 

Queensland Mental Health Commission

 

T: 1300 855 945   |   F: 07 3405 9780

E:  [2][email address]  W:  [3]www.qmhc.qld.gov.au

PO Box 13027 George Street QLD 4003

 

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