Working Out What Works: 16th Western Australian Drug and Alcohol Symposium

The Working Out What Works: 16th Western Australian Drug and Alcohol Symposium was held in Perth, Western Australia, 18 -19 September 2007. The symposium focused on clinical research, policy & practice and drug regulations & practice, and while not Indigenous specific, many presentations detailed Indigenous issues.

Keynote speakers included:

• Professor David Nutt
• Dr Dan Lubman
• Gningala Yarran-Clanton
• Professor Robin Room
• Dr Don Weatherburn

View symposium website

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet staff, Jane Burns and Amy Hardy, ran a HealthInternet café at the symposium.

The event was sponsored by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Reckitt Benckiser and St John of God Healthcare. Collaborating organisations included the WA Drug and Alcohol Office, the National Drug Research Institute, Murdoch University, Curtin University of Technology, University of Western Australia, Edith Cowan University and the Western Australian Network for Alcohol and Drug Agencies (WANADA).

• For further information regarding the symposium contact:
  • EECW Pty Ltd, PO Box 749, Wembley WA 6913, ph: (08) 9389 1488, fax: (08) 9389 1499, email: info@eventedge.com.au

We’d like to thank the symposium participants who provided permission for us to display their photos here (click on the photos to enlarge).