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This site provides information about the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (SA) Inc. (ADAC). You can find out about the projects we run, contact our staff members and access resource material and details of current and past projects.

We hope that you find this web site useful in finding out about the work of ADAC and in gaining knowledge about substance misuse. If you found the information in the web site informative or interesting, or completely the opposite, please do not hesitate to send us an email.

If you would like further information on the Council please do not hesitate to contact ADAC.


University Graduates Today Unemployed Tomorrow


file://localhost/Users/helen/Desktop/GRAD%20TODAY.jpgADAC Staff have trained but funding for Police Drug Diversion and Makin Tracks have not been funded?

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Kalparrin A Dry Argument


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Scott Wilson and the Alcohol Guidelines Web App Featured on SBS World News


ADAC and Guidelines App Featured on SBS World News from Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Coun on Vimeo.

Scott Wilson, Director of ADAC and the Web App Alcohol Guidelines were featured on the 6th of March 2012 as part of a report on alcohol consumption in Australia and the demands for funding to aid in the development of further health education resources dealing with alcohol.

The Alcohol Guidelines web application was developed as part of a project by ADAC and funded by Drinkwise Australia.

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ADAC lead the way with Guidelines App.


Mr Scott Wilson, the Director of the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (SA) Inc at yesterdays forum, held in Melbourne which examined the role of the Guidelines in reducing risky alcohol consumption in Australia released the first phone app targeting Aboriginal Australians.

"Mr Wilson said that it was the first of its kind in Australia that is using modern technology to get a health message to Aboriginal people Australia wide”. ADAC has used the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) Australian Guidelines to Reduce Health Risks from Drinking Alcohol and made them into a culturally appropriate mobile website app.

The mobile website app is based on the ADAC produced Alcohol Guidelines to Reduce the Lifetime Health Risks from Drinking Alcohol, which Drinkwise had provided funding for in 2010.

Mr Wilson said that “it was and exciting development in ensuring that the Alcohol guidelines could a great tool the Indigenous alcohol and drug workers would have wherever they worked in Australia on their phones or other media such as IPADS or tablets.

The mobile friendly website app can be viewed at guidelines.adac.org.au

Or visit adac.org.au/guidelines for more information.

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July 2010 - June 2011 Annual Report

Annual Report

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