NHMRC Partnership Project Success: Shaping the Future of AOD Treatment: Meeting Unmet Demand with Brief Interventions

Alcohol and other drug (AOD) services in Australia currently meet less than half of the treatment demand. Even when individuals with AOD use problems access these services, the majority attend only one or two sessions.

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September 2021

New NDRI Director appointed soon

A new National Drug Research Institute (NDRI) Director is expected to be appointed before the end of 2021 after Professor Simon Lenton announced plans to step down.

September 2021

Have You Ever Wondered…on the APSAD 2021 agenda

We are now only 2 months out from the APSAD 2021 Brisbane Conference and the NCETA team are busy putting the final touches on their presentations.

September 2021

Register now for the 2021 NDARC Annual Research Symposium

The 2021 NDARC Annual Research Symposium will be held online across three days from Wednesday 20 October – Friday 22 October. Our planned in-person event will be held at the UNSW Roundhouse early in 2022 on a date to be determined.

September 2021

NDRI 2021 Symposium program announced

The latest findings from a range of Australian and international alcohol and illicit drug research, plus a practical workshop focused on consumer and stakeholder engagement in research, are feature

September 2021

It’s Coming 2022...Updated National Workforce Development Strategy

New National Workforce Development Strategy aims to build the capacity of the AOD workforce to respond to contemporary issues and be prepared for future emerging needs.

September 2021

Quit smoking medicine could help women during pregnancy says new study

The quit smoking medicine ‘varenicline’ was found to be three times more effective in helping pregnant women stop smoking than nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) patches in a first of its kind study.

September 2021

Online ‘ice’ resource for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

Cracks in the Ice has launched the first national website providing trusted, evidence-based, and up-to-date resources about crystal methamphetamine for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

September 2021

UNSW Centre for Ideas and NDARC event – e-cigarettes

Join this special event when NDARC’s Dr Alys Havard and Professor Hayden McRobbie will discuss all things e-cigarettes and vaping in this collaborative event, part of the UNSW Centre for Ideas ‘international conversations’ series.

July 2021

Healthy WorkLife

NCETA was delighted to be invited by the Healthy Workplaces South Australia Community of Practice to deliver a presentation on our recently launched WorkLife website (

July 2021

NCETA on the Move!

After 29 years in the Sir Mark Oliphant Building, NCETA is moving offices (and our coffee machine) ‘up the hill’ to the Health Sciences Building, on the Flinders University Bedford Park Campus.

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