Organisations in Cairns, Cooktown and Lockhart River have taken up the challenge of preventing drug and alcohol related harm by forming an officially recognised Local Drug Action Team. The Cairns, Cooktown and Lockhart River Local Drug Action Teams are three of more than 40 new partnerships across Australia which have been accepted into the Australian…
The federal government will provide $9 million to Mission Australia to fund a new Cairns-based drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre. This initiative continues the federal government’s unprecedented $720 million investment in drug and alcohol treatment services. Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch said government funding will support a 12-week holistic rehabilitation program and the development of…
The federal government will provide $268 million to continue support for Australians battling alcohol and drug issues. Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch said the funding over three years from 2019-20 to 2021-22 will be provided to regionally-based Primary Health Networks. He said the Northern Queensland PHN would receive $1.284m per year over the next three…