❓ A parliamentary question regarding the funding provided to the WA Substance Users Association by both the state and commonwealth governments, detailing the specific allocations for various programs.
AnsweredQoN 1456Legislative Council
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WA SUBSTANCE USERS ASSOCIATION, FUNDING
How much funding is the Government giving to the WA Substance Users Association and for what purpose? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
How much funding is the Government giving to the WA Substance Users Association and for what purpose? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. State funding provided this financial year totals $387 452; that is, $350 000 by the communicable diseases branch of the Department of Health for core funding and consumables to the WA Substance Users Association, and $37 452 by the Alcohol and Drug Authority for the needle and syringe safe disposal program and for printing the Narcan booklet etc. In addition, it will receive commonwealth funding totalling $219 560; that is, $113 000 to assist the regional and metropolitan implementation and/or operations of needle and syringe programs, $34 000 to establish and operate a mobile needle and syringe exchange program - NSEP - in the greater Bunbury region, $38 060 for hepatitis C peer education and $34 000 for a health clinic. The total of state and commonwealth funding is $607 012.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. State funding provided this financial year totals $387 452; that is, $350 000 by the communicable diseases branch of the Department of Health for core funding and consumables to the WA Substance Users Association, and $37 452 by the Alcohol and Drug Authority for the needle and syringe safe disposal program and for printing the Narcan booklet etc. In addition, it will receive commonwealth funding totalling $219 560; that is, $113 000 to assist the regional and metropolitan implementation and/or operations of needle and syringe programs, $34 000 to establish and operate a mobile needle and syringe exchange program - NSEP - in the greater Bunbury region, $38 060 for hepatitis C peer education and $34 000 for a health clinic. The total of state and commonwealth funding is $607 012.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. State funding provided this financial year totals $387 452; that is, $350 000 by the communicable diseases branch of the Department of Health for core funding and consumables to the WA Substance Users Association, and $37 452 by the Alcohol and Drug Authority for the needle and syringe safe disposal program and for printing the Narcan booklet etc. In addition, it will receive commonwealth funding totalling $219 560; that is, $113 000 to assist the regional and metropolitan implementation and/or operations of needle and syringe programs, $34 000 to establish and operate a mobile needle and syringe exchange program - NSEP - in the greater Bunbury region, $38 060 for hepatitis C peer education and $34 000 for a health clinic. The total of state and commonwealth funding is $607 012.
State funding provided this financial year totals $387 452; that is, $350 000 by the communicable diseases branch of the Department of Health for core funding and consumables to the WA Substance Users Association, and $37 452 by the Alcohol and Drug Authority for the needle and syringe safe disposal program and for printing the Narcan booklet etc. In addition, it will receive commonwealth funding totalling $219 560; that is, $113 000 to assist the regional and metropolitan implementation and/or operations of needle and syringe programs, $34 000 to establish and operate a mobile needle and syringe exchange program - NSEP - in the greater Bunbury region, $38 060 for hepatitis C peer education and $34 000 for a health clinic. The total of state and commonwealth funding is $607 012.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. State funding provided this financial year totals $387 452; that is, $350 000 by the communicable diseases branch of the Department of Health for core funding and consumables to the WA Substance Users Association, and $37 452 by the Alcohol and Drug Authority for the needle and syringe safe disposal program and for printing the Narcan booklet etc. In addition, it will receive commonwealth funding totalling $219 560; that is, $113 000 to assist the regional and metropolitan implementation and/or operations of needle and syringe programs, $34 000 to establish and operate a mobile needle and syringe exchange program - NSEP - in the greater Bunbury region, $38 060 for hepatitis C peer education and $34 000 for a health clinic. The total of state and commonwealth funding is $607 012.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. State funding provided this financial year totals $387 452; that is, $350 000 by the communicable diseases branch of the Department of Health for core funding and consumables to the WA Substance Users Association, and $37 452 by the Alcohol and Drug Authority for the needle and syringe safe disposal program and for printing the Narcan booklet etc. In addition, it will receive commonwealth funding totalling $219 560; that is, $113 000 to assist the regional and metropolitan implementation and/or operations of needle and syringe programs, $34 000 to establish and operate a mobile needle and syringe exchange program - NSEP - in the greater Bunbury region, $38 060 for hepatitis C peer education and $34 000 for a health clinic. The total of state and commonwealth funding is $607 012.
State funding provided this financial year totals $387 452; that is, $350 000 by the communicable diseases branch of the Department of Health for core funding and consumables to the WA Substance Users Association, and $37 452 by the Alcohol and Drug Authority for the needle and syringe safe disposal program and for printing the Narcan booklet etc. In addition, it will receive commonwealth funding totalling $219 560; that is, $113 000 to assist the regional and metropolitan implementation and/or operations of needle and syringe programs, $34 000 to establish and operate a mobile needle and syringe exchange program - NSEP - in the greater Bunbury region, $38 060 for hepatitis C peer education and $34 000 for a health clinic. The total of state and commonwealth funding is $607 012.
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