The QNADA Annual Breakfast was a great success this year, complementing the theme of Winterschool – Looking Back, Looking Forward.  Our guest speakers – Geoff Manu and Niki Parry (QuIHN and QuIVAA respectively), John Bartlett (Fresh Hope) and Dr Dennis Young (DRUG ARM) woke attendees up with an engaging conversation of the challenges of the last 25 years and most importantly – what’s next.

There is no doubt that many challenges lie ahead, however the obvious passion of all speakers reassured those in attendance that the future of the AOD sector is in good hands.  Of course, the opportunity wasn’t missed to raise with our Queensland Health colleagues the support needed to continue to advance the AOD sector.

We were also pleased that David Crosbie, CEO of the Community Council for Australia, was able to join us.  David expressed a keen interest in ensuring the sustainability of the AOD sector and QNADA looks forward to continuing these discussions.

A special thank you to our guest speakers and those that were able to join us.  We hope to have more events shortly to continue to discuss emerging issues within the AOD sector.