ICE Taskforce

1265 Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (11 September 2019). Have all the Ice Taskforce recommendations assigned to SA Health now been delivered in full?

1. If not, which recommendations remain unfinished?

2. By when will they be completed?

3. Is there funding in the 2019-20 budget to fully implement all recommendations?

The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart—Minister for Energy and Mining): The Minister for Health and Wellbeing has advised:

SA Health has responsibility for nine of the recommendations in the Ice Action Plan, from which 10 initiatives were developed to address methamphetamine use in the community. Of these, seven have been implemented and are now complete with the remaining three, listed below, being underway:

Supporting employers to better respond to substance abuse in the workplace.

GP engagement project through the National Drug Strategy Committee.

Explore other options for diversionary programs across various systems, based on success of DASSA Fines Enforcement Diversion program.

All initiatives will be complete by the end of 2019, except for the initiative to support employers to better respond to substance abuse in the workplace, which is due for project completion by 30 June 2020. There is funding within the 2019-20 budget to complete remaining actions.