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Australian National Advisory Council on Alcohol and other Drugs

Health and Aged Care
Australian National Advisory Council on Alcohol and other Drugs (ANACAD) key role is to provide advice to the Government on a range of national drug and alcohol issues, including advice on new and emerging policy, new substances or other issues relating to alcohol and other drugs, to ensure the Government is well placed to respond. ANACAD is a confidential expert advisory Council.

Further information

  • Type of Body

    F. Non-statutory advisory structure

  • Established By / Under

    Minister

  • Paid Members?

    No

  • Max No. of Board/Committee Members

    10

  • Annual Report Prepared and tabled?

    Yes

  • Classification

    C. Secondary non-statutory structure

  • Function Categorization

    Advisory Board

  • Creation Date

  • Postal Address

    Department of Health and Aged Care, PO Box 9848
    Canberra ACT 2606
    Australia

Current board appointments

Position Appointee Start Date End Date
Chair Mr. Michael Farrell 23 May 2023 31 December 2024
Deputy Chair Ms. Georgie Harman 8 April 2022 31 December 2024
Member Associate Professor Robert Ali 1 January 2022 31 December 2024
Member Prof. Steve Allsop 1 January 2022 31 December 2024
Member Mr. Joe Coyte 1 January 2022 31 December 2024
Member Ms. Nicola Bath 8 April 2022 31 December 2024
Member Mr. Jack Nagle 1 January 2022 31 December 2024
Member Ms. Rebecca Lang 1 January 2022 31 December 2024
Member Prof. Nicole Lee 1 January 2022 31 December 2024
Member Dr. Erin Lalor 8 April 2022 31 December 2024
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