NADA has submitted our pre-budget submission [PDF] to the NSW Treasurer and Health Minister. We will be actively seeking representation with the NSW Government to impress the need to implement our funding recommendations.
Submission in a nutshell
- • There are 101,773 people in NSW who do not receive treatment despite being suitable for and wanting treatment (2024).
- • We are asking that the NSW Government increase funding to existing NSW NGO AOD services by an
additional $13,000,000 each year for the next five years to increase the total quantum of recurrent funds to the sector to $65,000,000 by the fifth year. - • The submission has the potential to respond to at least 16 priorities from the NSW Drug Summit Report and increase access to an additional 10,0000 people per year across a range of settings