Alcohol and Other Drugs

HON ALISON XAMON (North Metropolitan) [5.39 pm]: In June 2011, I made a statement in this place about the experience of one of my constituents, who was a public housing tenant and who had a serious mental illness and was facing eviction due to disruptive behaviour—behaviour that was the direct result of suffering a psychotic episode after a significant deterioration in his mental health. I raised my concerns at that time that his case was not isolated and that decisions to terminate tenancies were being made without taking into account people’s specific circumstances.

Final Report — “Help, not Handcuffs:
Evidence-based Approaches to Reducing Harm from Illicit Drug Use” — Tabling

HON ALISON XAMON (North Metropolitan) [10.05 am]: I am directed to present the final report of the Select Committee into Alternate Approaches to Reducing Illicit Drug Use and its Effects on the Community titled “Help, not Handcuffs: Evidence-based Approaches to Reducing Harm from Illicit Drug Use”.