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House Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Disability

11 March 2026

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Contents updated on 21 Oct 2026

The chair opens the AOD inquiry, records appearances and Acknowledgment of Country, and the Health and Aged Care department outlines national harm trends, new consolidated funding arrangements and the national strategy working group linking health and law‑enforcement responses.

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Inquiry opening and departmental context

15:34

Committee opening and inquiry scope

15:34

Department opening statement — harms, funding and coordination

18:14

Harm reduction measures, naloxone and system pressures

21:27

Pill testing and Commonwealth role in harm reduction

21:27

Nitazenes and naloxone access — Monique Ryan Q&A

26:20

Funding balance — law enforcement vs treatment and harm reduction

28:35

Youth drug trends and adaptation of treatment services

32:38

Emergency department burden and methamphetamine presentations

37:40

Treatment innovation, emerging substances and program evaluation

40:11

GLP‑1 agonists, wastewater monitoring and GP roles

40:11

Nitazenes risk profile and naloxone effectiveness

46:24

Youth smoking decline, vaping concerns and program evaluation

50:12

Medicinal cannabis regulation, data gaps and witness close

55:05

Medicinal cannabis prescribing surge and regulatory data gaps

55:05

Post‑division: concerns over medicinal cannabis model and consultation

01:01:00

Committee wrap‑up with Health and Aged Care officials

01:06:48

NIAA mandate and First Nations AOD workforce

01:10:33

NIAA introductions, mandate and program overview

01:10:33

AOD workforce in First Nations services and training barriers

01:14:58

Community‑controlled services and sector‑wide workforce shortages

01:18:26

Data limitations, pregnancy risks and remote service access

01:22:13

Data gaps on AOD by remoteness for First Nations people

01:22:13

Pregnancy, FASD, fragmented services and limited new funding

01:24:31

Remote treatment access, AOD availability and hearing close

01:29:41

House Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Disability

11 March 2026

House Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Disability Thu, 12 Mar 2026 Australian Parliament

15:34 - 15:53

Speaker 37

Now I'd like to welcome representatives from the Department of Health, Disability, and Aging to this, public meeting, public hearing of the standing committee on health, aged care, and disability. I'd like my committee members just to identify themselves, starting from miss Stanley.

15:53 - 15:56

Speaker 74

Ed Stanley. I'm a federal member for Werrawan South Pacific.

15:57 - 16:00

Speaker 81

Alistair Bed, member for Gorton, Melbourne's Western Suburbs.

16:00 - 16:03

Speaker 56

Haley France, member for Dickson in Queensland.

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