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House Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Disability

25 March 2026

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Contents updated on 21 Oct 2026

The chair opens the hearing on alcohol, other drugs and family and domestic violence, introduces DSS witnesses and clarifies the inquiry’s scope before DSS outlines its leadership of the National Plan to End Gender‑Based Violence and presents key national statistics on alcohol‑related harm, including links to FDSV, homicide and sexual assault, with members requesting detailed datasets and breakdowns for alcohol and other drugs to be provided on notice.

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Chair and DSS — hearing opening, mandate and alcohol–violence data

25:56

Hearing opened — scope and witness introductions

25:56

DSS — national plan and alcohol–violence data

28:45

Committee requests detailed data and other drug breakdowns

32:41

DSS — gambling, geography, coordination and alcohol availability

33:24

Ryan — gambling, funding pressures and DSS response limits

33:24

Hearing resumes — geographic trends and stress factors

56:29

Reid — cross‑portfolio and Commonwealth–state coordination

58:29

Skomps — targeted funding and AOD screening in primary care

01:01:18

Chair — alcohol availability, home delivery and FASD data gaps

01:02:40

Other drugs, amphetamines and closing DSS evidence

01:06:47

Education — federal role, disability identification and FASD data limits

01:10:21

Education witnesses — role, funding loadings and FASD support

01:10:21

Identifying students with disability via NCCD

01:14:14

Vaping and AOD prevention programs for secondary students

01:15:59

FASD and disability data limitations and funding flows

01:17:55

School‑based AOD education, teacher capability and hearing closure

01:21:58

Birrell — youth alcohol vs other drugs and curriculum currency

01:21:58

Reid — teacher training and professional development on AOD

01:23:46

Primary school vaping, Healthy Harold and state curricula

01:25:02

Rising disability and autism, data gaps and hearing closure

01:26:53

House Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Disability

25 March 2026

House Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Disability Thu, 26 Mar 2026 Australian Parliament

25:56 - 26:22

Speaker 20

Open this public hearing of the, standing committee on health, aged care, and disability. I'd like to thank witnesses from the Department of Social Services for giving evidence to us today, and and thank you very much for your valuable time. I'll just ask my committee members to identify themselves before we Yes.

26:23 - 26:24

Henry Pike, member for Beaumont.

26:25 - 26:28

Speaker 1

Gordon Reed, member for Robertson on the New South Wales Central Coast.

26:28 - 26:31

Speaker 29

Sam Beryl, member for Nichols, which is in Northern Victoria.

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