PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE: REDUCING ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND ROAD ACCIDENTS
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This short communication overviews the authors’ response to the Australian Parliament Joint Select Committee’s inquiry into road safety. His submission to this inquiry focused on the need for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) people to determine and deliver healthcare services for Indigenous people, and promote safe drinking and driving practices in Indigenous communities. Central to what is needed is investment in Aboriginal community-controlled organisations (ACCOs) in the deliver a greater range and extent of services, and for formal partnerships and shared decision-making between Indigenous experts and community representatives and federal, state and territory government
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