Armadale Canning Gosnells Local Drug Action Group
The Armadale, Canning and Gosnells Local Drug Action Group (ACG LDAG) formed after a meeting with local key stakeholders in the Cities of Canning, Armadale and Gosnells identified the need to develop a coordinated response to prevent and reduce alcohol-related harm in all three local governments.
Following best practice, it was agreed that local needs, capacity and evidence would determine how and where strategies were implemented with the single aim of reducing alcohol related harm.
This resulted in the development of the first Armadale, Canning and Gosnells Alcohol Action Plan 2019 – 2022 (Alcohol Action Plan). The Alcohol Action Plan was developed following a review of the literature, local alcohol-related data, meetings with individual organisations, youth network participants and with East Metropolitan Health Service's Aboriginal Community Advisory Groups. Feedback and data gathered from this consultation was used to inform the planning of workshops with key stakeholders, identifying alcohol-related concerns and issues affecting the three local government areas.
In its first three years, this plan:
Secured funding to promote the statewide Alcohol Think Again ‘I need you to say no’ campaign on locally owned government assets such as billboards and within local shopping centres.
Implemented an online school resource for parents.
Increased awareness of referral pathways for alcohol-related services through development of a schools resource.
Received the Action of Alcohol Award at the Public Health Advocacy Institute of WA’s Local Government Policy Awards in 2019.
Alcohol Action Plan 2023 - 2026
The Alcohol Action Plan 2023 – 2026 supports partnerships between community and service providers and outlines comprehensive strategies to address the identified local alcohol-related priority areas. The three priority areas identified in the Alcohol Action Plan 2023 - 2026 are:
Underage drinking.
Safe and healthy environments.
Community connections.
The City of Armadale will implement and evaluate these strategies it has committed to, which are outlined in the Alcohol Action Plan 2023 - 2026 below.
For more information about the City's previous involvement in the Armadale Canning and Gosnells Local Drug Action Group, please contact the City's Community Health and Wellbeing Officer on 08 9394 5000 or via info@armadale.wa.gov.au.
Achievements
The City of Armadale partnered with the Armadale District Police to develop and install Alcohol Free Zone signage in Jull St Mall. The signage aims to discourage the consumption of alcohol in public places and spaces to deter anti-social behaviour and improve community safety.
As part of the City’s ongoing commitment to improving community health and wellbeing, three Alcohol Free Zone signs have been installed in Jull St Mall, accompanied by new Smoke Free Zone signs. Both signs reinforce the City’s alcohol and smoke free policies, and relevant state legislation, including the Local Government Act 1995, Tobacco Products Control Act 2006, Tobacco Products Control Regulations 2006, and Liquor Control Act 1988.
For further information, visit the pages below to find out more information on the City's alcohol and smoke free policies.
In 2021, in collaboration with the Armadale Canning and Gosnells Local Drug Action Group (ACG LDAG), the City was successful in receiving a STRIVE grant from LDAG Inc to run the Alcohol Think Again 'I need you to say no' campaign, advertising throughout the City to raise awareness of underage drinking.
This campaign was strategically placed throughout Armadale during October and November in the lead up to Leavers to discourage parents, and others, from supplying their underage people with alcohol. The advertising was placed on two billboards along Albany Highway and two panels at the Armadale Train Station.
