Fiona Nash (NSW, National Party, Minister for Rural Health) Share this | Hansard source

The measures from the government's package have formed a key component of the National Ice Action Strategy, and I was very pleased to see, as many were at the COAG meeting last year, that the strategy was agreed. I think it is a significant step forward to have not only the Commonwealth but the states and territories involved in this response. The Commonwealth said right from the very beginning that we certainly could not do this alone.

This is also aimed at preventing people from taking up this drug. It is not just about dealing with people who are, unfortunately, caught up in the use of this drug; it is also about prevention and ensuring that they do not take the drug in the first place and that we do everything we can to reduce the harms. So the strategy will be, of course, around families and communities, as I have mentioned, and around prevention messages that are targeted at high-risk populations so that we do everything we can to reduce the take-up of this drug: early intervention, law enforcement and making sure there is better evidence available.