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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 10 Hansard (25 September) . . Page.. 3390 ..

ACTAS The cost of providing handbooks (at $5.00 per unit) and other course materials is met from ACTAS general operating funds, and totals approximately $1750 per annum. ASDA provides course presenters without cost to the Academy. The output class reference for 1996/97 was 2.3 and 2.2 for 1997/98.

NIDES There have been no specific costs allocated to the development of the NDISF. This project has been undertaken as part of the regular duties of a BSR&R officer. The ACT is rostered to provide the NDISF Secretariat in 1998, and this is expected to cost in the order of $5,000, to be provided from the Bureau's general 1997/98 and 1998/9 ACT budget allocations. The output class reference in the 1996/97 and 1997/98 is output class 1.1.

(4) SDEU The SDEU works with the sporting community generally, however its main emphasis is on developing the skills of all ACT SSO's to provide their own education programs in this area. The SDEU has also worked in the education sector to assist in the presentation of drugs in sport programs to secondary school teachers.

The program is ongoing, and is not targeted at reaching specific numbers, but is intended to eventually have an effect on the entire sporting community.

ACTAS ACTAS provides drug education sessions to some 350 athletes annually.

NDISF The NDISF will be an ongoing program aimed at all ACT sporting organisations and their memberships.

(5) SDEU Ongoing

ACTAS Drug education sessions for ACTAS athletes take some 60 to 90 minutes, and are presented to each athlete annually.

NDISF Ongoing

(6) SDEU The SDEU provides quarterly activity reports to a joint steering committee. The activities of, and the reactions to the SDEU are considered prior to renegotiating agreements as to the future continuance and extent of the program.

ACTAS The ACTAS drug education program is assessed annually through formal athlete and coach surveys conducted on all aspects of Academy operations.

NDISF The program has not yet been assessed. Assessment will be the role of the rostered secretariat as the program gets under way.

The ultimate assessment of the governments programs are the number of persons using banned performance enhancing substances and methods.

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