Greg Smith
This submission is based on a project conducted jointly by Greg Smith with Elder Les Stanley, then Manager Mark Hammersley and the residents of an Aboriginal-Controlled AOD recovery service in Victoria. It presents the perspectives of the men involved in the project, and their contributions to positive developments in the wider service sector, including the ways that 'mainstream' AOD services presented major barriers to Aboriginal men wishing to engage with them.
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