by Malcolm Knox
‘Robert Mittiga . . .’ Reported in the Advertiser, 8 January 2006.
Information from DUMA reports have been sourced from
‘Everett H. Ellinwood . . .’ E.H. Ellinwood, ‘Assault and Homicide Associated with Amphetamine Abuse’, American Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 127, March 1971, pp. 1170–5.
‘Three and a half decades later . . .’ R. McKetin, J. McLaren, S. Riddell, & L. Robins, (2006a). ‘The relationship between methamphetamine use and violent behaviour.’ NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research Crime and Justice Bulletin no. 97, August 2006.
‘Beaver Hudson . . .’ The author interviewed Beaver Hudson at St Vincent’s in June 2007.
‘Richard Smith . . .’ Reported in the Age, 21 August 2006.
‘The Australian Medical Association . . .’ Reported in the Age, 25 March 2007.
‘Ngoc Qui “David” Khuu . . .’ Reported in the Daily Telegraph, 28 February 2006.
‘Gregory Rama Biggs . . .’ Reported in the Herald-Sun, 25 May 2007.
‘Buck Reed . . .’ The author interviewed Buck Reed in June 2007.
‘Allan Eade . . .’ The author interviewed Allan Eade in June 2007.
Information on Sunia Kafovalu is sourced mainly from Sunia James Kafovalu v Regina [2007] NSWCCA 141 (24 May 2007).
‘Mal Hyde . . .’ Reported in the Advertiser, 14 February 2004.
‘Fred Gere . . .’ Reported in the West Australian, May 2004.
‘There was John Andrew Seckold . . .’ R v Seckold [2005] ACTSC 34 (22 February 2005).
‘There was AB . . .’ The murder of Dominic Li was widely reported in the media, but not AB’s ice habit. This information is sourced from Regina v AB [2006] NSWSC 69 (17 February 2006), R v Satorre [2005] NSWSC 367 (22 April 2005) and Regina v Tan [2007] NSWSC 684 (29 June 2007).
‘There was Azzam Abdul Hamid . . .’ R v Hamid [2006] NSWCCA 302 (20 September 2006).
‘There was David Lawrence Morrison . . .’ R v Morrison [2004] QCA 322 (3 September 2004).
‘There was Adrian John Van Boxtel . . .’ R v Van Boxtel [2005] VSCA 175 (28 July 2005).
‘There was Justin John De Gruchy . . .’ R v De Gruchy [2006] VSCA 10 (9 February 2006).
‘In December 2003 . . .’ This information is sourced mainly from Regina v Abdulkader and Hohaia [2006] NSWSC 866 (5 September 2006) and Regina v Abdulkader and Hohaia [no 1] [2006] NSWSC 198 (29 March 2006).
‘Trent Jennings . . .’ The Jennings case was reported in the media with little or no mention of the role played by crystal amphetamine. The extent of Jennings’s drug use is sourced mainly from R v Jennings [2005] NSWSC 789 (11 August 2005).
‘Professor Mark Findlay . . .’ The author interviewed Professor Findlay in June 2007.
‘Findlay explains . . .’ refers to R v O’Connor (1980) 146 CLR 64.
‘Victorian Youth . . .’ ‘Victorian youth alcohol and drug survey 2003’. Premier’s Drug Prevention Council Victoria (PDPC), Department of Human Services, Melbourne, 2004.
‘At the Enchanted Forest . . .’ Reported in the Advertiser, December 2003.
‘The Australian Drug Foundation . . .’ This information is sourced from W. Loxley, Toumbourou, T. Stockwell, B. Haines, K. Scott, C. Godfrey, E. Waters, Patton, R. Fordham, D. Gray, Marshall, D. Ryder, S. Saggers, L. Sanci, J. Williams (2004) ‘The prevention of substance use, risk and harm in Australia: a review of the evidence’.
‘David Laidlaw . . .’ Quoted in the Sydney Morning Herald, September 2005.
‘John Byrne . . .’ Interview with author, June 2007.
Greg Fisher pleaded guilty to ten charges in the NSW District Court and was sentenced to a non-parole prison term of seven years (reported in the Sydney Morning Herald and the Daily Telegraph in January–February 2005, and the Sydney Morning Herald, 28 November 2006).
‘In 2004, the National Centre . . .’ ‘Gay Community Periodic Survey 2004’, National Centre in HIV Social Research, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2004.
‘The AIDS Council of NSW . . .’ Reported in the Sydney Star Observer, September 2004.
‘Don Baxter . . .’ Reported in SX News, issue 290, 2004.
‘David Buchanan . . .’ Quoted in the Sydney Star Observer, op cit. ‘Stevie Clayton . . .’ Quoted in the Sydney Star Observer, issue 730, September 2004.
CAAMA’s material is located at
‘Tim Logan . . .’ The author interviewed Tim Logan in May and June 2007.
‘Deborah O’Reilly . . .’ Reported in the Daily Telegraph, 11 April 2004.
‘Project STOP was developed . . .’ The author interviewed Shaun Singleton in June 2007.
‘Dr Bill Kingswell . . .’ Reported in the Courier-Mail, 13 October 2006.
‘Dr Alex Wodak . . .’ Reported in the Daily Telegraph, 17 April 2007.
‘A study released simultaneously . . .’ Reported in the Sydney Morning Herald, 2 April 2007.
‘Dr Nigel Armstrong . . .’ Reported in the West Australian, 1 September 2005.
‘Chris Kewley . . .’ Reported in the Newcastle Herald, 14 November 2006.
‘Dr Peter McGeorge . . .’ Reported in the Daily Telegraph, 10 September 2005.
‘David Spain . . .’ Reported in the Courier-Mail, 30 September 2006.
‘This Midazolam is great stuff . . .’ the Weekend Australian, 30 September 2006.
The story of CB and IM is sourced mainly from R v CB; R v IM [2006] NSWSC 261 (7 April 2006).
‘On 20 December 2002 . . .’ Reported in the Newcastle Herald, 16 January 2005.
For statistical sources on law enforcement, see notes to p. 43 and p. 60.
‘Abdel Alameddine . . .’ Alameddine v R [2006] NSWCCA 317 (10 October 2006).
‘Peter Vallely . . .’ see note to p. 69.
‘Here is a timeline . . .’ Compiled by the author from diverse media sources.
‘A Qantas flight attendant …’ Reported in a number of newspapers, including the Sydney Morning Herald and the Daily Telegraph in April 2006 and 13 April 2007.
‘Todd James Bookham . . .’ Information on Todd James Bookham is sourced mainly from R v Bookham [2005] VSC 483 (13 December 2005).
‘Tony Trimingham’s NSW Family Drug Support Service . . .’ The author interviewed Trimingham in May 2007.
The comments by John Herron were reported across national media on 9 October 2006.
‘Senator Bronwyn Bishop’s standing committee . . .’ Its name was the House Standing Committee on Family and Human Services: ‘Inquiry into the impact of illicit drug use on families’.
‘The Tin Man . . .’ Reported in the West Australian, 28 October 2000.
‘In 2005, a 33-year-old . . .’ Reported in the Sydney Morning Herald, 25 June 2005 and the Daily Telegraph, 29 September 2005.
Jason Bulgarelli admitted his involvement in cannabis cultivation in Queensland in R v Cook, Coleman, Kake, Innes & Le Blowitz [1996]QCA 66 (19 November 1996).
‘Brendan Francis McMahon . . .’ The McMahon case was widely reported in local and national media during his committal hearing in October 2005, his trial in May 2006, and his sentencing in July 2006.
‘Stephen John Clancy . . .’ Reported in the Daily Telegraph, 16 June 2006.
Jamieson’s interview with Denton took place on 25 June 2007.
‘The Turning Point . . .’ The report’s title was ‘The Victorian Drug Statistics Handbook 2006: Patterns of drug use and related harm in Victoria’, by the Drugs Policy and Services Branch, Rural and Regional Health and Aged Care Services Division, Victorian Department of Human Services. Rebecca McKetin undertook a study of 400 ice users in 2007, called MATES (Methamphetamine Treatment Evaluation Study). MATES found that 48 per cent suffered from major depression, and 17 per cent had tried to commit suicide. Subsequently, NDARC set up a pilot thirteen-step treatment program called STEPS, which was underway with eighteen participants at time of writing.
‘B’s mother . . .’ The Eliza Davis mur
der has been widely reported in the Australian media. Especially helpful is the feature by Victoria Laurie in the Weekend Australian Magazine, published on 8 September 2007.
‘Daniel Paul Lidonnici . . .’ Information on this case is sourced mainly from R v Lidonnici [2007] VSC 3 (24 January 2007).
‘Matt Loria . . .’ Reported in the Daily Telegraph, 17 December 2006.
‘Andrew Kastrappis . . .’ Information on this case is sourced mainly from R v Kastrappis [2007] SADC 39 (18 April 2007).
The cases of Wald, Martin, Hearn and Eken were widely reported in national newspapers in 2006, specifically, Michael Scott Wald in the Herald Sun, 18 March 2007; Shane Martin in the Daily Telegraph, 21 January 2004; Lindsay Michael Hearn in the Newcastle Herald, 11 August 2007 and 4 October 2007; Canan Eken in the Daily Telegraph, 4 October 2006, 5 October 2006, 13 October 2006, and the Sydney Morning Herald, 5 October 2006.
‘Dr Nicole Lee . . .’ The author interviewed Dr Lee in February 2008.
The DHI is published in the AFP’s annual reports. For analysis of it, the author has relied on ‘The Australian Federal Police Drug Harm Index: A New Methodology for Quantifying Success in Combating Drug Use’ by Michael McFadden, Australian Journal of Public Administration, Volume 65, Number 4, December 2006, pp. 68–81(14).
‘Mike Phelan . . .’ Reported in the Australian, 10 May 2007.
‘. . . an estimated 14 000 children . . .’ ‘Drug Use In The Family: Impacts and implications for children’, Australian National Council on Drugs 2007.
