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What's in the national ice action package?

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WHAT DOES IT COST?

* Almost $300 million in new funding over four years to improve treatment and prevention

* On top of an existing $310m for treatment services

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WHAT WILL IT FUND?

* $241.5m investment in 31 primary health networks to reduce demand

* $13m for new Medicare Benefits Schedule items for addiction medicine specialists

* $25m to community education programs and funding 220 new community drug action teams

* $18.8m for additional drug research

* Targeting of rural regions at high risk of ice use.

* Improving and enhancing indigenous-specific treatment services

* New Centre for Clinical Excellence for Emerging Drugs of Concern

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WHAT ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT?

* $1 million to roll out the national Dob in a Dealer hotline

* $5 million to the Australian Crime Commission to deploy officers internationally

* Creation of a joint AFP-Chinese National Narcotics Control Commission taskforce

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* Pilot program for sharing intelligence with states/territories to uncover unexplained wealth.

(SOURCE: Federal government)

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