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AA Around Australia March 2019 Quarterly newsletter published by the General Service Office of Alcoholics Anonymous Australia (02) 9599-8866 [email protected] 48 Firth Street Arncliffe NSW 2205 www.aa.org.au A lcoholics Anonymous was invited to participate in the General Practitioner Training and Education Conference September 11-13, 2018 in Adelaide. We felt it was a great opportunity to share the message of recovery with Doctors from around Australia, who are often the first point of contact for those struggling with alcohol. As the Public Information Officer for Area B in South Australia I had the privilege of overseeing this event. We were able to attend the event and provide books and pamphlets to numerous Doctors participating in the conference. With a team of 6 volunteers we set up and staffed the mini booth over the 3 day conference. Overall the conference was well attended and feedback from attendee’s about our stall was very positive. We were told by many Doctors that they were pleased to see us at the conference. The Doctors mainly spoke about their patients who have problems with alcoholism but found it hard reaching a meeting. We were able to offer suggestions such as phoning AA and speaking to another alcoholic before attending a meeting as well as support from the Doctor to attend AA. We were able to answer many questions and have open discussions about the nature of the disease with interested Doctors. We were able to obtain contact details from Doctors from around Australia who were interested in more information, pamphlets for their surgeries, follow up and contact with Public Information Officers in their areas, which was really positive. We were invited to attend GPTEC Event in Melbourne in 2019 and this information will be passed to the Area Committee in Melbourne. We were all grateful for the opportunity for service and to share the message. AA in Adelaide goes to the Doctors The Joy of Living AA NatCon 2019 18th—22nd April

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AA Around Australia March 2019

Quarterly

newsletter

published by the

General Service

Office of

Alcoholics

Anonymous

Australia

(02) 9599-8866

[email protected]

48 Firth Street

Arncliffe NSW

2205

www.aa.org.au

A lcoholics Anonymous was invited to participate in the

General Practitioner Training and Education Conference September 11-13, 2018 in Adelaide. We felt it was a great opportunity to share the message of recovery with Doctors from around Australia, who are often the first point of contact for those struggling with alcohol. As the Public Information Officer for Area B in South Australia I had the privilege of overseeing this event. We were able to attend the event and provide books and pamphlets to numerous Doctors participating in the conference. With a team of 6 volunteers we set up and staffed the mini booth over the 3 day conference. Overall the conference was well attended and feedback from attendee’s about our stall was very positive. We were told by many Doctors that they were pleased to see us at the conference. The Doctors

mainly spoke about their patients who have problems with alcoholism but found it hard reaching a meeting. We were able to offer suggestions such as phoning AA and speaking to another alcoholic before attending a meeting as well as support from the Doctor to attend AA. We were able to answer many questions and have open discussions about the nature of the disease with interested Doctors. We were able to obtain contact details from Doctors from around Australia who were interested in more information, pamphlets for their surgeries, follow up and contact with Public Information Officers in their areas, which was really positive. We were invited to attend GPTEC Event in Melbourne in 2019 and this information will be passed to the Area Committee in Melbourne. We were all grateful for the opportunity for service and to share the message.

AA in Adelaide goes to the Doctors

The Joy of Living

AA NatCon 2019

18th—22nd April

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Calendar of events OCTOBER 2019 Sunshine Coast Roundup

25th-27th October Millwell Rd Comunity Centre

Maroochydore

Details Chris H 0417346080

Amanda H 0434404446

NOVEMBER 2019

Geelong AA Convention

November 2

9:30 am - 5:00 pm

Centenary Hall 1-9 Cox Road,

Norlane

Gold Coast AA Mens Retreat, 22nd-24th November

Koonjewarre Retreat Centre -

2806 Springbrook Rd,

Springbrook

If you would like your fellowship event

listed on the national AA website, please fill

in the online form at aa.org.au/members/

add-an-event or write to General Service

Office, 48 Firth Street, Arncliffe, NSW 2205.

JULY 2020 2020 International Convention

– July 2020: Detroit, Michigan USA

July 2, 2020 - July 5, 2020

More details as they happen!

April

ANZAA 2019 26th-28th April

Where: Keller hall, Burns lane,

Caringbah. Guest speakers across Australia and New Zealand

sharing their experience, strength

and hope through the 12 steps of

AA. With the participation of Al-

Anon Contact Phone: 0400423913

email: [email protected]

El Albir, Spain April 26th-28th 7th International AA Convention

More details:

www.alibirconvention.org or

email: [email protected]

MAY 2019 Gold Coast Rally May 3rd-5th Mermaid Beach at the Albert

Waterways Community Centre

More information

[email protected] or

www.goldcoastrally.com.au

Clovelly Cornerstone Beginners Illustrated Steps May 25th-26th

Cosmopolitan Centre, 1st Floor, 2

-22 Knox Street Double Bay

Tickets available on-line. (Google ‘aa illustrated steps double bay’ to find the event on Eventbright.) More information – Neil 0423 145 826 or Kate 0437 107 853

JUNE 2019

2019 Outback Tag-A-Long

Lightning Ridge NSW to Winton

June 7 – July 7

For further information

www.outback-aa-au.org or

07 46548011

Nowra Founders Day

Celebrations 8th June

9.30 am— 4.30pm

St Michael’s School Hall 30 North Street Nowra NSW 2541

Corner of North & Osborne St

More details Mo 0432 369 058

Mo 0434 048 796 or

[email protected]

JULY 2019 Meet the General Service

Board Coffs Harbour July 6

BreakFree Aanuka Beach Resort,

11 Firman Drive, Coffs Harbour

Save the date! Time to be

advised, most likely afternoon. Details [email protected]

Coolangatta Big Book Muster

20th-21st July

Greenmount Beach Resort,

Coolangatta 9am to 5pm both

days Details [email protected]

or Tim O 0409 160 373

Mike B 0475 983 352

Bill W AA Camp 26-28 July

Douglas Daly, 220km South-

west of Darwin. Details

Bob (08) 8985 2599 or

0402 005 951

[email protected] Mark P

0400 255 019

Terry B 0418 895 007 Denis P 0435 479 477 or

www.aadarwin.org.au

AUGUST 2019 Brisbane Rally 9th-11th

August

Karingal Scout Campsite Mt Cotton.

Details Anthony P 0435 929 933

Or Kim N 0457 008 026

SEPTEMBER 2019

AAAAAAG*

Quarterly national service

newsletter of AA Australia

More than 1700 copies printed

each issue

Stories from individuals, groups,

areas or districts about

newsworthy initiatives welcome

First published as News Digest in

1969. Renamed AA Around

Australia in March 1972

*AA Around Australia At A Glance

Australian National

Convention 2019 Canberra 18th-22 April

See details at the Australian National Convention 2017 Website -

www.aanatcon2019.com.au

National PI&CPC Forum

13th-14th September

Chatswood, Sydney Dougherty Centre, 7 Victor

Street, Chatswood, Sydney.

(check AA website closer to event

for more details)

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The brown paper bag

A great many alcoholics in our part of the world still haven't heard of AA. You and your group can help carry the message by donating to the International Sponsorship Fund.

Each year, the Fellowship distributes the Founders Day brown paper bags to collect money to help carry the message to the still

suffering alcoholics in countries in South East Asia and the Pacific. Founders Day (June 10) is the anniversary of the day in 1935 when AA started. The brown paper bags symbolises "what it was like". What can your group do to help? Discuss this collection with the members of your group. As a group you might decide to: Read this notice out at the meeting. Circulate the brown paper bag separately to your normal collection.

Announce that all the money collected for that meeting will go into the brown paper bag for international sponsorship. Invite members to give more than they usually do because this is a special collection to

help alcoholics in countries

that don't have the huge number of AA meetings and other resources that we have. Cheques and money orders should be made out to: General Service Board of AA. Any questions, please phone the General Service Office on

(02) 9599 8866. Please post your brown bag with donations to International Sponsorship Fund General Service Office of AA 48 Firth Street ARNCLIFFE NSW 2205 Or Direct Deposit: (your Group name)FDISF ANZ BSB: 012006 Account # 009750529

Where does your contribution go?

It was resolved in 2003 that 75% of the

International Literature fund collection be

made available to assist countries in the

Asia/Oceania Zone with their literature and

PI&CPC activities in the Asia/Oceania Zone

and the remaining 25% be forwarded to New York General Service Office as Australia’s

contribution to the International Literature

Fund.

Most recently the 25% that was forwarded to GSO New York was used to translate the Big

Book into Punjabi. The Big Book is currently

translated in 69 languages, with 21

additional translations in various stages of

completion, including the Navajo Big Book, and revisions to the Croatian and Slovakian

Big Books.

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National Correctional

Facilities Co-ordinator sobriety from picking up cigarette butts, group s e c r e t a r y , t r e a s u r e r , answering the 12 step phones, serving on the 12 step phone committee, DCM, Area chairman, area delegate attending conference, I was on the committee when we arranged the women’s 12 step

trip to India a highlight of my sobriety. I have always been a member of a group had a sponsor and sponsored. I have an understanding of the 12 steps and traditions and concepts for world service. I believe in the service structure and the principle of rotation. There is a lot of work to be carried out in the prisons to try and raise the AA profile it is my hope I can help show what AA can bring to the prisons in the spirit of cooperation. I am just finding my feet in this role as it is early days and I am grateful for the support I have received so far. I’m sure there will be times I may not live up t o t h e f e l l o w s h i p s expectations but as I sit here writing this I have all intentions of giving this service position my all. I am available to answer any questions, email me at [email protected] I look forward to meeting you as we trudge the road of happy destiny. Yours in service Maureen B . Nat i ona l Corrections Co Ordinator.

H i my name is Maureen and I’m an alcoholic

sober since 25th December 1991 by the grace of God and the fellowship of AA. I am happy to announce I was elected National Correctional Facilities Co-ordinator at the

2018 February board meeting, thanks to the board for the opportunity to serve the fellowship. I attended my first prison meeting at Boggo Road women’s prison in approx 1993 and attended regularly for many years. I was brought into this line of service by some very dedicated and committed women. Over the years I have been involved in this line of service I have seen many changes to the prison system including the women’s jail move to the Wacol facility in Brisbane and the closing of the Boggo Rd facility. I was on the Brisbane Central Service Office prison subcommittee and was also chairman of the committee. One of the things that kept br ing ing me back to corrections was the fact at my first prison meeting I saw a very good friend I used to drink with who was serving a very lengthy sentence I got to see firsthand where alcoholism could take me, by the grace of God I did not find myself jailed and there were many times it was possible that would be the outcome throughout my alcoholism. This has always been an area of service that I feel passionately about. I have held many service positions thorough my years of

AA Folk Art

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Opals to Gem fields tag-along delivers much

need help for professionals in the outback

L ast year’s Outback Tag-a-long was “Opals to Gemfields via The Channel Country”. The purpose of the Tag-a-long was to sup-port lone members and carry the message to places where there are no mem-bers as well as supporting the small groups in remote areas. It turned out to be the most successful one so far, and a huge thank you must go to our Remote Communities Coordinator Di for all the preliminary work she did in contacting the many professionals be-fore we set off. The successes/highlights of the tag were: Working together with the fellow members of the Tag-a-long committee as well as the many members who travelled with us on the trip helping us carry the message. Without all mem-bers the Tag-a-long would not exist. In St. George - A meeting was held with the Health Professionals with AA members attending and passing the message on. Questions were asked, and pamphlets, posters and District Cards were greatly appreciated by them. In Cunnamulla – through the correspondence with

our Remote Communities Coordinator the journalist from the local paper at-tended before our Open meeting and had a chat with us and wrote an in-formative article for their paper. After the meeting we had a visit from 2 profes-sionals, one being the Do-mestic Violence Worker and the other the Police Liaison Officer. Both were pleased with us visiting their town and greatly appreciated the literature that we gave them. Contact numbers were shared. Six members attended to a request from an employment agency, to talk with their staff and workers. It was great to re-ceive questions from them and again pamphlets were handed out. The CEO of the agency was very pleased that we attended. District Cards were also left at the local Caravan Park. In Windorah – members met with the local clinic nurse and passed on pam-phlets and cards. A Big Book and One to Another were given to the local li-braries of Windorah and Stonehenge while cards were displayed at the Infor-mation Centres. In Longreach – A great chat was held with the Primary Health Care Staff, between AA members and staff members. Many questions were received and an-

swered with pamphlets and cards being given out. At the open meeting we had 4 professionals. Despite lack of profession-als at most of the actual meetings, connection was had with the communities while we were in their towns, which included group meals with lots of fun and laughter between the members and community. The Tag-a-long finished in Rubyvale with a great meet-ing and fellowship. The fel-lowship among the mem-bers throughout the Tag-a-long was fabulous. It was a wonderful way to connect with familiar friends and meet new ones while pass-ing on the AA message. This year’s Tag is under-way, and we will be travel-ling through Lightning Ridge-St. George-Mitchell-Morven-Miles-Chinchilla-Proston-Mundubbera- Bi-loela-Blackwater-Emerald-Barcaldine-Longreach-Winton. This Tag is very special as 10 of these towns have members with 7 of them having a very small group with a regular meet-ing. It will be wonderful to catch up with these mem-bers and enjoy a fellowship boost. Keep an eye on the Outback AA Website for up-dates: www.outback-aa-au.org

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Conference Advisory Actions The group conscience of the F e l l o w s h i p o f A L CO H O L I C S

ANONYMOUS in Australia was expressed in the following Advisory Actions to the General Service Board, based upon the recommendations from the Conference Committees, as indicated in the headings. The background to these Advisory Actions and the submissions from the Groups, individual members or from the General Service Board in the form of Topics which led to them were presented in full detail to all Areas prior to Conference.

TOPICS DISCUSSED BY MULTIPLE

COMMITTEES - TREATMENT &

S P E C I A L N E E D S , P U B L I C

INFORMATION & CO-OPERATION

W I T H T H E P R O F E S S I O N A L

C O M M U N I T Y , C O R R E C T I O N A L

FACILITIES. Advisory Action #001/2018 Conference resolved to accept the recommendation of the combined T&CF and PI&CPC Committees that the PI&CPC and T&CF National Forums be combined into one national, biennial event, but that the date and length of the event be left to the planning committee.

Voting: For: 19; Against: 9; Abstentions: 1 Carried

Advisory Action #029/2018 Conference resolved that Areas be requested to provide feedback to the National Co-ordinators on local initiatives during National Treatment & Correctional Facilities Month in March. Voting: Carried by a show of hands

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON

TRUSTEES

Advisory Action #033/2019 Conference resolved to recommend to the General Service Board that Judy Woolstencroft be elected as Eastern

Regional Trustee for a four year period, commencing 1st January 2019.

Voting: For: 29; Against: 0; Abstentions: 0 Carried

Advisory Action #034/2019 Conference resolved to recommend to the General Service Board that Stephen Roche be elected as North Eastern Regional Trustee for a four year period, commencing 1 s t January2019. Voting: By Third Legacy Procedure, out of the hat Carried

CONFERENCE REPORT CHARTER &

SERVICE MANUAL COMMITTEE

Advisory Action #024/2018 Conference resolved to accept the Conference Report Charter and Serv ice Manua l Commit tee ’ s recommendation that an Australian Guideline on internet safety be produced, with some content being derived from existing AA Guidelines published by GSO New York and Great Britain. Voting: For: 28; Against: 1; Abstentions: 0 Carried

Advisory Action #028/2018

Conference resolved to accept the Conference Report Charter and Serv ice Manua l Commit tee ’ s recommendation that the Australian Service Manual should be made available in large print format. Voting: For: 28; Against: 1; Abstentions: 0 Carried

Advisory Action #030/2018 Conference resolved that page 160 of Guideline 30 be amended to read: The General Service Board may pay for the relevant Chairs of Trustee Committees and the relevant National Co-ordinators to attend Forums. The Forum is responsible for funding any other invited guests to attend. Voting: For: 29; Against: 0; Abstentions: 0 Carried Advisory Action #031/2018 Conference resolved to accept the Conference Report Charter and Serv ice Manua l Commit tee ’ s recommendation that the following i n a c c u r a t e a n d m i s l e a d i n g information in the last paragraph under the heading ‘Where Do Zonal Delegates Come From? (page 50)’

“Australia looks after Papua-New Guinea, Indonesia and many countries in South-East Asia such as Burma, Thailand, Viet Nam and Cambodia. New Zealand responds to the vast Area of Oceania, with its thousands of

tiny island communities”. It is unknown where this statement originated, but was possibly included as a result of some informal discussion at a previous Asia/Oceania Service Meeting. However, the Statement of Purpose of the AOSM quite clearly states: “The AOSM

recognizes that it has no authority over any AA service or group. The only decisions to be made by the AOSM are those which affect the meeting itself.” It also conflicts with our ‘I Am Responsible’ statement.

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Conference Advisory Actions Facilities Committee members Paul Campbell, David Ackroyd and Bill Hayes were willing to be part of the subcommittee and that the National Corrections Co-ordinator and any other interested parties throughout Australia would be invited to participate. Voting: For: 28; Against: 0; Abstentions: 1 Carried

CONFERENCE INTERNATIONAL

COMMITTEE Advisory Action #013/2018 Conference resolved to accept the

Conference International Committee’s recommendation that the General Service Office advise the Fellowship of the amounts raised by them via the Brown Paper Bag Collection over the Founders Day week. Voting: For: 28; Against: 0; Abstentions: 1 Carried

Advisory Action #015/2018 Conference resolved to accept the Conference International Committee’s recommendation that Advisory Action #029/2013 be rescinded as it was replaced by Advisory Action #044/2016. (Adv isory Act ion #029/2013: Conference resolved to accept the Conference International Committee recommendation that Conference hosts an Asia/Oceania convention in place of the 2016 National Convention and that Asia/Oceania conventions be held, on a 5 year rotational basis, in a developing country in the Asia/Oceania zone. Countries such as East Timor, the Solomon Islands, Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu, Cambodia, Laos and New Guinea could be considered amongst possible venues. This would assist us as part of our responsibility to carry the message to developing countries and to encourage the development of service structures)

Voting: For: 28; Against: 0;

Abstentions: 1 Carried Advisory Action #038/2018 Conference resolved that the Composition of all Conference Committee Composition, Scope and Procedure documents be altered to replace ‘General Service Office Manager’ with ‘A General Service Office Staff Member’. Voting: Carried by a show of hands

CONFERENCE FINANCE COMMITTEE

Advisory Action #016/2018

Conference resolved to accept the Conference Finance Committee’s

recommendation that the General Service Office prints the United States 4th Edition Big Book as well as the Australian 2nd Edition Big Book. Voting: For; 27; Against: 1; Abstentions: 1 Carried Advisory Action #021/2018 Conference resolved to accept the Conference Finance Committee’s recommendation that the proposal to publish AA Around Australia electronically only be rejected but that

an ‘opt out’ option be published in AA Around Australia for groups or individuals to get their copy

electronically and an email database be maintained. Voting: For: 26; Against: 3; Abstentions: 1 Carried

Advisory Action #022/2018 Conference resolved to accept the Conference Finance Committee recommendation Conference that the proposal that AA Around Australia be a monthly publication be rejected and that it resumes being a quarterly publication from 2020 Voting: for: 27; Against: 1; Abstentions: 1 Carried

Advisory Action #039/2018

Conference resolved to accept the Conference Finance Committee’s recommendation that the audited accounts for year ended 30 June 2018 be accepted.

Advisory Action #040/2018 Conference resolved to support the Conference Finance Committee’s decision to change point (h) of their Composition, Scope and Procedure document to read: ‘That the budget prepared by the GSB be based on large matters of general funding of the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous Australia’.’ Voting: For: 21; Against; 8; Abstentions: 1

Carried

C O N F E R E N C E L I T E R A T U R E

COMMITTEE Advisory Action #018/2018 Conference resolved to accept the Conference Literature Committee’s recommendation that all our literature should be displayed in pictorial form on the national website. Voting: For; 29; Against: 0; Abstentions: 0 Carried Advisory Action #041/2018 Conference resolved to accept the Conference Literature Committee’s

There are several other General Service and Central Service Offices within Asia/Oceania, which carry the message within the zone. Voting: For: 29; Against: 0; Abstentions: 0 Carried

Advisory Action #035/2018 Conference resolved to accept the Conference Literature Committee’s

recommendation regarding Advisory Act ion #021/2016 that, as submissions received to date were not sufficient to provide an acceptable draft of a new Section 6 of the Service Manual (The Area

Delegate), a subcommittee, including Chris Bekker and Paul Jones be established and charged with the responsibility of presenting a final draft for presentation to Conference 2019. Voting: For: 27; Against: 0; Abstentions: 2 Carried

C O N F E R E N C E P O L I C I E S &

ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE

Advisory Action #002/2018 Conference resolved to accept the Conference Policieis & Admissions Committee’s recommendation that a

statement be made advising groups that group problems should be resolved by group conscience and that the General Service Conference, the General Service Board and the General Service Office have no responsibility for solving group problems. Voting: For; 26; Against: 2; Abstentions: 0 Carried Advisory Action #036/2018 Conference resolved to accept the Conference Policies & Admissions Committee’s recommendation that, having reviewed all documents presented by the Structure Review Committee, that there be no further action on this matter.

Voting: For: 20; Against: ; Abstentions: 0 Carried

CONFERENCE CORRECTIONAL

FACILITIES COMMITTEE Advisory Action #037/2018 Conference resolved to accept the Conference Correctional Facilities Committee’s recommendation that a subcommittee be formed to review the Correctional Facilities Guideline. Recommendations for changes to be submitted to a future Conference for approval. It was noted that Correctional

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recommendation that the following text be included in the AA Group Handbook, under the heading ‘Service Sponsorship’:

A.A.’s “Third Legacy”, Service, is anything that helps us to reach a fellow sufferer. The A.A. Service Manual, The Guidelines and the Twelve Concepts for World Service are our main guides for all service. They have been put together using the knowledge gained f rom A.A. experience going back to A.A.’s

founders. Sponsorship in A.A. is basically the same, whether guiding another through A.A.’s Twelve Steps of recovery or in their service to their group. It can be defined as one alcoholic who has made progress in recovery and/or performance in service, sharing this experience with another alcoholic who is just commencing the journey in A.A. Both types of service spring from the spiritual aspects of A.A.’s three legacies, Recovery, Unity and Service. The basis of all sponsorship is the power of example. The Service Sponsor begins by encouraging the member to become active in their home group. As the member serves in different roles and levels of A.A. service, the Service Sponsor is not only a guide in service commitments and responsibilities, but also a useful resource for the member when encountering the unique vagaries that exist in A.A. service. A Service Sponsor is usually someone

who is knowledgeable in A.A. history, the Twelve Steps and the Twelve Traditions and has a reasonable background in A.A. service with a sound understanding of the Alcoholics Anonymous service structure. The service sponsor should be mindful that not all members will have the desire or experience to move beyond certain levels and, and therefore might be required to suggest tasks appropriate to individuals’ abilities and interests. Of course, our experience is, we can learn on the job in AA” Voting: For: 28; Against: 1; Abstentions: 0

CONFERENCE PUBLIC INFORMATION

& CO-OPERATION WITH THE

P R O F E S S I O N A L C O M M U N I T Y

COMMITTEE Advisory Action #009/2018 Conference resolved to accept the Conference PI&CPC Committee’s recommendation to reject the proposal to create a 2019-long national PI sub-committee to

coordinate events that allow the press, media, book festivals etc to report on and celebrate the 80th anniversary of the first publishing (1939) of ‘Alcoholics Anonymous’. Conference recommends that this suggestion be forwarded to the National PI coordinator. Voting: For: 25; Against: 4; Abstentions: 0 Carried

Advisory Action #010/2018 Conference resolved to accept the Conference PI&CPC Committee’s recommendation to reject the

proposal to replace the PI poster – “A.A. It Works” – with a contemporary option as there is still demand for this poster. Conference recommends that members and groups be invited to submit suggestions for a new poster or posters to be submitted to Conference for consideration. Voting: For: 23; Against: 6; Abstentions: 0 Carried

Advisory Action #042/2018 Conference resolved to accept the Conference PI&CPC Committee’s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n t h a t t h e membership survey results will be published at the Service website as soon as data is prepared in a report

form. Voting: Carried by a show of hands

C O N F E R E N C E R E M O T E

COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE Advisory Action #008/2018 Conference resolved to accept the Conference Remote Communities Committee’s recommendation that the submitted Remote Communities Workbook be made available as a resource to the Fellowship and added to Guideline GL-035 (Remote

Communities), with the following changes:

Add to text of “Funding for Remote Communit ies” the fo l lowing :

“Members or Groups who wish to make contributions to the Fund need to specify that their donation is for this Fund”.

“Remote AA Members”: The text underneath this heading be replaced with a single link to the AA Service website, for more information.

Specific email and phone contacts for more information be replaced with GSO email and telephone numbers. Voting: For: 29; Against: 0; Abstentions: 0

Carried

CONFERENCE AGENDA COMMITTEE

Advisory Action #026/2018 Conference resolved to accept the Conference Agenda Committee’s recommendation that the Agenda Committee produces a guideline re the submission of minority reports, to be brought back to Conference 2019 for approval. Valerie Martin will contact the current committee after Conference for their input to pass on to the new committee. Voting: For: 20; Against: 8;

Abstentions: 1 Carried

Advisory Action #043/2018 Conference resolved to accept the Conference Agenda Committee’s recommendation that the Agenda Committee will produce clearer guidelines for the submission, allocation and rejection of Conference Topics and brought back to Conference 2019. Guideline GL-28 will be referred to. Following approval from Conference, these guidelines will be included in its Composition, Scope and Procedure Document of the Conference Agenda Committee.

Voting: For: 27; Against: 1; Abstentions: 1 Carried Advisory Action #044/2018

Conference resolved to accept the Conference Agenda Committee’s recommendation that the 2019 General Service Conference be held from Thursday 7th – Sunday 10th November 2019. Voting: Carried by a show of hands

Advisory Action #045/2018 Conference resolved to accept the Conference Agenda Committee’s recommendation that the 2019 Agenda Committee teleconferences be held as follows: Saturday 15th June 2019 at 11.30am EST to formulate agendas. Saturday 17th August 2019 at 11.30am EST to allocate topics to

Conference Committees. Voting: Carried by a show of hands

Advisory Action #046/2018

Conference resolved to accept the Conference Agenda Committee’s recommendation that the deadline for receipt of 2019 Conference topics be 4pm EST on Friday 28th June. Voting: Carried by a show of hands

Advisory Action #047/2018 Conference resolved that the theme for the 2019 General Service Conference would be ‘Our Primary Purpose’.

Conference Advisory Actions

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Important Notice

AA Around Australia 2019 After discussion on our Fellowship’s current financial position, at their last meeting in November the General

Service Board agreed that it was necessary to continue cost cutting

measures in 2019. There will only be two issues of AA Around Australia published this year – March and September 2019. Information such as forthcoming events can still be published on the national and service websites and recovery stories etc. can be shared in the national e-magazine ‘The Mixer’.

Group Contributions September to February Voting: Carried by a show of hands

BIDS Advisory Action #048/2018 Conference resolved to accept the bid

by Area G Eastern Region to host the 2020 National Treatment & Correctional Facilities Forum Voting: Carried by a show of hands

Advisory Action #049/2018 Conference resolved to accept the bid by Area F Southern Region to host the 2022 National Convention in Melbourne. Voting: Carried by a show of hands

Advisory Action #050/2018 Conference resolved to accept the bid

by Area C Eastern Region to host the 2019 Eastern Regional Forum. Voting: Carried by a show of hands

FLOOR ACTIONS

Advisory Action #051/2018

That the General Service Conference of AA Australia sends a letter to the delegate body of the Richmond Central Service Office advising that the General Service Conference supports the Notice of Motion to communicate with the General Service Board with the view to future reconciliation. Should the motion be defeated at the delegate body meeting, the General Service Conference is still willing to support reconciliation. Voting: For: 27; Against: 1; Abstentions: 0 Carried

CENTRAL REGION CR

Area A CR CR/A

Brompton Beginners 120.00

Daveron Park 18.00

Elizabeth Grove 25.00

Gawler 208.10

Gawler Sobriety Sisters 3.55

Henley Beach 42.00

Hillcrest Hope 300.00

Junction Midday 75.00

Kadina Recovery 77.20

Kilburn 488.19

Mansfield Park 127.85

Malvern 114.00

Naracoorte 15.00

Port Adelaide Friday 218.78

Port Augusta 105.00

Riverton 60.00

Sunday Women's 141.25

Tea Tree Gully 150.35

Two Wells 273.67

Total Area A: 2,562.94

Area B CR CR/B

Adelaide Beginners 157.50

Bedford Park 90.00

Belair 83.55

Berri S&T 39.00

Breakfast Groups 259.10

Brighton Beginners 41.15

Brighton Women's 26.45

Burnside Friday Lunchtime 102.00

Christies Beach 12.00

Daw Park Repat 51.20

Eastwood Recovery 114.00

Glenelg 193.80

Goolwa 27.00

Hyde Park Recovery 148.00

Kingston on Murray 136.70

Loxton Thurdsay 150.00

Loxton Tuesday 240.00

Maslin Beach 85.50

Marion Unity Groups 15.00

Mens Topic 60.00

Millicent 30.00

Mt Barker Sober on Sat 28.40

Mt Gambier 75.00

Norwood 237.00

Park Holme 61.05

Payneham 219.00

Spiritual/Speaker 330.00

Sunday Women's 99.90

Willunga 107.80

Total Area B: 3,220.10

Adelaide CSO (Group Donations) 2,528.35

Total Central Region: 8,311.39

EASTERN REGION ER

Area A ER ER/A

Armidale Breakfast 1,000.00

Armidale Free To Be 119.13

Armidale Recovery 10.00

Banana Coast District 350.00

Bellingen 18.00

Brunswick Heads Weds BBS 20.00

Byron Shire District 300.00

Byron Bay Sat Womens 150.00

Gunnedah 420.00

Kempsey Thurs 200.00

Laurieton BBS 200.00

Lennox Head 90.00

Nambucca Sun SC 280.80

New England District 500.00

Port Macquarie Thurs S&T 201.00

Port Macquarie Womens Sat 100.00

Pottsville Joys of Recovery 800.00

Quirindi 500.00

Sawtell Living Sober 240.00

South Grafton Thurs Sat 180.00

Wauchope 100.00

Total Area A: 5,778.93

Area B ER ER/B

Back to Basics 90.00

Bawley Point 543.00

Bermagui 100.00

Brindabella 150.00

Bundanoon 170.00

Daily Reprieve 105.20

Emotional Sobriety 75.23

Interchange Group 90.00

Kambah 169.24

Murrumbateman 54.00

Recovery 75.00

South Tuggeranong 80.00

Staying Sober 75.00

Total Area B: 1,776.67

Area C ER ER/C

Area C ER 1,000.00

Anna Bay 200.00

Bolton Point 140.00

East Gosford Womens Tues 300.00

Gosford City Beginners 80.00

Hamilton SA 120.00

Kincumber 20.00

Nelson Bay Tues/ Fri Night 500.00

Newcastle Freedom 110.00

FOTS Newcastle 180.00

Saratoga Fri Night 100.00

Tarro Young at Heart 200.00

Terrigal Beach 530.00

Truth Rutherford 200.00

Umina Sat LS 50.00

Woy Woy Sun SC 200.00

Wyong Beginners Wed Night 351.95

Wyong Steps 120.00

Total Area C: 3,201.95

Area D ER ER/D

Bowral Mon/Sat 309.70

Bowral Womens 129.00

Caringbah Unity 1,500.00

Cronulla 34.00

Kogarah Topic Sat 5pm 500.00

Liverpool Wed pm 300.00

Mittagong Sun Night 250.60

West Wollongong BBS Tues 90.00

Wollongong City 190.00

Total Area D: 3,303.30

Area E ER ER/E

Area E Groups via NSCSO 5,607.17

Baulkham Hills 100.00

Mt St Margarets Fri 8pm 700.00

Total Area E: 6,407.17

Area F ER ER/F

Coolamon 412.80

Cootamundra 82.70

Dubbo Sun Steps 500.00

Dubbo Wed 256.80

Lithgow Thurs 250.00

Orange Mon 90.00

Total Area F: 1,592.30

Area G ER ER/G

Balmain Thurs pm 491.67

Birchgrove 150.00

Bondi Beach Sea Change 495.00

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Camperdown Thurs 36.00

Coogee Living Sober 90.00

Darlinghurst Fri Gay Mens 145.00

Darlinghurst G&L Steps 360.00

Darlinghurst 6.30 Tuesday 129.00

Erskineville 429.00

Glebe Fri pm 65.70

The Into Action Group 540.00

Kings Cross Sun 7pm 120.00

Kings Cross Womens Sat 60.00

Lilyfield Steps 862.60

Maroubra Wed am 30.00

Maroubra Fri noon 150.00

Maroubra Junction Steps Sat 10.30am

60.00

Maroubra Beginners Mon pm 36.00

Rainbow Sat 11am 90.00

Randwick Steps & Traditions 450.00

Rocks Breakfast 600.00

Rozelle Fri pm 90.00

Surry Hills 174.05

Pyrmont 11am Sun SC 90.00

Ultimo 11AM Sat 300.00

Vaucluse Recovery Tues pm 72.00

Waverley 4th Dimension Rocket 640.50

Wesley Groups 872.12

Woollahra 300.00

Total Area G: 7,928.64

Area H ER ER/H

Blaxland PPG 250.00

Blue Mountains Rally 180.00

Emerton Sat Beginners 90.00

Fairfield Steps 300.00

Granville Sun Spiritual Concept 900.00

Katoomba ABSI Sun 180.00

Katoomba Steps Tues 200.00

Katoomba Wednesday 50.00

Kingswood Beginners 150.00

Kingswood Mens 235.00

Parramatta Town Hall Fri 97.50

Pemulwuy Wed pm 307.73

Penrith FOTS 3,330.00

Springwood Wed Night 600.00

Toongabbie Sun 8pm 60.00

Total Area H: 6,930.23

Total Eastern Region: 36,919.19

SOUTHERN REGION SR

Area A SR SR/A

Warrnambool Tues pm 50.00

Wendourie Tues 125.00

Total Area A: 175.00

Area B SR SR/B

Albury Sun am 770.30

Bendigo Beginners 400.00

Castlemaine Sun 80.00

Kangaroo Flat 100.00

Rutherglen Discussion 200.00

Shepparton District 200.00

Total Area B: 1,750.30

Area D SR SR/D

Diamond Creek Sun 50.00

Essendon 53.63

Flemington Discussion 70.00

Geelong Sunrise 240.00

Ivanhoe 100.00

Laverton PP 100.00

Moonee Ponds Big Book Tues 83.68

Moonee Ponds Road to Recovery 30.00

Northcote Mens 295.00

Seddon Steps 230.00

Torquay 131.00

Werribee Unity 1,000.00

Westhope Recovery 300.00

Western Unity 600.00

Yarraville Step 11 50.00

Total Area D: 3,333.31

Burnie Fri Night 400.00

Devonport Weds 300.00

Hobart City Thurs 200.00

Hobart Sat 200.00

Hobart Womens 134.15

Kingston Thurs Steps 50.00

Launceston Unity Tues Night 250.00

Total Area E: 1,534.15

Area F SR SR/F

The Deal 800.35

Albert Park Womens 50.00

Belmont Unity Recovery 40.00

Bentleigh Life's in Session 115.00

Breakfast With Bill, St Kilda 170.60

Caulfield Sober Saturday 276.04

Chelsea 300.00

Glen Waverley Wed 500.00

Hawthorn 320.00

Moorabbin McKinnon 200.00

Mornington AVFY 180.00

Mornington Spiritual Concept 500.00

Mount Eliza Recovery 300.00

Progress not Perfection 100.00

Somerville Sanity 120.00

St Kilda BWB 73.75

South Melbourne Mens Group 136.55

South Melbourne Recovery 558.70

Warburton 13.00

Total Area F: 4,753.99

Total Southern Region: 11,546.75

NORTH EASTERN REGION NER

Area A NER NER/A

Ayr Recovery 118.50

Cairns CSO 1,000.00

Cairns Beginners 50.00

Cairns Lunchtime 399.89

Cairns Sat am 73.50

Cairns Thurs Fellowship 30.00

Cairns Twilight 240.00

Cairns Steps Tues 28.79

Cairns Sunset 313.55

Cairns Womens 116.10

Edmonton 203.00

Innisfail Recovery 30.00

Kuranda 255.00

Mackay Hope 180.00

Mackay Pioneer 90.00

Mundingburra 168.00

Port Douglas Paradise 210.00

The Strand 135.00

Trinity Beach 128.03

Trinity Beach S&T 78.38

Townsville Primary Purpose 35.00

Townsville West End 50.00

Upper Ross/Rollingstone 131.10

Total Area A: 4,063.84

Area B NER NER/B

Albany Creek/ Carseldine HP 25.00

Area B 1,460.50

Ashgrove West Big Book Sun 8pm 108.00

Aspley Steps Monday Night 50.00

Auchenflower 180.00

Bray Park BBS 57.20

Bribie Island 90.00

Bribie Island Fri Night 90.00

Bribie Island Mon Night Recovery 130.00

Bribie Island Recovery 40.00

Brisbane Roma St. 120.00

Brisbane Traditions 150.00

Bulcock Beach 180.00

Bundaberg Fri Night BBS 39.00

Bundaberg Thurs Night 165.00

Bundaberg Wed Midday 150.00

Caboolture Big Book Recovery 40.00

Caboolture Sunday/Wed 291.00

Caloundra ABSI 180.00

Caloundra Wed pm 300.00

Carina ID 87.75

Chinchilla 24.00

Clontarf SC 30.00

Cooloola Cove 50.00

Coolum 624.00

Cosmos Fri pm 60.00

Various groups via District 9 1,104.90

Dorrington Steps 141.00

Enoggera BBS Mon am 30.00

Gympie BBS 200.00

Hervey Bay Friday Night 300.00

Hervey Bay Monday Night 40.00

Howard 150.00

Kawana Friday 54.00

Kawana Pacific Speakers 24.00

Maroochydore Friday Cosmos 354.00

Maroochydore Topic Sunday 144.00

Maryborough Sat BBS 400.00

Mooloolaba Tues Mens 120.00

Nambour Saturday Night 578.94

Noosa Sat pm 46.50

Noosa Tewantin Tuesday Lunch 200.00

Tewantin Women's 49.50

North Brisbane District 1,600.00

Nundah 60.00

Petrie Park Sun 547.60

Pialba 300.00

Redcliffe LS 180.00

Redcliffe AM Recovery 140.00

Red Hill Promises 96.00

Rockhampton North 227.40

Sandgate Sat pm 90.00

Sandgate/Brighton Steps Thurs 190.34

Taringa Steps 39.00

Tin Can Bay 12 x 12 100.00

Total Area B: 12,228.63

Area C NER NER/C

Annerley BB Basics 90.00

Annerley Living Sober 240.00

Annerley Womens 100.00

Ashmore Tues 102.20

Bayside Beginners 120.00

Beaudesert 100.00

Bethania Plan B 302.60

Burleigh Heads Mon 7pm ID 90.00

Burleigh Heads Early Birds 639.35

Burleigh Heads Womens Sat 3pm 105.00

Burleigh Heads Wed E S 306.85

Burleigh Heads Sun 5.30 365.10

Chirn Park/Labrador Thurs 8pm 45.00

Cleveland Thursday Open ID 355.00

Cleveland Topic Thurs am 84.00

Coolangatta groups 150.00

Coomera BB Monday 7pm 341.97

Coomera GC S&T Thurs 436.40

Coomera Tuesday 8pm 13.30

Coorparoo Day 1,959.28

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Thanks to all groups for your support

If your group would like to make a contribution to

General Service Office, please make all cheques or

money orders payable to: The General Service Board

of Alcoholics Anonymous Australia. If making a

contribution via internet transfer, BSB 012006 Acc

009750529. Please make sure you write down in the

memo what group the donation is from. If your group

isn’t listed correctly, please call General Service

Office 02 9599 8866

Total $106,564.64

Group Contributions September to February

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Elanora Spirit of Freedom 117.96

Greenslopes 131.00

Gumdale Wed Night 120.00

Gumdale 31.00

Helensvale Tues 8pm 56.10

Hollywell Mon 7pm 108.00

Hollywell Wed am 63.35

Ipswich Daily Reflections 105.00

Ipswich Chapter 6 50.00

Ipswich United 150.00

Ipswich S&T Tues Night 70.00

Isle of Capri Sat 166.35

Isle of Capri Thurs 491.50

Kenmore Groups 40.50

Kingscliffe Tues 8pm 45.00

Kirra Hill Sun 195.00

Lawson St Womens 88.10

Mermaid Beach Fri 5:30pm 15.00

Minden / Esk 300.00

Mt Gravatt Mon/Thur 100.00

Mt Gravatt Sun Night 120.00

Mudgeeraba Tues 6pm 186.30

Mudgeeraba Wed Discussion 45.00

Murwillumbah Sat pm 30.00

Nerang Sun 8pm 75.00

New Farm 1,002.83

Oxley Station 390.00

Palm Beach Sat 5:30pm Topic 60.00

Palm Beach BB Wed 7pm 114.10

Robina S&T 73.55

Samford Tues & Thurs 120.00

Slacks Creek 73.00

Southport Mon 12pm 30.00

Southport Mon Womens BB 137.35

Southport Sat 10am 136.10

Southport Sun BB 6pm 25.60

Southport Sun 9am 35.00

Southport Thurs Topic 10am 4.80

Southport Tues 12pm 48.00

Southport Wed 10.30am 20.00

Southport Wed 6pm 5.80

Stanthorpe 15.00

Tamborine Thurs ABSI 114.00

Toowong Mens Topic 90.00

Toowong Young Peoples 210.00

Toowoomba Beginners 20.00

Toowoomba How 180.00

Toowoomba Step 11 150.00

Tugun Thurs 99.00

Twin Towns Coolangatta 12.30 150.00

Valley BBS 60.00

Warwick Recovery 120.00

Wynnum Serenity 120.00

Yeronga BB Basics 30.00

Total Area C: 12,480.34

Total North Eastern Region: 28,772.81

WESTERN REGION WR

Area A WR WR/A

80 Mile Beach/Sandfire Steps 600.00

Ashfield SC 75.00

Balga 90.00

Bassendean 300.00

Broome 432.47

Butler 180.00

Early Openers 150.00

Greenwood Warwick 450.00

Maylands Daybreak 150.00

Maylands Rainbow 45.00

Merriwa Beginners 47.40

Midland Steps 300.00

Mirrabooka Spanish Speaking 30.00

Nedlands Breakfast 240.00

Nedlands Womens 300.00

North Beach 382.50

North Beach Womens 45.00

North Perth Monastery Care 120.00

Northbridge midday 150.00

Northbridge Spiritual Concepts 30.00

Northbridge Speakers 180.00

Perth Rainbow 50.00

Royal Perth Hospital Mon pm 60.00

Scarborough Encouragement 546.06

Vincent St Morning 570.00

Western Suburbs 115.50

Total Area A: 5,638.93

Area B WR WR/B

Armadale 390.00

Beaconsfield 90.00

Beaconsfield Early Risers 100.00

Beaconsfield Womens 19.86

Bunbury Wed 77.40

Bunbury Wed Steps 35.10

Bunbury Sunday 169.50

Busselton 600.00

Byford Steps 13.55

Coolbellup 119.70

Dunsborough 30.00

Fremantle Serenity Group 90.00

Fremantle Spiritual Concepts 120.00

Fremantle Sunday Beginners 75.00

Glen Forrest Womens 60.00

Gosnells 21.00

Kalamunda 203.91

Kalamunda A New Freedom 33.00

Kwinana - Medina 155.00

Kwinana Town 71.50

Maddington New Beginnings 30.00

Mandurah Combined Groups 100.00

Margaret River 400.00

Mundijong 45.00

Mundijong Fri Ch 6 57.00

Rivervale CTM 51.00

Rockingham Discussion 90.00

Rockingham ID 51.00

Rockingham Peoples Group 114.00

South Lakes 115.56

Victoria Park Topics 90.00

Willagee JFT 60.00

Total Area B: 3,678.08

Perth CSO 3,481.60

Total Western Region: 12,798.61

NORTHERN REGION NR

Area A NR NR/A

Area A 4,373.57

Alice Springs 500.00

Bill W Camp 45.00

Darwin Daily Reflections 150.00

Darwin Harbour View 195.40

Darwin Women's Sat 155.00

Darwin LS 94.50

Darwin Wed Rapid Creek 69.05

Nightcliff Sat 72.00

Total Northern Region: 1,280.95

Unknown Internet Deposits Unknown SNL 65.00

134Donation 580.00

4/9 Wol Vic 7th Trad 292.50

10/9 505350 76.30

13/9 Progress not perfection 70.00

14/9 Agent 51 50.00

14/9 Central Service Group 150.00

20/9 608798 80.00

21/9 11/2 Carry The Message 200.00

24/9 092018 60.00

2/10 134 Donation 1,040.00

5/10 603010 919.67

8/10 Road to Recovery 1,207.00

15/10 West End Qld 228.00

15/10 Bx Tues night 500.00

16/10 Carry the Message 100.00

23/10 Tues Night Group 300.00

24/10 Happy Destiny 332.77

30/10 Mon B/vale 10 35.00

2/11 Donation 167.00

5/11 Progress Sun South 100.00

7/11 CC54 76.70

8/11 Central Service 75.00

14/11 Claymore 100.00

19/11 19112018 75.00

19/11 Transfer from Central 86.00

21/11 Padington 30.00

21/11 Wed Citi 77.00

22/11 Rainbow 30.00

22/11 20321 50.00

23/11 Deposit 105.00

27/11 Agent Deposit 82 60.00

30/11 CBA Final 32.12

30/11 12x12x12 190.34

4/12 Distrib to GSO 500.00

18/12 079382 17.35

24/12 GSO of Ay 31.55

24/12 From 220.00

3/1 Big Wed 100.00

8/1 505350 30.00

10/1 Common Welfare 100.00

14/1 12&12at12 48.60

14/1 Central Service Group 90.00

14/1 Central Service Area 180.00

15/1 18/2 Way of life 242.70

29/1 Central Service SC 90.00

1/2 Rainbow 75.00

6/2 654183 40.00

7/2 30 plan 10.10

7/2 city reflections 65.00

22/2 Albury 60.00

22/2 Bundaberg 210.00

13/2 Central Service 73 120.00

15/2 Into Action 360.00

Total Unknown Deposits: 6,804.94

TOTAL ALL REGIONS: 106,434.64

LIM - Australia Donations 130.00

TOTAL LIM 130.00

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Central Region (SA) Adelaide Room 203,

95 Currie St Adelaide 5000. Bus (08) 8221 6888,

A/H (08) 8221 6999.

Eastern Region (NSW &

ACT) Sydney City Offices 1&2

Kings Cross Parking Station 9a Elizabeth Bay Road

Bus. (02) 9389 6333

24 hrs. (02) 9387 7788

PO Box 478, Bondi Junction

2022 . Northern Sydney Kuringai

Community Groups Centre, cnr

Mona Vale & Rosedale Rds. St

Ives 2075 Bus (02) 9488-9805

24 hrs. (02) 9488 9820 PO

Box 151 St Ives 2075 Ballina 7 Martin St Ballina

(02) 6686-8599 PO Box 930

Ballina 2478

Blue Mountains & Western

Sydney Ph 24 hrs 0428 160 457 PO Box 4141,Winmalee. NSW

2777

Byron Shire District

AA 12 Step Ph: 1800 423 431 or

0401 945 671 (24hrs)

Canberra Grant Cameron Community Centre, 27 Mulley

Street, Holder, ACT (02) 6287

3020. PO Box 3898, Weston,

ACT 2611

Gosford William Court 6/12

William St. Gosford, Phone (02) 4323 3890 PO Box 46

Gosford 2250.

Newcastle Greater Newcastle

CSO, Upstairs at 1A Dixon St

Hamilton, NSW 2303 24 hrs (02) 4964 1555

PO Box 196, Jesmond 2299

Southern Highlands

(02) 8250 7318 www.aash.org.au

Wagga Wagga District

Phone 0423 557 750 PO Box 5098

Wagga Wagga South, NSW 2650

wagga.aagroup.org.au

Email: [email protected]

Wollongong 114-116 Princes Highway, Upstairs cnr. Elliott

Road, Fairymeadow. 2519.

Phone (02) 4285 6788

AA contacts in Australia North Eastern Region

(QLD) Brisbane Annerley City Library Annexe, 450 Ipswich Road,

Annerley.4103.

12 Step: (07) 3255-9162

Office Tel (07) 3255-9962

PO Box 299, Annerley, D.C. 4103

Cairns Badminton Center, 129 Mulgrave Rd. Cairns.

Email. [email protected]

Phone (07) 4051-2872. PO Box

2089 Cairns CBD 4870

Gladstone 24 hrs. 0419 725 287 Gold Coast Community Centre

Lawson St Southport.

(07) 5591 2062 PO Box 2061

Southport 4215.

Hervey Bay Contact 0438 169

764 9am - 9pm Mackay Contact (07) 4953 1742

Maryborough

9am – 9pm 0438 169 764

Rockhampton (07) 4927 4416

Townsville 1 Charters Towers Road. 4810.

Phone (07) 4771 5411

Fax (07) 4771 6555 PO Box

1443, Townsville.

Southern Region

(VIC & TAS) Prahran 12 Step Office

24 hrs. (03) 9529 5948

www.aamelbourne.org.au

[email protected]

Melbourne North/West

Intergroup Phone 0419 610 025 Ballarat District

Phone 0429621594 24hr.

PO Box 1332 Bakery Hill 3354

Bendigo District

Phone 24 hours (03) 5435 3167 Website: www.aabendigo.org.au

PO Box 121, Golden Square, Vic

3555

Chapter Six Motor Group

Service Office PO Box 525 Kyabram Vic 3620

Ph 0428855027 www.chaptersixmotorcyclegroup.com Geelong (03) 5229 1710.

PO Box 914, Geelong 3220

Mornington Peninsula District

1300 880 390

PO Box 379, Mornington Vic 3931

Shepparton and Mooroopna

District(03) 5831-5532. PO Box

232, Shepparton, 3632.

Hobart Room 18, 2nd Flr,

McDougall Building, Ellerslie Road, Battery Point, Hobart.

Phone (03) 6234 8711. PO Box

317, Hobart 7001

Launceston Contact (03) 6334

7060. PO Box 350 Launceston 7250 Northern Region (NT) Darwin Nightcliff Community

Centre, Bauhinia Street,

Nightcliff. NT 0810.

(08) 8948-5202. PO Box 40760 Casuarina 0811.

Alice Springs 24 hrs. phone(08)

8953 0802 (08) 8955 0031, (08)

8955 0628

Katherine Phone 0427 712 443.

Western Region (WA) Perth Room 2, Claisebrook

Lotteries House 33 Moore St East

Perth 6004.

Phone (08) 9325 3566;

(08) 9325 3209.

Loners Internationalists

(LIM) Australia The Editor, GPO Box 1671,

DARWIN NT 0801

General Service Office

Of Alcoholics

Anonymous Australia 48 Firth Street, Arncliffe. 2205

Phone (02) 9599-8866.

email: [email protected]

Website: www.aa.org.au

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