Tony Parsons

Tony Parsons worked inside the country’s covert drug operations environment for many years, seeing the worst of the worst. His critical role in some of the highest profile undercover drug investigations, and many others so protected they have never seen the light of day, earned him several extinguished awards for diligence, life saving bravery and commitment. National Drug Awareness was founded to provide a platform of education and clarity for families to positively draw upon and create confidence in youth.

Through humility and passion he reinforces the message to youth of their individual importance, and to remain true to their unique purpose in life when faced with challenge or social pressures.

Today he works with elite athletes in tier one professional sporting codes on a range of drug and alcohol issues as well as criminal association and match fixing. He regularly speaks to school communties across Australia and overseas to ensure they have relevant and timely drug, alcohol and vaping information. Tony is also currently contracted by government departments and the Australian Defence Force to provide best practise policy and information sessions to its personnell.

He is a board member of the charity organisation ‘The Good Life Project’, and provides time speaking at charity functions to raise awareness of empowerment through positive choices. He has a keen interest in the relevancy of vaping amongst todays youth and works to deliver a down-to-earth approach of the harm associated with vaping.

Tony is acknowledged as being an exceptionally unique keynote speaker and able to deliver key points to his audience for them to digest and move forward with.