Steph Tzanetis is a harm reduction advocate and practitioner with more than a decade of experience in alcohol and other drugs, community law, and workforce development.
She is the Executive Officer of Pill Testing Australia, operating under Harm Reduction Australia, and also serves as Learning & Development Coordinator for the CanTEST Health and Drug Checking Service in Canberra.
Steph helped lead Australia’s first festival-based drug checking pilots in 2018 and 2019, the establishment of the country’s first fixed-site service in the Australian Capital Territory in 2022, and festival-based services into Queensland since 2024.
Her career spans peer-based outreach, program management, workforce development, and policy, including roles with the Penington Institute, the Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users League (AIVL), CAHMA, and Harm Reduction Victoria. She brings lived-living experience to her work, with a particular focus on health promotion and harm reduction initiatives in music festival and nightlife settings, including peer support, psychedelic care, and drug checking.
Steph originally studied law and humanities, later completing postgraduate qualifications in medical and health law, addictive behaviours, and human resource management. Alongside her professional work, she has volunteered for more than a decade across community legal centres and harm reduction organisations promoting the health and human rights of people who use drugs.