It is only a few days short of 10 months since a public forum to address the scourge from the drug crystal methamphetamine - commonly known as ice - was held at Eden's Aboriginal Evangelical Church.
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The July 2015 forum - organised by the Katungul Aboriginal Corporation Community and Medical Service in conjunction with the Wandarma Drug and Alcohol Service - was the second of a number of community focused ice forums on the Far South Coast.
Eden's forum followed a similar event in Batemans Bay where a senior police officer identified a "big void" in services for addicts, offenders and their families across the region.
And in our own backyard, this town's forum was told that Koori kids were being targeted by criminal elements selling the drug, and that Eden's location, in between Sydney and Melbourne, rendered it vulnerable.
Federal Eden-Monaro MP Peter Hendy attended last year's forum and, in this second week of the election campaign, he was talking about it again during a visit to Bega by federal justice minister Michael Keenan.
During a doorstop interview with journalists in Bega on Tuesday, Dr Hendy said Mr Keenan was in the Bega Valley to talk to "people on the ground" who were dealing with ice users - their addiction from a health perspective and the criminal fallout.
But is enough being done?
And is it being done with sufficient urgency?
What we know is that ice is a highly addictive stimulating drug that is increasing in both popularity and accessibility, and has links to criminal activity. Side effects can range from anxiety, anger, irritability, psychosis, extreme behaviour and physical deterioration.
So what is the solution?
Clearly not the justice system, which is struggling under the burden of reduced court sitting days, and jails and other correction facilities that are over-brimming and fast reaching crisis point.
And clearly not the beleaguered health system which is in a similar predicament.
Last year’s ice forums succinctly and irrefutably spelled out the problems facing communities such as Eden.
With money floating around the election ether, now would be the perfect opportunity for parties of all political persuasions to pledge more resources for the tackling what has become a national epidemic.
