Prime Minister Tony Abbott has announced a million-dollar "dob in a dealer" campaign to help tackle the national ice scourge.
The new push to encourage members of the public to report suspected drug laboratories and dealing operations will be modelled on a Crime Stoppers campaign in Victoria.
"The fight against ice and illegal drugs can only be effective when the community and law enforcement agencies work together," Mr Abbott said in a statement on Sunday.
Independent senator Nick Xenophon dismissed the announcement as "window-dressing" unless other measures were put in place such as witness protection.
He called for a massive boost to drug rehabilitation programs to make them more affordable and wants family members of addicts to get the power to launch mandatory interventions.
"An Adelaide family... had to send their adult son to Thailand for rehab (because) local rehab in Australia is just too expensive," he said in a statement.
The detox centres could be funded by seizing large-scale dealers' assets, the senator said.
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