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New report exposes the alcohol industry’s stronghold on Australian sport

Every AFL and NRL club in Australia is now sponsored by alcohol companies, while every NRL club and five AFL clubs also have gambling sponsors, exposing millions of Australians – including children – to relentless advertising for products known to cause significant harm. The findings, released today in a new report by the Foundation for […]

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“Sport shapes culture”: Advocates, footballers call for action to prevent gender-based violence through sport

Advocates, experts and sports players have gathered at Parliament House to today call on political and sporting leaders to acknowledge and address the role of sport to prevent alcohol-related domestic, family and sexual violence. 

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3 in 4 Australians want less alcohol ads on TV, as community calls for stronger safeguards

Public health organisations and community advocates are calling on Australia’s media regulator to use its review of television alcohol advertising rules to introduce stronger safeguards, saying current regulations fail to protect the community from harm and fall short of public expectations.

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Re-elected Malinauskas Government has opportunity for nation leading reform to prevent harm to women and children

The returned South Australian Labor Government has an opportunity to be among the first jurisdictions in the country to enact life-saving alcohol delivery laws.

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4 in 5 Australians back action on harmful gambling, alcohol, unhealthy food ads as new campaign calls on Federal Govt to give us an ad break

New polling shows overwhelming public support to curb pervasive gambling, alcohol and unhealthy food advertising, as over 130 key organisations and leaders call on the Federal Government to seize this opportunity to protect children and improve long-term health outcomes. Launched today, the national public health campaign, Give us an ad break, warns that relentless marketing […]

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ACT continues to step ahead in promised alcohol delivery reforms 

The ACT is one step closer to implementing life-saving updates to alcohol delivery laws, as advocates urge the territory government to implement its Liquor Amendment Bill as soon as possible.

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Alcohol and gambling companies’ political donations surge in election year

Community organisations are calling for an end to political donations by alcohol and gambling companies, and their lobby groups. 

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Survivor advocates, community groups welcome Government’s promise to deliver on alcohol laws ‘immediately’ in SA Royal Commission response

Survivor advocates and community organisations welcome the South Australian government’s commitment to act “immediately” to reduce domestic, family and sexual violence with life-saving updates to the state’s alcohol laws.   

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FARE calls for VicHealth to be preserved as an independent body

FARE is supporting other public health organisations in advocating for VicHealth’s independence to be retained, after the Victorian Government announced plans for its future.

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Landmark report reveals almost half of Australians are negatively affected by others’ alcohol use

Alcohol’s Harm to Others in Australia: Patterns, Costs, Disparities and Precipitants is the most comprehensive analysis to date of harm beyond the person using alcohol.

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Tracked, profiled and targeted: New report reveals companies harvest intimate personal data on “industrial scale” to target marketing for harmful and addictive products

Companies are using sophisticated data-driven marketing methods to track, profile and target Australians with harmful advertising at times of heightened susceptibility.

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‘I’m Good’ campaign supports the 1 in 3 Canberrans who want to cut back on alcohol

A new digital campaign will help Canberrans who want to reduce alcohol use find practical ways to make a change.

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