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Category - Research papers
Drinking trends by age and over time among baby boomers and older drinkers
The last decade has seen a decline in overall alcohol consumption in Australia, primarily due to a decrease in consumption in young people. In contrast, an increase in risky drinking of baby boomers in national survey...
Examining Australia’s heaviest drinkers
This study was undertaken by FARE’s research partner the Centre for Alcohol Policy and Research (CAPR) at La Trobe University and examines the distribution of alcohol consumption in Australia, identifying the top 10% of...
The Alcohol Management Plan at Pormpuraaw, Queensland, Australia: An Ethnographic Community-Based Study
This report outlines the findings of an ethnographic research project which gathered and analysed the Alcohol Management Plan (AMP) in the remote Indigenous community of Pormpuraaw on the western coast of Cape York...
How do alcohol control policies influence Australian adolescent drinking trends?
This is the first Australian study to examine the relative influence of multiple alcohol policies, television alcohol advertising, retail alcohol outlet density and the proportion of alcohol-related articles in daily...
Public health arguments in planning and licensing appeal processes: A case study of the City of Casey’s attempt to regulate a new chain packaged liquor outlet
The 2009 National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) Australian Guidelines to Reduce Health Risks from Drinking Alcohol recommends for women who are pregnant, for those who are planning a pregnancy and for...
Examining trends in alcohol consumption during pregnancy in Australia 2001-2016
The 2009 National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) Australian Guidelines to Reduce Health Risks from Drinking Alcohol recommends for women who are pregnant, for those who are planning a pregnancy and for...
Preventing chronic disease: How does Australia score?
The Prevention 1st Scorecard assesses our progress on preventive health policies in Australia. It seeks to highlight the successes of Australian governments and the areas where more work is needed to address risk...
Risky drinking among undergraduate university students: A social norms-based approach
This report provides an overview of the findings of a baseline survey undertaken as part of the project Risky drinking among undergraduate university students: a social norms-based approach.
Understanding of consumer information messaging on alcohol products
Theis research investigates consumer understanding and interpretation of the two most commonly used consumer information message labels for alcohol and pregnancy, and to explore whether there might be potential to...
Annual alcohol poll 2018: Attitudes and behaviours
Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education - The nation’s most comprehensive annual alcohol poll sheds light on what we drink and think.
Australia, an intoxicated society: 40 Years on from the Baume Report
Forty years ago, a progressive and prescient Senate Committee report identified alcohol and its harms as a problem of epidemic proportions. In 1977 the Senate Standing Committee on Social Welfare released its report...
