This study investigated the impact of the exemptions to the liquor licence applications ‘freeze’ – introduced in 2015 by the Victorian Government – to a policy (implemented in 2008) that had banned the approval of new liquor licence applications for licensees seeking to trade past 1am in four inner city municipalities.
This report examines the magnitude and distributions of the preventive effects from the reduction of population drinking on three types of cancer mortality across different gender and age groups in Australia between 1968 and 2011, controlling for the effects of smoking and health expenditure. The report extends our understanding of the role that alcohol plays with respect to liver, pancreatic, head and neck cancers in Australia at an aggregate level.
This study investigated the tax disclosure strategies of major alcohol and bottling companies operating in Australia, including Australian and foreign owned businesses. Thirteen companies were analysed, through an examination of the effective tax rates and strategies companies used to reduce their tax liability.
This study investigated the packaged liquor market in Victoria between 2001 and 2016, examining changes in availability, ownership patterns and the socioeconomic distribution of outlets.
Centre for Alcohol Policy Research – This research report highlights the importance of collecting alcohol sales data and discusses the ideal approach to measuring alcohol consumption at the state and territory level in Australia.
Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education – Risky business examines patterns of alcohol consumption among segments of the Australian population. The report exposes the alcohol industry’s heavy reliance on risky drinkers, with over 3.8 million Australians averaging more than four standard drinks of alcohol a day, twice the recommended health guidelines.
In order to facilitate a more informed debate about future excise taxation on different alcoholic beverages, this report provides a long-term historical analysis of alcohol excise taxes in Australia, and the role that the historical and cultural context in diverse developed economies plays in the current excise taxation of different alcoholic beverages.
This is the first study in Australia to examine household expenditure on alcohol in relation to financial and demographic factors, residential situation, and financial situation. It uses secondary data from the 2009-10 Australian Household Expenditure Surveys (HES) to investigate the distribution of spending, and the links between alcohol expenditure and financial difficulties experienced by households.
Centre for Alcohol Policy Research – This report examines recent trends in alcohol consumption in Australia across three measures: rates of abstention, rates of episodic heavy drinking and the distribution of drinking across the population.
Centre for Alcohol Policy Research – This research provides an analysis of patterns of stability and change in harm from others’ drinking over time, and the factors predicting these patterns.
FARE acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands and waters on which we operate throughout Australia. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and recognise the continuing connection to country of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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FARE acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands and waters on which we operate throughout Australia. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and recognise the continuing connection to country of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
©2024 FARE
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