One in seven presentations to ACT emergency departments are alcohol-related. Now a new national study will reveal where those harms are occurring, which alcohol outlets cause the most harm, and how ACT policing can best target its violence prevention efforts.
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Leading health organisations are calling on the Commonwealth to address Australia’s significant underinvestment in preventive health and set the national agenda to tackle chronic disease ahead of Labor’s National Health Policy Summit today.
Queensland’s Legal Affairs and Community Safety Committee has been warned proposed amendments to current liquor legislation risk undermining efforts to tackle alcohol-fuelled violence, according to health experts and advocacy groups.
Internationally renowned alcohol researcher Professor Emmanuel Kuntsche is set to join Australia’s world-leading alcohol policy research centre.
A review of Victoria’s liquor laws has highlighted a number of outlandish deficiencies and serious health concerns, including an archaic provision that allows underage children to legally drink alcohol in pubs and clubs.
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Big-box liquor boom
There has been explosive growth in the number of ‘big-box’ liquor stores established in Victoria over the last 15 years.
A majority of Queenslanders (64%) believe the State Government should honour its election commitment to introduce 1am lockouts on 1 February.
Protecting the welfare and future prosperity of vulnerable Aussie kids exposed to unacceptable levels of alcohol harm is the central focus of an innovative Pre-Budget submission lodged with Treasury today.
Health experts are calling on Australian cricket team captain Steve Smith to demonstrate much-needed leadership and support efforts to phase out alcohol sponsors from professional cricket. As the Victoria Bitter One Day International series kicks off at the Gabba in Brisbane today, the open letter signatories – who represent Australia’s leading alcohol advocacy groups – warn that Cricket Australia is selling its young fans unhealthy and inappropriate messages by flooding the game with alcohol promotions.
The Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE) has called for the current state-wide 10pm bottle shop closing time to remain in place, with evidence suggesting a significant reduction in all assaults in regional New South Wales (NSW).
New research has confirmed Canberrans have a major problem with alcohol, with alcohol-related crime in the nation’s capital estimated to cost taxpayers $11.7 million.
Domestic violence and alcohol experts, doctors, Indigenous leaders, and leading researchers say that failing to address the role of alcohol at this week’s Council of Australian Governments (COAG) summit on family violence will be a missed opportunity that risks the safety of families across Australia.