Cringe the Binge has launched its new Community Action Pack ahead of the 2014 National Youth Week celebrations, to help communities across Australia address alcohol-related harms. The new comprehensive on-line resource kit, unveiled in Byron Bay today, arrives amid growing concerns about the negative effects of binge drinking on young Australians, with communities hungry for […]
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The 2014 Annual Alcohol Poll which examines what Australians drink and what they think about alcohol has once again highlighted the nation’s growing concerns about alcohol harms and their mixed feelings and complex relationship with alcohol. An increasing and overwhelming majority of Australians (78%) believe Australia has a problem with excess drinking or alcohol abuse, […]
Leading Indigenous academic Professor Marcia Langton will head a University of Melbourne research team seeking to prove the effectiveness of Alcohol Management Plans (AMP) in combating alcohol misuse in Aboriginal communities. The team will conduct an in-depth case study in the Jilkminggan community in the Northern Territory over nine months, collecting information on how AMPs […]
Australia’s first outpatient detox program for Aboriginal drinkers is being trialled in the Illawarra region. Open for business and currently enrolling its first clients, the service aims to close the gap in the provision of alcohol withdrawal management services to Indigenous Australians. Developed by the Illawarra Aboriginal Medical Services in collaboration with Drug Health Services […]
Why do friends and relatives buy grog for underage drinkers? Are small bars safer? These are some areas of nationally significant research that will soon be underway with funding from the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE). FARE’s 2013 Alcohol Research Grants Funding Round has awarded 12 grants totalling more than $286,000 to universities, […]
A new project launched today will offer New South Wales residents much needed support to address alcohol-related harms in their local communities. A one-year pilot, the Alcohol Community Action Project (ACAP) will also provide the NSW Government with a model for a future, government-funded Community Defenders Office. Jointly funded by the Foundation for Alcohol Research […]
NAAPA welcomes new measures
The NSW ACT Alcohol Policy Alliance (NAAPA) has welcomed the measures announced today by Premier Barry O’Farrell to tackle alcohol-related violence in New South Wales. The State’s leading coalition of health professionals, police, community members and researchers says it is clear that the Premier has listened to the people of New South Wales. NAAPA spokesperson, […]
Australia’s leading alcohol research and education body has today welcomed the Prime Minister’s expression of concern about the levels of alcohol-related violence in NSW and throughout Australia, and called on both Mr Abbott and NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell to accept responsibility for the issue. The Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE) says addressing alcohol-related […]
The State’s leading alcohol policy authority says it is pleased that some of the evidenced-based measures it has long called for have been endorsed by the NSW Liquor Act Review. The NSW ACT Alcohol Policy Alliance (NAAPA) has welcomed the recommendations to introduce Risk Based Licensing, to give communities and local governments a greater say […]
The first ever evaluation of risk-based licensing (RBL) in an Australian jurisdiction makes a strong case for the continuation and wider application of the licensing model. Using Australian Federal Police Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Policing data, the study found that the introduction of risk based licensing in the ACT coincided with a 25 per cent […]