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‘All at once’: South Australia’s Royal Commission report broke new ground – in more ways than one 

South Australia’s Royal Commission into Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence has given the state’s leaders a clear direction to pull every lever to help prevent violence towards women and children – including action on alcohol.

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Children’s Online Privacy Code: Putting kids before harmful industry profits

Our Children’s Online Privacy Code submission calls for better laws to prevent harms to children and strengthen their digital rights.

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Alcohol delivery exposes people to greater harm, South Australia can lead the country with vital safeguards

The emergence of the online sale of alcohol for delivery to homes means alcohol is more available and there is heightened risk of harm to our community.

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This reform could save lives. It must not be watered down.

Speak to any frontline worker supporting domestic and family violence survivors and they’ll tell you that alcohol is often part of the story. 

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Well played: ACMA takes first step towards protecting kids and kicking alcohol out of sport 

Actor/Victim-Survivor Kym Valentine celebrates ACMA’s push to revisit a loophole that currently allows alcohol ads during sports broadcasts.

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The simple change that could save lives and reduce the toll of family violence

Alcohol doesn’t cause violence, but it does exacerbate it. When the accessibility of alcohol increases, so does violence.

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Calling for action on a hidden crisis: deaths from alcohol toxicity

In the six months before her death in 2023, Victorian woman Kathleen Arnold had 319 alcohol products delivered to her home.

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Victorian Coroner seeks answers to help prevent alcohol dependence deaths

Content warning: This story contains references to death, alcohol use and other sensitive issues.

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“I need to be that voice now for him and others”: Statement to the Inquiry into health impacts of alcohol and other drugs 

While growing up, there was no way of knowing that Dylan’s life would be cut so short.

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There’s a proposal to extend alcohol ads on TV – how did it come about and where is it at? 

The level of alcohol advertising on TV has sparked concern in the community – so what’s happened with a proposal to extend these ads further?

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NOFASD CEO Sophie Harrington’s statement to the Inquiry into the health impacts of alcohol and other drugs in Australia

FASD is often overlooked in broader discussions on alcohol related harm, yet the impact of alcohol on a developing fetus has been known for more than 50 years in the English-speaking world.

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Northern Territory Government scraps alcohol floor price

On Tuesday night, the Northern Territory Government pushed through its bill to repeal the Minimum Unit Price (floor price) on alcohol – news that is bitterly disappointing.

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