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.
Category: Policy
Speak to any frontline worker supporting domestic and family violence survivors and they’ll tell you that alcohol is often part of the story.
Actor/Victim-Survivor Kym Valentine celebrates ACMA’s push to revisit a loophole that currently allows alcohol ads during sports broadcasts.
Alcohol doesn’t cause violence, but it does exacerbate it. When the accessibility of alcohol increases, so does violence.
In the six months before her death in 2023, Victorian woman Kathleen Arnold had 319 alcohol products delivered to her home.
Content warning: This story contains references to death, alcohol use and other sensitive issues.
While growing up, there was no way of knowing that Dylan’s life would be cut so short.
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?
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.
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.
Every day, people across Australia are negatively impacted by alcohol, through injury, mental ill-health, chronic diseases, alcohol use disorders, gender-based violence and disadvantage.
The commercial television industry’s proposal to extend the times alcohol can be advertised would be a significant step backwards in protecting children from alcohol harm.