NSW politicians proudly stood alongside DrinkWise asking people to drink in moderation, while those same companies block effective alcohol policy reforms that could prevent harm.
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“My hands were tied”
The line between marketing and alcohol delivery is increasingly blurred.
As a midwife and lactation consultant for more than 15 years, Marie Hobden has supported countless women through pregnancy.
The online world is a predatory marketing minefield but there are currently no protections for children and young people.
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“Believing us IS the strategy”
We were not just talking, we were committed to pulling together tangible actions to prevent harm to women and children.
Ask any woman if she would cross the street to avoid a drunk and aggressive man, and the answer would be unequivocally yes.
One of the hardest things about experiencing violence is being robbed of your voice. When your safety is threatened and you’re forced into silence, there’s nobody to speak up for you or your children. But this week, it feels like we are finally being heard.
This article was originally published on Women’s Agenda. About ten years ago I was at Parliament House in Canberra for meetings. At the time, I was the Policy Director at the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE). I walked past the cafe where lobbyists tend to hang out and saw the in-house representative for […]
If governments are going to prevent family violence, we need to ensure that better regulating alcohol is part of the suite of measures that are adopted. Alcohol is a significant contributor to family violence, with alcohol involved in between 23 and 65 per cent of all family violence incidents reported by police. The use of alcohol by perpetrators […]
Accessibility and availability of alcohol is closely linked to violence. Yet it wasn’t mentioned once following the National Cabinet meeting last week.
A new survey found more than 6 million Australians drink alcohol at high-risk levels, and many in our community support measures to reduce harm.
For more than two decades, alcohol companies have largely set their own advertising rules through the Alcohol Beverages Advertising Code (ABAC) Scheme. Unsurprisingly, these rules are weak and littered with loopholes. Because they are voluntary, they are consequence-free when breaches occur.
