Category: Policy

Tougher laws for online alcohol sales are needed to prevent minors and people with an alcohol dependency from buying liquor at the touch of a button, UNSW public health researchers say.

After twenty-four years of advocacy, expert pregnancy health warnings are finally breaking through alcohol industry’s blockade

Why industry-funded research is such a danger to researcher credibility and public health

States and territories are beginning to address the negative impacts alcohol advertising has on young people

New research finds a minimum price on alcohol could dramatically reduce consumption, particularly among harmful drinkers

Desperate for profits, Woolworths are building their business off the back of misery

A UNSW study debunks the myth that an imposed floor on alcohol prices would drive less-wealthy, heavy drinkers to drink even more

Policies aimed at cutting alcohol and tobacco consumption, including the introduction of random breath testing programs and bans on cigarette advertising, have resulted in a significant reduction in Australian cancer death rates. My team at the La Trobe Centre for Alcohol Policy Research (CAPR) has led the first study into how public health policies on […]

After a 23 year wait Australia is now at a critical juncture.

The industry continues to actively muddy efforts to educate the public of the harms of alcohol consumption

The alcohol lobby’s shockingly cynical response to a serious national problem