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New report exposes the alcohol industry’s stronghold on Australian sport
Every AFL and NRL club in Australia is now sponsored by alcohol companies, while every NRL club and five AFL clubs also have gambling sponsors,
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Every AFL and NRL club in Australia is now sponsored by alcohol companies, while every NRL club and five AFL clubs also have gambling sponsors,
Advocates, experts and sports players have gathered at Parliament House to today call on political and sporting leaders to acknowledge and address the role of sport to prevent alcohol-related domestic, family and sexual violence.
Public health organisations and community advocates are calling on Australia’s media regulator to use its review of television alcohol advertising rules to introduce stronger safeguards, saying current regulations fail to protect the community from harm and fall short of public expectations.
Every AFL and NRL club in Australia is now sponsored by alcohol companies, while every NRL club and five AFL clubs also have gambling sponsors,
Australia’s national football codes and clubs are saturated with sponsorship from alcohol and gambling companies.
Advocates, sports players and executives are calling for change in Australia’s alcohol-soaked sporting culture which perpetuates harm to women and children.
Across codes, sports promotion is inseparable from addictive and harmful products like alcohol.
Australia’s national football codes and clubs are saturated with sponsorship from alcohol and gambling companies.
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