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Our blog aims to generate meaningful commentary about alcohol policy, and to provide a platform for all members of the Australian community to share their views and concerns.

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

Date July 17, 2025

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

Date June 4, 2025

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

Date May 14, 2025

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

Date April 17, 2025

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

Date March 12, 2025

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

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A girl is talking to her mother on a bed. The girl is wearing a yellow jumper and pigtails. The mother is holding a television remote and has long, black hair. — Policy

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

Date March 4, 2025

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

Date February 20, 2025

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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Parliament House in the Northern Territory. — Policy

Northern Territory Government scraps alcohol floor price

Date February 13, 2025

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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Four people in Parliament House after an event, including FARE lived experience advocates and a former FARE CEO. — Policy

Opening statement to the Inquiry into the health impacts of alcohol and other drugs in Australia

Date February 7, 2025

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.

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A woman watches TV with her young son. — Policy

When we let industries set their own rules, communities always lose

Date November 27, 2024

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.

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“Violence is gendered. Alcohol is too”: Michael Salter on preventing gendered violence in Australia

Date November 15, 2024

As Australia has built our policies around the prevention of family, domestic and sexual violence, the role of alcohol has been denied.

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nicole-hewlett-alcohol-violence — Policy

“We need a healing informed approach”: Nicole Hewlett on how communities can lead change to address alcohol and violence

Date November 7, 2024

Proud Palawa woman Nicole Hewlett explains how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples play a fundamental role in addressing alcohol and violence within their communities.

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