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Lessons from the Rethink Addiction National Convention

Over the past two days I’ve joined 300 people at the Rethink Addiction National Convention in Canberra. It was an opportunity to listen and learn from the speakers who all had a lived experience of alcohol or other drug use, or gambling addiction.

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Person using phone in the dark — Policy

How dark is ‘dark advertising’? We audited Facebook, Google and other platforms to find out

Once upon a time, most advertisements were public. If we wanted to see what advertisers were doing, we could easily find it – on TV, in newspapers and magazines, and on billboards around the city.

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Person holding a bottle of wine to read the label — Community stories

‘Pregnant women in my life are being sold products that cause harm’: Waiting for visible health warnings on alcohol products

Recently, I celebrated my 30th birthday. On the same day Celeste, one of my sisters, celebrated her birthday as well. We are not twins — we just have so many siblings that two of us were bound to pick the same day of arrival. My family loves babies. My mum...

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Young mother breastfeeding her baby — Health

What you may not know about breastfeeding and alcohol

There are a lot of mixed messages about alcohol and breastfeeding. We need clear messages on how to ensure breastmilk is alcohol-free.

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Teenage boy using smart phone — Policy

Building evidence to stop harm from online alcohol marketing

We spend a lot of time online to work, study, and stay connected. That’s why it is important our time online is not punctured with endless exposure to products that are harmful to our overall health and wellbeing. When digital marketing is out of control, we need to set checks...

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Young boy watching sport on TV — Policy

When will the season of alcohol and sport end?

Right now, there is much excitement in my household about the State of Origin. But there’s something else on too, and our kids are taking notice. Research released by Deakin University recently analysed the number of alcohol ads shown during sport on free-to-air television networks.

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A mother and her young son playing together in a park — Policy

Alcohol companies continue to play by their own rules, putting our children’s health at risk

Last year, a Dan Murphy's mobile billboard rolled into Byron Bay, parking itself 185 metres from Byron Bay High School. Emblazoned across it read, “Go for a skate while you wait for your Dan Murphy’s order to arrive.”

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People talking together — Policy

How community groups successfully kept alcohol tax cuts out of Federal Budget 2022

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends alcohol taxation as one of the most effective ways to prevent and reduce alcohol harms. Introducing this form of taxation is a double win – not only does it reduce risky alcohol use, but it also increases government revenue through tax, thereby contributing toward...

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Person laying on couch looking at a phone with a gambling sports app on the screen — Policy

How digital marketing of alcohol, gambling and junk food harms consumers

Researchers are lifting the lid on online ads for alcohol and other harmful products.

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Young pregnant woman — Health

Reflections from NOFASD Australia’s FASD Forum

Earlier this month, NOFASD Australia hosted its virtual FASD Forum and explored the theme ‘FASD@50’, commemorating 50 years since FASD was first identified in the literature. Read on for some of the key topics shared by presenters.

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Mural of Aboriginal person on a wall in Darwin — Community stories

A story waiting to be told: Darwin community victory against Woolworths

This was a huge community victory. And everyone MUST know this story. That’s why we want to help people in the NT tell the story in their own voice and be heard by the entire world.

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Picture of Aunty Helen Fejo-Frith — Community stories

One year on: Celebrating a monumental community victory in the Northern Territory

Today we celebrate the first anniversary of the community victory against Woolworths and their plan to build an alcohol store outside dry Aboriginal communities in Darwin.

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