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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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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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Alcohol being produced — Community stories

Alcohol companies are profiting off our pain

Despite the increasing harms alcohol is causing in Australia, alcohol companies have been lobbying the Government to cut alcohol taxes. As an advocate with her own experience of family violence, Kym shares her reflections.

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Young woman sitting on bed, looking away from camera and out of window — Community stories

Gut-wrenching sound of alcohol delivery in an abusive relationship

Alcohol has long been linked to family violence and can increase the frequency and severity of family violence instances. Kym Valentine is an experienced television and theatre actor a member of the Victim Survivors' Advisory Council (VSAC), which advises the Victorian Government on family violence policy and the implementation of...

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Community stories

Corporations must do better if we are to have any chance of building a better future for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

Late last year (2021), FARE together with Northern Territory Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, community and health organisations made a submission to an Inquiry about corporate engagement with First Nations people.

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Health

Smoking mirrors: Reduce Your Risk campaign highlights links between alcohol and cancer

It is well-known smoking causes cancer. We have heard this information for decades. It’s universally accepted. Common knowledge. What might surprise you is alcohol is also carcinogenic.

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