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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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Alcohol industry calling the shots on Australian health policy

Date August 6, 2019

Analysis confirms Australia’s strategy to reduce alcohol harm has been seriously undermined by the alcohol industry in a case of regulatory capture.

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Policy

Next steps in the battle against alcohol harm in the NT

Date August 5, 2019

It is prudent that harm minimisation is the driving force of the new Liquor Act

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Alcohol industry exposed undermining health policymaking

Date August 1, 2019

Pro-alcohol modifications to the draft National Alcohol Strategy suggest the process has been hijacked by the powerful alcohol industry.

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Community stories

Leadership, not flippancy, needed on rural alcohol crisis

Date July 25, 2019

After the NSW Deputy Premier made a mockery of his constituents' battle with alcohol, Shanna Whan from Sober in the Country sets the record straight and calls for action.

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Policy

Corporations vs communities in local alcohol policy

Date July 18, 2019

The David and Goliath battle playing out between councils that want to uphold community wishes and the alcohol industry that seeks to maintain profits.

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Health

Where alcohol is concerned, there’s always risk

Date July 16, 2019

Alcohol is a diluted poison, a legal drug. It impairs cognitive function from the very first slug. These are facts, and it’s partly why we drink it.

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Health

A very inconvenient truth: alcohol isn’t good for us

Date July 11, 2019

Alcohol is a carcinogen and there is no safe dose, but there are ways we can reduce the harm it does.

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Health

For the sake of humanity: Rebuilding Australia’s preventive health system

Date June 20, 2019

After a decade of political apathy, last week the federal government revived the opportunity to put in place the right policy settings to improve the health and wellbeing of Australians, by putting prevention first.

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Health

Alcohol and mental health a toxic cocktail

Date June 11, 2019

Head in the sand: Where Cheers Mate gets it wrong

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Policy

Play ball: kids start hitting alcohol advertising out of the park

Date May 21, 2019

The youngest players and fans in Australian sport are showing the big boys how to behave. Baseball Australia’s Little League Championship is underway – the first competition to promote the code’s pledge to shun alcohol advertising.

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Health

The men we want to be: Masculinity and alcohol consumption

Date May 16, 2019

Are the socially-constructed expectations of men fuelling their risky drinking behaviour?

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Policy

Alcohol advertising is impossible to escape for Aussie kids

Date May 14, 2019

A new report has found that nowhere is really safe for Australian children when it comes to alcohol marketing.

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