Calling for action on a hidden crisis: deaths from alcohol toxicity
14/05/2025
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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In the six months before her death in 2023, Victorian woman Kathleen Arnold had 319 alcohol products delivered to her home.
On behalf of the FARE Board, I am pleased to announce that we have appointed Ayla Chorley to the role of Chief Executive Officer.
As Caroline reached her 30s and became a mum, she knew something needed to change.
Tasmanian Matt Dingjan undertook an incredible feat this year – running for 24 hours straight in memory of his mother Debbie.
Content warning: This story contains references to death, alcohol use and other sensitive issues.
The number of Australians receiving treatment for alcohol continues to eclipse all other drugs, highlighting the urgent need to address the predatory marketing practices of alcohol companies.
This report presents examples of alcohol companies breaching the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code by using prohibited health and nutrition claims in the marketing of alcoholic products and documents the regulatory response of complaints lodged about these breaches.
Community and public health groups have expressed concern over reported plans by a lobby group for gambling and alcohol companies to influence the federal election outcome as a way to further stifle public health reform.
While growing up, there was no way of knowing that Dylan’s life would be cut so short.
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?
When Simon began to consider alcohol’s role in his life, he took steps to cut it out for a few weeks, then months, at a time.
Drinking alcohol can worsen sleep, mood, stress and energy levels. Yet a recent survey of Tasmanians found that 1 in 3 don’t know there’s a link between alcohol and mental health.
New research has uncovered the alcohol industry is flooding social media with alcohol ads at times of high harms, evidenced by the latest Victorian ambulance data.
This report presents the five weeks across a year when alcohol harms are highest in Victoria. It also examines the marketing practices of alcohol companies on Meta during these periods.
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.
South Australia needs effective, evidence-informed regulatory controls to address and reduce harms from alcohol. However, the laws that exist to keep people safe and protect them from harm have not kept pace with the way that alcoholic products are marketed, sold and delivered.
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.
The Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE) has supported Coroner Ingrid Giles’ call for reforms to the state’s alcohol laws today, including restrictions to the delivery of alcohol.
Community, health and Aboriginal community-controlled organisations are urgently calling on the NT Government to retain the Minimum Unit Price on alcohol, and to engage with communities to develop a comprehensive strategy to address alcohol harm in the NT.
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.
Speak to any frontline worker supporting domestic and family violence survivors and they’ll tell you that alcohol is often part of the story.
Get involved in creating an Australia free from alcohol harm. Every day, people across the country come together to level the playing field, ensuring decision-makers
Children need environments that are safe and support their wellbeing and this extends to digital spaces. However, children are currently subjected to pervasive data collection and profiling practices in digital environments, often without genuine consent or understanding.
Actor/Victim-Survivor Kym Valentine celebrates ACMA’s push to revisit a loophole that currently allows alcohol ads during sports broadcasts.
This August, a group of people will hit the streets of Sydney for a deeply personal cause: reducing stigma and raising awareness of alcohol harms.
Today community, health and children’s organisations have welcomed the Australian Communication and Media Authority’s decision to reject proposed changes to the Commercial TV Industry Code of Practice.
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FARE conducted polling in South Australia to understand community attitudes toward alcohol law reforms aimed at reducing family and domestic violence linked to the online sale and rapid delivery of alcohol.
New research reveals almost 80 per cent of South Australians support proposed changes to alcohol laws that would reduce family and domestic violence and protect the community from rising alcohol harm.
Increasingly, Tasmanians are cutting back or cutting out alcohol. Learn how to enjoy this year’s Tasmania winter festival season without alcohol.
Be Nice To Brain has reached tens of thousands of Tasmanians since launching six months ago. This is what the campaign’s impact looks like so far.
Alcohol doesn’t cause violence, but it does exacerbate it. When the accessibility of alcohol increases, so does violence.
New research has revealed that children are exposed to alcohol product advertising on commercial television, highlighting the urgent need to close loopholes in the Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice.
Research shows that when children are exposed to alcohol marketing, they are more likely to start to drink alcohol at a younger age, and to go on to drink alcohol at high-risk levels later in life.
Angelene Bruce, the biological mother of a thriving child with FASD, is using her lived experience to help others achieve alcohol-free pregnancies.
In the six months before her death in 2023, Victorian woman Kathleen Arnold had 319 alcohol products delivered to her home.
On behalf of the FARE Board, I am pleased to announce that we have appointed Ayla Chorley to the role of Chief Executive Officer.
As Caroline reached her 30s and became a mum, she knew something needed to change.
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