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FARE supports, funds and undertakes research to contribute to the knowledge base on a range of alcohol harms and the best strategies to reduce them. Research informs our approach to ensure the solutions we advocate for are based on the best available evidence.

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Alcohol and gambling sponsorship in Australian sport

Everyone in Australia – especially children and young people – should be able to watch and follow sports free from alcohol and gambling advertising. For years, the community has been calling for this change. Despite this, alcohol and gambling companies continue to saturate the Australian Football League (AFL) and National Rugby League (NRL) with advertising of their harmful products, through a myriad of sponsorship deals across the two leagues.

05/08/2026

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Alcohol advertising on Australian commercial television: community attitudes

This report analyses findings from a nationally representative survey conducted in February 2026, on public attitudes to alcohol advertising on television in Australia. The survey reveals significant community concern about the nature and extent of alcohol advertising and signals clear community demand for stricter regulation of alcohol advertising.

20/04/2026

Alcohol’s harm to others in Australia: Patterns, costs, disparities and precipitants

A critical area of harm is family, domestic and sexual violence. Australia is at a crisis point, and evidence consistently shows that alcohol increases the frequency and severity of violence.

03/12/2025

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Data-driven marketing of harmful and addictive products

27/11/2025

Currently, when people are online, they are extensively tracked, profiled and targeted with data-driven advertising of harmful and addictive products.

Online sale, delivery and advertising of alcohol in Australia – behaviour, attitudes and support for change

15/09/2025

The way alcohol is sold and marketed has changed, bringing heightened risk of harm while our regulatory system fails to keep pace.

Polling Snapshot: South Australians’ views on proposed measures to reduce family and domestic violence

23/06/2025

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.

Poll Snapshot: Children’s recall of alcohol advertising

21/05/2025

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.

Against the Code – How alcohol companies breach the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code on Health and Nutrition Content Claims

27/03/2025

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.

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Alcohol and gambling sponsorship in Australian sport

Alcohol advertising on Australian commercial television: community attitudes

Alcohol’s harm to others in Australia: Patterns, costs, disparities and precipitants

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Data-driven marketing of harmful and addictive products

Online sale, delivery and advertising of alcohol in Australia – behaviour, attitudes and support for change

Polling Snapshot: South Australians’ views on proposed measures to reduce family and domestic violence

Poll Snapshot: Children’s recall of alcohol advertising

Against the Code – How alcohol companies breach the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code on Health and Nutrition Content Claims

Five weeks to watch: what we can learn from alcohol harms and digital advertising data

Poll Snapshot – Australians’ alcohol use and intentions to change

Poll snapshot: Australians’ views on alcohol advertising

How alcohol and gambling companies target people most at risk with marketing for addictive products on Facebook

‘Buy now’ buttons – the link between alcohol advertising, online sales and rapid delivery

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