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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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Novel treatments for alcohol dependence: A randomized controlled trial of structured stepped-care intervention for psychiatric comorbidity

02/09/2013

A substantial proportion of the alcohol dependent population also suffer from anxiety or depression. People who are alcohol dependent and suffer psychiatric comorbidity respond poorly to treatment.

A red light for preventive health: Assessing progress against the Preventative Health Strategy’s alcohol-specific actions

27/08/2013

This study assesses the progress made against the alcohol-specific actions of the National Preventative Health Strategy in the four years since the strategy was released.

Over the limit: A profile of Australians who drink in excess of the recommended guidelines

15/08/2013

This study analyses the 2010 National Drug Strategy Household Survey (NDSHS) to provide a demographic profile of Australian drinkers who consume in excess of the Alcohol Guidelines including their main drink of preference.

Measuring risky drinking: An examination of the validity of different episodic drinking thresholds in predicting alcohol-related harms

15/08/2013

This report examines the appropriateness of the revised 2009 National Health and Medical Research Council low-risk drinking guidelines, which suggested that Australians drinking five or more standard drinks on a particular occasion were putting themselves at risk of harm.

Australian attitudes towards alcohol policy: 1995-2010

28/07/2013

This study examined trends in Australians attitudes towards various alcohol policies between 1995 and 2010.

FARE 2013 Election Platform: 10 ways to reduce alcohol harms

28/07/2013

Ahead of the 2013 Federal Election, the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE)’s 2013 Election Platform sets out what we believe should be done to reduce the rising alcohol toll in Australia.

Alcohol-related harms in Queensland

18/07/2013

This study provides an overview of the extent of alcohol-related harms in Queensland using five harm indicators: alcohol-related hospitalisations, emergency department presentations, treatment episodes where alcohol was the principal drug of concern, drink driving road fatalities and drink driving hospitalisations.

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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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Novel treatments for alcohol dependence: A randomized controlled trial of structured stepped-care intervention for psychiatric comorbidity

A red light for preventive health: Assessing progress against the Preventative Health Strategy’s alcohol-specific actions

Over the limit: A profile of Australians who drink in excess of the recommended guidelines

Measuring risky drinking: An examination of the validity of different episodic drinking thresholds in predicting alcohol-related harms

Australian attitudes towards alcohol policy: 1995-2010

FARE 2013 Election Platform: 10 ways to reduce alcohol harms

Alcohol-related harms in Queensland

Alcohol use disorder and cognitive impairment among older homeless persons: Implications for service delivery

Annual alcohol poll 2013: Attitudes and behaviours

Evaluation of the Eva House (Mayumarri) Drug and Alcohol Program

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