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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.
You can read some of the latest research papers below, or use the search bar to find papers on a particular topic.
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.
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.
Currently, when people are online, they are extensively tracked, profiled and targeted with data-driven advertising of harmful and addictive products.
The way alcohol is sold and marketed has changed, bringing heightened risk of harm while our regulatory system fails to keep pace.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A national poll has revealed that 44 per cent of Australians who drink alcohol want to drink less or stop drinking altogether.
This national poll asked Australians about their views on alcohol advertising when children are likely to be watching,
including during sports.
Our phones connect us to friends and family, to news and entertainment, to shopping and banking. As we scroll, search and swipe each day, a
While online technologies play an important role in our lives, it is essential that digital environments are safe and facilitate health and wellbeing. However, alcohol
New polling shows attitudes towards the online sale and delivery of alcohol in the ACT, as the territory government considers changes to legislation.
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