More than two years on, two recommendations of the Jenkins Review remain unresolved
13/08/2024
When a researcher told me he was asked to remove evidence on alcohol, I wasn’t surprised.
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When a researcher told me he was asked to remove evidence on alcohol, I wasn’t surprised.
When a researcher told me he was asked to remove evidence on alcohol, I wasn’t surprised.
Sam is a 14-year-old living with FASD, who deserves to be living a happy and healthy life, with the support services she needs.
On New Year’s Day 2015, Maz Compton – a former MTV presenter, radio host and the brains behind the book and podcast ‘Last Drinks’ – made the decision to give up alcohol for one month.
NSW politicians proudly stood alongside DrinkWise asking people to drink in moderation, while those same companies block effective alcohol policy reforms that could prevent harm.
The line between marketing and alcohol delivery is increasingly blurred.
As a midwife and lactation consultant for more than 15 years, Marie Hobden has supported countless women through pregnancy.
Everyone should be able to enjoy the benefits of using digital technologies to work, learn and play. This can happen when we have safe digital environments that support people’s health and wellbeing. However, when it comes to harmful and addictive products like alcohol, social media platforms have designed marketing systems geared toward creating harm.
Sue discusses why it’s so important for partners and family to support women to have an alcohol-free pregnancy.
Currently, people are tracked, profiled and targeted with advertising for harmful and addictive products, such as alcohol, gambling, e-cigarettes and unhealthy food, when they are online. The wellbeing and safety of Australians must be prioritised over commercial profits from online platforms’ harmful advertising practices.
Carolyn Perlini ran in the HBF Run for a Reason in Perth last May in honour of her cousin Simon
The online world is a predatory marketing minefield but there are currently no protections for children and young people.
Jenny stopped drinking alcohol before she started trying for a baby, because she knew it was best for her health, and her baby’s health.
The justice system needs to be unequivocal and consistent in how it deals with alcohol use to help prevent sexual assault and ensure that justice is served for survivors. Reforming justice responses to sexual violence will directly support victim survivors.
A new pilot study analysing screen recordings from young people’s online activity has found that companies are targeting them with ads for harmful products including alcohol, gambling and junk food.
We were not just talking, we were committed to pulling together tangible actions to prevent harm to women and children.
Ask any woman if she would cross the street to avoid a drunk and aggressive man, and the answer would be unequivocally yes.
Community organisations and researchers working in violence prevention and alcohol harm reduction are meeting this week to discuss the role of alcohol in violence against women and children and the policy and program responses needed to address this.
After almost 14 years of sobriety, James shares his experience of navigating pervasive drinking culture and how he decided to cut out alcohol altogether.
As part of the 2024-25 Federal Budget, the Government announced funding of $5 million to continue the campaign. Developed by FARE and funded by the Australian Government, the campaign’s evaluation demonstrates it’s making an impact.
A leading national public health organisation has called on the New South Wales Government to strengthen secondary supply laws to better protect young people from
The Shire of Manjimup will today launch their alcohol management project to promote the responsible consumption of alcohol throughout the shire. The ambitious Alcohol Get
Supply means supply sought to reduce the supply of alcohol to minors by informing the community about what constitutes secondary supply and by emphasising the illegality of secondary supply and the considerable financial penalties associated with it.
A national alcohol summit has shown how young people are regularly exposed to alcohol marketing and highlighted industry’s inability to self-regulate. The Foundation for Alcohol
This thesis explores the concepts of post-modernity and normalisation as they relate to the culture and practices of a group of 25 young people in Melbourne who call themselves the ‘A-Team’. The A-Team is a social network of youth who considered themselves to be ‘typical’ or ‘mainstream’, who participated in work and study, and who did not engage in any illicit activity other than drug use.
Research on women’s drinking behaviour is limited. Evidence shows women are at higher risk than men for detrimental physical, medical, social and psychological effects of at-risk alcohol consumption.
The aim of this project is to gain an insight into the alcohol expectancies, perceived social norms and changing gender roles of school leavers and to use this data to develop evidence-based interventions to reduce alcohol-related harms among this group.
University students have a higher prevalence of alcohol use as well as high risk drinking than do non-students of the same age, yet not all students drink at high or risky levels, suggesting that excessive alcohol use by young adults may be influenced to some extent by underlying trait factors in addition to social environmental factors. To this end, this project tested the hypothesis that inherent deficiencies of frontal lobe functioning promote alcohol-related risk in young adults.
This report explores the veracity of claims made by segments of the wine industry on the potential impacts of possible alcohol taxation reform scenarios. The proposal by the Henry Tax Review to move from the current ad valorem tax on wine, referred to as the Wine Equalisation Tax (WET), to a volumetric tax, has been fiercely challenged by some in the wine industry. To back up its opposition to the change, the Wine Federation of Australia (WFA) produced estimates of the job losses and declines in sales.
FARE’s submission to the Commonwealth Government consultation process regarding the development of a Community Sponsorship Fund under the National Binge Drinking Strategy provides feedback on a number of issues raised in the paper and makes a total of nine recommendations.
This pilot study investigates the behaviours of international backpacking travellers, with a focus on their alcohol consumption and risk taking—particularly sexual risk taking-behaviours.
This study examines the psychological factors that influence alcohol consumption by young Australians (18-30 years old). It focuses on the role of personality, cognitive and psychological distress in maintaining problematic drinking; and compares the community sample with a treatment sample from a youth substance abuse service.
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