Andrew’s story: ‘Six years alcohol-free, I’ve got a fantastic life now’
10/09/2025
Growing up as a gay man in regional Australia, Andrew Addie felt encouraged to drink and surrounded by a culture of alcohol.
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Growing up as a gay man in regional Australia, Andrew Addie felt encouraged to drink and surrounded by a culture of alcohol.
The Red Shoes Rock campaign raises awareness of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), which affects up to one million Australians.
The Western Australian government has recently been consulting on their second round of liquor licencing reforms by inviting feedback on a Discussion Paper. These reforms are happening in the context of significant national commitments to reduce alcohol-related gendered-violence.
Find out how you can get involved in this exciting global campaign to raise awareness of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)!
Community groups and survivor-advocates have called for an urgent overhaul of alcohol laws after the South Australian Royal Commission into Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence concluded that alcohol is a key factor in violence towards women and children.
Speak to any frontline worker supporting domestic and family violence survivors and they’ll tell you that alcohol is often part of the story.
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.
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.
Privacy reform is urgently needed, with few checks and balances for data-driven marketing practices. This is most evident when you look at what is happening with kids data online.
FARE lodged a submission to the Queensland Government on the proposed amendments to the Liquor Act 1992 and the Wine Industry Act 1992.
New research shows one in six children have experienced harm from the alcohol use of adults around them, including verbal abuse and violence.
Right now, there is an important national conversation about information privacy, and the impact of social media on children and young people.
New research released today by FARE proves the damaging levels at which alcohol companies are bombarding Australians with “Buy Now” digital ads that simultaneously promote, sell, and arrange delivery of alcohol into people’s homes – in just a few clicks.
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
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.
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.
The online world is a predatory marketing minefield but there are currently no protections for children and young people.
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.
This article was originally published on Women’s Agenda. About ten years ago I was at Parliament House in Canberra for meetings. At the time, I
Shopping at supermarkets for food and essential items is a necessary and everyday part of life for Australians. At a time when Australians are experiencing significant cost-of-living pressures, everyone should be able to access the lowest possible prices for groceries from supermarkets without being marketed to aggressively, having their data collected and tracked for targeted advertising, and being pushed to buy more. This is especially the case when it comes to the marketing of alcohol, a harmful and addictive product.
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