A dispiriting attempt to flog beer to womenFollowing from the ’80s flop that was Swan Gold, National Distilleries is gifting the ladies with another ‘special’ beer: Hummingbird Blonde Lager. Do women really need our own patronising, bastardised version of beer, asks Mel Cambell.
Alcohol advertising 
Why walking to school can be unhealthy
The areas around primary schools have become hotbeds of advertising for unhealthy foods and drinks to children, write Bridget Kelly and Lesley King.
Top scientist calls for complete ban on alcohol advertising
The lessons from the successful anti-smoking campaign can be applied to alcohol abuse, writes Professor Michael Good.
Sport handling the alcohol sponsorship issue poorly — already
It has not taken long for Cricket Australia to take the lead in poorly handling the growing challenge from the health lobby to the sponsorship of sport by the alcohol industry, writes Jeff Wall.
Alcohol ads, or cricket for the disabled: you decide
Australia’s major sporting codes are trying to intimidate the Senate into rejecting Family First’s Alcohol Toll Reduction Bill, writes Geoff Munro of the Community Alcohol Action Network.
