Should the government continue to fund an organisation that attacks researchers for exercising their right to refuse to accept money from them? asks Wayne Hall.
Alcohol industry
Why alcohol should carry a health warning
We provide consumers with information that some foods contain traces of nuts; that excessive consumption of some mints has a laxative effect, and that some products cause drowsiness. Why let alcohol off the hook? asks VicHealth CEO Todd Harper.
Kirin seeks to buy-out Lion Nathan
Japanese brewer Kirin have made an approach to buy-out Australian brewer Lion Nathan, of which they already own a 46.1% share.
Political snippets: A word on so-called economic experts
Their views have become the staple diet of news services. On the hour, every hour we are treated to economic expert A from financial institution X, followed later in the day by Mr or Ms B from bank Y.
Foreign alcopops winners drink to Senator Fieding
So who is the Distilled Spirits Council that Senator Fielding and Malcolm Turnbull have gifted $290 million in alcopops tax to? Glenn Dyer invesitgates.
Alcopops memo to the Senate: It’s the taste, stupid
We should not expect people’s tastes in alcohol to switch at a wave of the Treasurer’s wand, writes Jennifer Doggett.
Australia drunk on alcohol lobby largesse
Australia is a laggard when it comes to banning alcohol sponsorship and advertising, writes Glenn Dyer.
Big Alcohol’s cosy relationship with the Senate
The powerful spirits industry has mounted a fierce lobbying campaign to persuade senators to reject the Rudd Government’s alcopops legislation, writes Alex Mitchell.
Ending the alcopop scourge
The alcohol industry’s hostility to the alcopop tax ignores the fact that sales of these products are falling, writes Mike Daube.
Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks
Meaty snippets from the home of government, Richard Farmer writes.
Spin watch: To Roxon, wine is good, Bundie is evil
Welcome to Health Minister Nicola Roxon’s confected moral universe, writes Trevor Cook.
What is it with the left and alcohol?
What is it about alcohol that turns off the cognitive capacity of the intelligentsia? Why can’t lefty social critics deal with drinking problems? Geoff Munro writes.
