Unfortunately, Australia’s newspaper readers might despair at getting an accurate view of the alcohol guidelines to be distributed by the National Health & Medical Research Council, writes Geoff Munro.
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Who really destroyed Foster’s grape expectations?
While O’Hoy was CEO during the Southcorp acquisition, most of Foster’s write-down announced yesterday was due to its lower profile, but more damaging, Beringer purchase, writes Adam Schwab.
Beware the dodgy binge drinking debate
The line in the media that teenage binge drinking hasn’t increased and therefore there’s something dodgy about the alcopops tax hike is flawed, writes Melissa Sweet.
Fag, booze and food hikes suck: give the poor SODS a break
Pity those who are smoking, obese, drinkers (SODs), writes Gavin Mooney.
Alco-pops: Who among the booze producers lose?
The alcohol industry was out today trying to spin the line that the Federal Government lifting of excise on alcopops would see younger drinkers heading off for cheaper thrills, writes Glenn Dyer.
Voodoo tax policy on alcopops
The Federal Government introduces a surprise tax rise, and actually gets applauded for it, writes Bernard Keane.
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.
Newcastle comes down hard on pubs and hooliganism
A NSW Liquor Administration Board ruling in Newcastle is likely to become a template for action against pubs in other parts of NSW, writes Alex Mitchell.
Read this label: alcohol warnings don’t work
There is a danger that warning labels on alcohol could actually backfire, writes health policy analyst Jennifer Doggett.
Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks
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A booze-free footy player isn’t an impossible dream
There is one surefire way to get AFL and NRL clubs to take seriously the issue of player misbehaviour, argues Jeff Wall.
Rudd’s binge crusade: footballers first
The Government is “Doing Something” about binge drinking. But it’s the mooted advertising restrictions that will be tricky, writes Bernard Keane.
Where inflation hurts
Since the election of 2004 the CPI has risen 8.3% but an actual decline in the cost of clothing and small rises in the cost of household goods and communications disguise the somewhat sharper rises in the price of food, alcohol and tobacco, rents, health and education, writes Richard Farmer.
Kevin Rudd and alcohol induced blackouts
The reality is that people who usually drink within bounds are prone to overdoing it when the occasion beckons. None of us should consider ourselves entirely safe when it comes to drinking. Kevin Rudd can vouch for that.
Grog to become compulsory in the NT
There’s times when it’s no consolation to say that you read it in Crikey first. There’s some things you just don’t want to be right about.
The serious drinking towns: Alice Springs, Tennant Creek and Katherine
If Minister Brough is really serious about his pledge to rid communities of the “rivers of grog”, a good start would be to go much closer to the source of the “rivers”, writes Graham Ring.
Alcohol bans: the job’s almost done
Banning alcohol is a key element of the prime Minister’s Northern Territory emergency plan. This is a list of areas and communities in the territory in which alcohol bans already apply.
