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Symonds and booze: Cricket Australia’s double standards
Andrew Symonds has an alcohol problem. So does Cricket Australia, writes Gideon Haigh.
Political snippets: The Age finds communists in China
The Age investigates and finds communism in China, Australians are not drinking any less and headline of the day!
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.
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.
New drinking guidelines are about informed decisions, not wowserism
Unsafe drinking doesn’t only harm the drinker — many other people also pay a price, writes Jon Currie.
Why grog is an issue for workplaces
Both workers and employers could benefit if workplaces were more effectively engaged in efforts to tackle hazardous drinking, writes Ken Pidd.
NSW troglodyte suspended
Small Business, Science and Medical Research Minister Tony Stewart has been suspended following a staffer’s official complaint that he verbally abused her, writes Alex Mitchell.
And they’re off in the 2008 Melbourne Cup…
We watch with delight
Nelson’s petrol price cut = embarrassing farce
Aping Clinton and McCain’s ideas on cutting petrol price is laughbaly bad politics, argues Adam Schwab.
Beware the wrath of the stay-at-home mum
Wayne Swan’s budget failed to mention stay-at-home mums at all amid grandstanding about increasing child care rebates for PM Kevin Rudd’s much vaunted “working families”, writes Neil Walker.
Get stuck into the wine, penny-pinchers!
Spirit drinkers are being slugged considerably more for their booze than beer drinkers. But it’s the winos who win the excise wars, writes Richard Farmer .
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
Instead of standing up for stay-at-home mums or solar panels, the Opposition Leader has sided with ‘ute men’ and underage drinkers.
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.
How do you sleep at night, Stephen Riden?
You creep!
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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.
Memo PM: the kids aren’t all drunk
When heavy drinking is endorsed as an important element of a good time, why is it surprising that kids are hitting the bottle so hard? wonders Kat Muscat.
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.
Kate Ellis, the Claytons Minister for Binge Drinking?
Why wasn’t Kate Ellis, the relevent Minister central to the Government’s binge drinking crackdown, consulted about the development of the package? asks Bernard Keane.
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Howard, Rudd and the cult of personality … Kyoto and climate change … Brendan Nelson … the ABC expands … binge drinking … Joe Hockey …
Fixing binge drinking: what works
If the Prime Minister really wants to make an impact on binge drinking, he might suggest his advisors speak to those running an unusual program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the US, writes Melissa Sweet.
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Apology to Mr Anthony Otto … Rudd’s binge crusade … moonlighting MPs … checking out at the Haven Hostel … carers and politics … the 2020 summit … Iraq and McCain …
Binge drinking – there are easier ways to kill young people…
Kevin Rudd wants to spend millions to educate young people about the dangers of binge drinking.
