On 7 July Mr Thomas Kelly was allegedly assaulted while walking through Sydney’s Kings Cross. Two days later his life support was switched off. We don’t know for sure that alcohol was involved. But for a...
Archive - July 2012
Alex WodakMy Name is Ross: An Alcoholic’s Journey
My name is Ross chronicles Professor Ross Fitzgerald's struggle with addiction from the age of 14.
Ross FitzgeraldTime to end violence? Let’s not kid ourselves about the solution.
The cold hard truth about reducing alcohol-related violence.
Tony Brown
Sondra DavorenHappy labelling day
Today marks one year since the alcohol industry-funded DrinkWise launched its ‘consumer information messages’ for alcohol. DrinkWise describes itself as an independent, not-for-profit organisation. It just happens to be...
Caterina GiorgiI raise my glass to stupidity!
We have an excuse for the consumption of alcohol for almost everything we do in our society; we drink at weddings, wakes, and birthdays. We celebrate getting a new job, or to commiserate losing one, we drink when we...
Roel LoopersTaking the ‘govern’ out of ‘government’
I couldn’t be happier with the government’s hands off approach to alcohol policy. Here’s a little secret. Ever wonder how year in and year out, Commonwealth government departments manage to function effectively...
Bradman St Peters