Liquor ads streamed online with children’s content? This is the reality of alcohol advertising in Australia
Archive - September 2015
Roger MagnussonWe need to do more about alcohol advertising in sport
Michael Thorn says we must tighten the alcohol advertising guidelines and lift the advertising standards across all media.
Michael ThornStuart Kelly’s speech for Thomas
Stuart, the younger brother of one-punch victim Thomas Kelly, moved a room of Sydney’s most powerful people to tears.
EditorialMembers of Parliament call for action on alcohol advertising
The Alcohol Advertising Review Board's Annual Report, and advertising shockers, shows this is not an issue restricted to any one side of politics.
Julia StaffordHealth, healthcare and politics
Leader of the Australian Greens Richard Di Natale delivers a powerful address at the Population Health Congress 2015.
Richard Di NataleWhy this Junior Football Club grand final win is a Game Changer
As the youngest ambassadors of a program promoting healthy advertising in sport, the Clarence Junior Football Club are kicking goals on and off the field.
Aaron SchultzAlcohol free to prevent FASD
9:09AM on 9 September marks International FASD Awareness Day, a day that is dedicated to raising awareness of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD).
Sarah WardSticking two fingers up to sensible guidance fuels drinking appeal – and alcohol brands know it
How can alcohol policy respond to the paradox that policy messages to drink less can be interpreted from a counter-cultural perspective as cues to drink more?
Chris HackleyDon’t worry about the kids: Let’s just protect the alcohol industry
Allowing alcohol ads to be shown on commercial TV during daytime sports programming, when kids are watching, is completely counter-intuitive.
Sandra Jones