The alcohol industry’s business model depends on people drinking at harmful levels.
Archive - August 2018
Aveek BhattacharyaZero tolerance for alcohol industry targeting children
Alcohol-free beer can be a positive. But when it’s marketed at children and sold in supermarkets, it can be very bad.
Michael ThornDrink, drank, drunk: what happens when we drink alcohol in four short videos
There’s a reason we apologise to our livers after a big night, and it’s not pretty.
Emil Jeyaratnam
Wes MountainAlcohol’s health benefits hard to prove, but harms are easy to document
Alcohol’s dangers may be underplayed, and its benefits exaggerated.
Christina MairSpoiler alert – alcohol causes cancer
Alcohol industry executives don’t want you to know that alcohol causes cancer. That’s because if people buy less alcohol, they make less profit.
Jenny GoodareState and territory electoral laws can be just as stifling for charities
Since the end of last year, there’s been a lot of focus on the federal government’s proposed changes to the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, which would impose new compliance and reporting requirements on organisations...
Krystian SeibertIt might be ‘wine o’clock’ but drinking gender gap remains wide
If you relied only on media coverage, you’d likely assume that women in Australia drink as much alcohol as men. But what does the evidence say?
Michael LivingstonWhy alcohol and drug problems continue to be so severe in Australia
Why don’t we see more progress in lessening the damage of alcohol and tobacco?
Ross FitzgeraldWhy alcohol after sport and exercise is a bad idea
Given the state our bodies are in after exercise, and what alcohol does to our system, drinking after sport is a bad idea.
Christopher Stevens