Queenslanders are drinking heavily when they go out and they’re not realising how drunk they are.
Archive - August 2019
Peter Miller
Jason Ferris
Barbara Wood
Cheneal PuljevicLessons from Queensland on alcohol, violence and the night-time economy
Public alarm at alcohol-related violence led the Queensland government to change liquor licensing laws in 2016. The results of a two-year evaluation are now in.
Kerri CoomberYou can’t argue with the facts: our lockout laws are saving lives
After years of working as a police officer in Kings Cross, Pat Gooley illustrates why we must not wind things back to the blood-stained days before the late-night measures.
Pat GooleyAlcohol-free alcohol: A 0.0-sum endgame?
There are grave concerns about the sinister ways the alcohol industry is marketing alcohol-free products
Habib KadiriWho calls the shots? – Don’t mention the “C” word
It should come as no surprise that those who trivialise Australia’s deadly alcohol toll are the very same who profit from its consumption
Tony BrownNSW residents want government to hold the line on alcohol measures
Regulations to make Sydney’s nightlife safer are an unqualified success; an incredibly important example of preventive health in action; and are exactly the measures – all of them – that the people of NSW continue to...
Michael ThornAlcohol industry calling the shots on Australian health policy
Analysis confirms Australia’s strategy to reduce alcohol harm has been seriously undermined by the alcohol industry in a case of regulatory capture.
EditorialNext steps in the battle against alcohol harm in the NT
It is prudent that harm minimisation is the driving force of the new Liquor Act
Tenille FrickerAlcohol industry exposed undermining health policymaking
Pro-alcohol modifications to the draft National Alcohol Strategy suggest the process has been hijacked by the powerful alcohol industry.
