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Australians hit the bottle with gusto while at home during the pandemic, drinking an unprecedented amount of alcohol and bumping retail alcohol sales to record levels.
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South Australia’s Guardian for Children and Young People has called on the State Government to address an “inadequate” provision of drug and alcohol services, which she said ultimately impacted her son’s chance of survival.
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There is no doubt that Europeans brought a culture of brewing and consuming alcohol during their early migration and colonisation of Australia, but new evidence reveals Aboriginal people were already aware of fermentation processes.
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Philip White reports that a long-overdue change in legislation will lead to better-balanced wines of more acceptable alcohol, starting this vintage.
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