
Australia got on the grog during pandemic
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.
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.
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.
Alcohol-related diseases are being blamed for causing the deaths of nearly 6000 Australians each year.
Philip White reports that a long-overdue change in legislation will lead to better-balanced wines of more acceptable alcohol, starting this vintage.
It’s easy to see alcohol consumption being a result of thousands of years of ritual and a lifetime of habit. But have you ever stopped to consider why it is you choose to drink, ask researchers Emmanuel Kuntsche and Sarah Callinan.
School-aged Aussie kids are drinking less alcohol and smoking less tobacco and cannabis, a new study shows.