Take a walk with me
I want you to take a walk with me. It’s a beautiful, warm Saturday night, and all is right with the world. I’m walking home to my home in Kings Cross after a dinner in Paddington. It’s around 2am – so...
View ArticleAlcohol & overdose: the hidden harm
Alcohol is a drug less commonly linked with overdose than illicit substances, such as heroin. However studies of ambulance call-outs show that when paramedics are called to a drug-related emergency or...
View ArticleIt’s time to find a national solution
Yesterday four presidents of the Australian Medical Association (AMA), led by National President Steve Hambleton, came together in Sydney to call for national action on alcohol-related harms. They...
View ArticleSurgeon calls for a Newcastle model in Queensland
After NSW, Queensland is the next jurisdiction where there is a close focus on reducing trading hours. The Queensland Coalition for Action on Alcohol (QCAA) is lobbying for reduced trading hours and...
View ArticleSupport for Indigenous Australians
This is a transcription of a presentation delivered by Professor Kate Conigrave and her colleague Peter Jack, on behalf of Addiction Medicine at the University of Sydney, to the House of...
View ArticleTime for real action on alcohol harm in NSW
I attend tomorrow’s NSW Alcohol Summit with a mixture of emotions. Firstly, profound sadness and regret at the countless opportunities our political leaders have missed over the past 10 years to...
View ArticleTime for action on our two-tier problem
What do you do when there are so many hands on the wheel – and so many of their owners seem to be asleep? The FARE Annual Alcohol Poll should puncture any complacency in government about alcohol. With...
View ArticleTime for leadership on alcohol
How will the alcohol policy landscape change after the 2013 Federal Election? In the coming months Drink Tank will feature a series of posts from alcohol experts, policy makers, researchers, and social...
View ArticlePicking up the tab for state’s booze blues
The Auditor-General’s report this week confirms what the experts have long known, and successive governments have long ignored. The cost of alcohol use and misuse to the people of NSW is simply too...
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A capital debate: how much alcohol harm can we take?
Last week the NSW ACT Alcohol Policy Alliance (NAAPA), a new coalition of health, community, and frontline organisations working to prevent and reduce alcohol-related harms, was launched in Canberra....
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