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LION PIONEERING “TRUTH” TO MEET BEER CONSUMER DEMAND

Leading brewer Lion is tapping into consumer trends – today launching a new labelling and education campaign to inform drinkers of the nutritional “truth” about beer. The campaign is stage one in Lion’s broader “Beer the Beautiful Truth” initiative, bringing labelling on the brewer’s Australian beers more in line with existing standard drinks and pregnancy […]

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LINK FOUND BETWEEN VIOLENCE AND DRINK PROMOTIONS

A pioneering study in Australia has echoed findings overseas that drink promotions are the greatest predictor of alcohol-related violence – even more than intoxication. A Melbourne study sought to identify key factors in inciting alcohol-fuelled incidents and aggression. The work was to some degree prompted by statistics showing a large proportion of problems take place

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YOUNG PEOPLE CHOOSING HEALTH OVER ALCOHOL: STUDY

A study by CAPR and FARE has found underage drinking has dropped sharply, with the success largely attributed to better health education. The study Understanding Recent Trends in Australian Alcohol Consumption drew from five waves of the National Drug Strategy Household Survey (2001-2013) by the Australian Institute of Health, involving more than 120,000 participants. It

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EDITOR’S RANT: SERVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE – PROBLEM OR OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD?

This week a South Australian court heard how the manager of a Kangaroo Island pub that has pleaded guilty to over-serving a man – who died shortly after, driving DUI – may have himself consumed two bottles of wine during the shift. There is, of course, a long and celebrated tradition of operators drinking with

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ABBOTT THROWS BACK BEER AND POLICY

A much-publicised instance of power-drinking could ironically link the Prime Minister’s flailing popularity with the de-demonising of the hospitality industry. Responding to encouragement from the crowd, PM Tony Abbott skolled a schooner of VB in Double Bay’s Royal Oak Hotel. Reviving the legacy of famous beer-skolling champion PM Bob Hawke, Abbott reportedly looked very pleased

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