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This Mother’s Day, watch out for the dark side of ‘Mummy Wine Culture’
Here’s why we need to rethink our easy assumptions and our go-to celebrations as we recognise the women who keep it all together – at a cost.
- by Sarah Rusbatch
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Domestic violence
Study every death, tackle alcohol: DV commissioner’s urgent advice
As new analysis shows federal spending on family, domestic and sexual violence has soared from $2 million to $644 million over the last 10 years, experts are asking for better evidence and more action.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
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Domestic violence
Talking isn’t working: Push for PM to tackle porn, gambling, booze to stop violent men
Criminologist Michael Salter says leaders must be prepared to take a wider view of domestic violence prevention when national cabinet convenes for an urgent meeting.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
The fight brewing over the beer giants that have captured the Australian market
The assistant competition minister says Australians are “paying too much for a schooner” and independent brewers say the consumer watchdog should investigate.
- by Rachel Clun
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Naked City
Fake booze: ‘It’s scary and the public needs to be warned’
Just like illegal tobacco, a huge substitution racket is flourishing. Dangerous industrial alcohol is being blended into top-shelf spirits – and police are worried.
- by John Silvester
A brewery worker’s drink-driving defence: his stomach made the alcohol
A number of drink-driving acquittals have resulted from a rare condition known as auto-brewery syndrome, in which a person’s gut effectively brews alcohol inside the body.
- by Ali Watkins
Why is beer so expensive?
Inflation for most goods and services has been falling since late 2022, but the price of beer has risen at its fastest rate in decades.
- by Rachel Clun
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Healthcare
Trevor knew his drinking was killing him. At the time, he didn’t care
Deaths caused by alcohol have reached their highest rate in a decade, according to a new report that calls on the federal government to do more to protect Australians from the harms of excessive drinking.
- by Henrietta Cook and Aisha Dow
Gen Z is not drinking – and it’s threatening Perth’s live music scene
A sharp decline in alcohol consumption among risk-averse young adults is undermining the live music scene, which has long relied on the sale of booze.
- by Mark Naglazas
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Prisons
‘Once-in-a-generation’ overhaul to prison drug program will help ‘missed’ inmates
Prisoners across the state will now have access to treatment for drug and alcohol issues immediately after arrest under a new $2.5 million intervention pilot.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
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NRL 2024
Football codes need to just say no … to beer
When you look at damage done by drugs to footballers, does cocaine even begin to compare to the damage done by alcohol?
- by Peter FitzSimons