New research analysing the alcohol consumption habits of more than 100,000 Australians over a decade has found that regular binge drinkers are up to 30 per cent more likely to commit drink-driving offences, vandalism or violence. ...
Tags: Regular drinkers, Drink-driving, NDSHS, Monash university
Uber is helping to reduce the number of drink-driving incidents in cities, a new report claims. According to research by a US driving school, Uber’s entry into Seattle is estimated to have resulted in a 10% decrease in the instances ...
Tags: Uber, Drink-driving
A Doritos advertisement created by an Australian is the most shared advertisement of the 2016 Super Bowl commercials. Ranked by US measurement agency Unruly, the advertisement reached number one by appealing to America’s humour and ...
Plans for labelling the calorie content of alcoholic beverages should be tabled by the European Commission at the latest in 2016, according to members of the European Parliament. The resolution calls for a new EU Alcohol Strategy focusing ...
Australians are drinking 25 per cent less alcohol than 40 years ago, according to a new report prepared by the Australian Liquor Stores Association (ALSA). ALSA said the report, which it said was based on data sourced from the Australian ...
Tags: Liquor Stores, alcohol, Agriculture
Following the launch in May 2014 of the Wise Drinking mobile application, new features have been added to enable consumers to monitor their alcohol intake. Users can now test their knowledge of responsible drinking through a "responsible ...
Tags: Drinking, alcohol, Agriculture
I am writing to you on behalf of the European Alcohol Policy Alliance (Eurocare), an alliance of 57 public health organisations from 25 European countries working on the prevention and reduction of alcohol related harm. Improving road ...
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Liquor retailing is growing, and sheltered from supermarket price wars Much has been reported on the battle for consumers' hearts, minds and money by Australia's two biggest supermarket groups, and liquor retailing may yet play a key role ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Wine
The Northern Territory Government will reintroduce open speed limits on a stretch of the Stuart Highway as part of a 12-month trial program beginning next year. A 200km section of the highway between Barrow Creek and Alice Springs will be ...
Tags: Speed Limits, Road Safety Trial
Australian road safety experts have created the world’s first ‘attention-powered car‘ in an attempt to combat fatalities and injuries caused by driver distraction and fatigue. The Royal Automobile Club (RAC) Western ...
Tags: Attention-Powered Car, road safety
All Victorians caught drink driving will be forced to fit alcohol interlocks to their vehicles under a major shake-up of the state’s road rules. The Herald Sun reports the Victorian State Government has begun drafting new ...
Tags: Victoria, Alcohol Interlocks, Drink Drivers