10 May 2012: Treasury FOI docs expose Wine Federation’s fudged wet submission – also reveal increased rorting by NZ wine makers.
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FARE conducts regular nation-wide polling to determine community attitudes and behaviours relating to alcohol. The 2012 Annual Alcohol Poll was launched on 17 April, and provides a snapshot of Australians’ attitudes towards alcohol, alcohol consumption trends and perspectives on a range of alcohol policies.
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19 March 2012: FARE’s 2011 Community Education and Engagement Grant Funding Round awarded individual grants of up to $20,000 to community organisations throughout Australia.
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Australia now has a new online forum for debating and discussing issues about alcohol and the use and misuse of alcoholic products in contemporary Australian society. Welcome to Drink Tank, Australia’s conversation space about alcohol.
Read MoreFARE carries out annual polling to gain an understanding of Australians’ attitudes towards alcohol, their perspectives on various alcohol policies, and alcohol consumption trends. This year, for the third time, the poll was carried out by Galaxy Research, and was launched on Tuesday 17 April 2012 in Sydney. Download a copy of the Poll report
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The FARE Research Compendium has now been updated with new research projects. Click here to download a free copy, or visit our shop to purchase a hard copy.
Download14 February 2012: FARE has released new research today that shows one in five Australian women continue drinking once they know they are pregnant.
The study, by the Centre for Alcohol Policy Research (CAPR) and commissioned by FARE, highlights not only the continued confusion and a lack of knowledge about the harms of drinking while pregnant, but also the urgent need for major changes to people’s attitude toward alcohol.
Read moreIn December 2011, the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, The Hon Jenny Macklin MP and the previous Minister for Health and Ageing, The Hon Nicola Roxon MP asked the Standing Committee on Social and Legal Affairs to inquire into and report on the incidence and prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). FARE and the Public Health Association of Australia prepared a submission addressing the Terms of Reference to the Inquiry.
Read moreFARE will announce further funding opportunities in July 2012.
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SubscribeThe Australian and New Zealand Ministerial Council on Food Regulation acknowledged the need to regulate warning labels on alcohol products. At the meeting in Melbourne to consider a response to the recommendations of the Blewett Review, a decision was made to introduce “appropriate labelling” about the risks of drinking alcohol during pregnancy, which will be regulated in two years’ time.
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