The number of Australians hospitalised for preventable injuries and illnesses caused by risky drinking has risen by a third in a decade, and there are indications that this trend is set to continue, putting huge pressure on the healthcare system, now and in the future. New research from the National Drug Research Institute (NDRI) found...

Alcohol is available at a wide range of sporting, music and other public events and often is a central focus of celebrations of success and achievement. Unfortunately, alcohol is also associated with verbal and physical abuse, arrests for aggressive behaviour and violence and admissions to hospital as a consequence of alcohol related assaults. Steve Allsop...

In response to expressions of concern from the Town of Port Hedland about local alcohol problems, the Western Australian Director of Liquor Licensing conducted a series of inquiries leading to the decision to impose restrictions on the sale and promotion of packaged liquor. Richard Midford, Deidra Young, Denese Playford, Elaine Kite, Tanya Chikritzhs and Richard...

Tanya Chikritzhs and Richard Pascal document trends in harms due to risky and high risk drinking for young people across Australia. They report annual rates for males and females aged between15 and 24 years for all states and territories have been presented, as well as comparisons between Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth and metropolitan and non-metropolitan...

About two thirds of Australian teenagers aged 14-17 years drink alcohol and one in five of these teenagers drinks at least weekly. Consumption of alcohol by teenagers is associated with a range of adverse health outcomes, particularly injury. Tanya Chikritzhs, Richard Pascal and Paul Jones document levels of consumption and alcohol-attributable harms for under-aged drinkers...