Foreword: Although Australia has achieved significant reductions in drink driving since the 1980s, it continues to be a leading cause of road fatalities and injuries. A range of countermeasures have been used to address drink driving, although their effectiveness can be affected by a range of implementation issues. Through a review of Australian and international...

Introduction: Alcohol-related violence, and in particular violence in and around licensed premises, has been at the forefront of debate in NSW politics in recent years. A number of measures have been introduced over the years to deal with this problem. On 21 January 2014, the NSW Premier, Barry O’Farrell, announced a new package of reforms...

The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement has the potential to negatively impact the health of Australians by raising the cost of medicine and limiting the government's ability to regulate tobacco and alcohol, argues this policy brief based on publicly available and recently leaked negotiating documents. Executive summary The purpose of this policy brief is to inform...

Executive summary: Behavioural taxes are taxes that are designed to influence behaviour against consumption. The application of behavioural taxes is fundamentally illiberal. They interfere with the rights and freedoms of individuals to make choices about their own consumption. Behavioural taxes generally take the form of excise taxes. Australia has a complicated and inconsistent form of...

Introduction: The NSW Parliament will sit today, having been recalled early to pass new liquor licensing laws aimed at curbing alcohol fuelled violence. Premier Barry O'Farrell has been under pressure to act on alcohol fuelled violence in Sydney since the one-punch death of 18 year old Thomas Kelly in 2012. That pressure reached fever pitch...