Nicholas Taylor – The Conversation

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December 1, 2025

Half of women at nightclubs recently faced sexual comments, groping, or forced kissing – new study

Kira Button, Deakin University; Nicholas Taylor, Curtin University, and Peter Miller, Deakin University

The design, atmosphere and management of nightlife venues can increase or decrease the risk of sexual harm, new research shows.

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October 17, 2024

Cheap grog, new drunkenness offence and mandatory rehab: why 9 experts think proposed NT alcohol reforms would be a disaster

Cassandra Wright, Menzies School of Health Research; Beau Jayde Cubillo, Menzies School of Health Research; John Holmes, University of Sheffield; Mark Mayo, Menzies School of Health Research; Mark Robinson, The University of Queensland; Michael Livingston, Curtin University; Nicholas Taylor, Curtin University; Sarah Clifford, Menzies School of Health Research, and Tim Stockwell, University of Victoria

A group of alcohol policy researchers raises concerns that proposed changes will worsen the very issues the NT government aims to address.

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February 9, 2021

A minimum price for alcohol helped curb problem drinking in the Northern Territory — is it time for a national rollout?

Nicholas Taylor, Deakin University and Peter Miller, Deakin University

A 2018 ruling that alcohol should be no cheaper than $1.30 per unit resulted in sales of cask wine - the most problematic drink for Darwin and the wider Northern Territory - to fall by half.

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