Since it was so widely consumed, beer has made the perfect target for taxation for governments throughout the centuries. But the way Australia taxes beer has caused prices to soar.
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South Africa wants to introduce an excise tax on alcohol to make sure no alcoholic drink can be sold below a certain price.
The cost of living crisis may have affected pricing for beer brands, helping brewers save money but it could also be good for people’s health.
Going alcohol-free can spare the hangover and save money - unless your new drink of choice is the zero-free version of certain high profile tipples.
Beer does more social damage than wine, suggesting it’s right to tax it more highly. But cask wine seems to be significantly undertaxed.
It may not be popular, but an increase in the cost of alcohol would make us drink less and consume fewer kilojoules.
Personal income taxpayers are shouldering more of the burden, while less revenue is coming from taxes on companies, capital and consumption. Only major reforms will change these sustained trends.
The “goon bag” is a cheap way for young people and others to get drunk.
Ask your friends and colleagues about young Australians and alcohol and I bet they’ll say something about a generation out of control or a binge-drinking epidemic.
One of the most criticised components of the federal budget has been the proposed $7 co-payment for GP visits and some medical tests. But there’s a healthy way the treasurer can have his cake and eat it…
A hospital admissions study conducted by University of Queensland researchers has found no reduction in alcohol-related harm…
Binge drinking is unlikely to be reduced by policies which target specific types of alcohol or drinking locations, according…
Alcohol is a prime target for taxation. It’s a good source of government revenue; it allows governments to recoup costs for providing services to drinkers (such as accident and emergency care and policing…
In recent days, Woolworths and Coles have put out a flurry of media releases, each staking a claim to being the cheapest place to buy alcohol this summer. Coles have “declared war” on liquor prices and…
Non-communicable diseases – Paula O'Brien looks at the what The Lancet NCD Action Group and the NCD Alliance name as one of the [priority interventions](http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(\11)60393-0/fulltext…
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Professor of Health Policy, Curtin University
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Associate Professor, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
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Professor of Economics, University of Canberra
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Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director, Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University
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Professor and Deputy Director at National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW
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Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Public Health Policy, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer, RMIT University
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Associate Professor in Health Economics, Deakin University
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Research Fellow, Deakin Health Economics, Deakin University
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Senior Research Fellow in the Sheffield Alcohol Research Group, University of Sheffield
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Lecturer | Health Economist, SAMRC/WITS Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research fellow in health economics, Griffith University
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Assistant Professor of Law, Bond University