25 Feb 2025-26 Pre-Budget Submission
Alcohol Change Australia submitted a 2025-26 Pre-Budget submission, that focused on preventing and reducing the impacts of alcohol related harm in Australia. The submission presented opportunities to raise revenue and also to invest in public health to reduce the harms caused by alcohol.
Alcohol Change Australia recommended that the 2025-26 Budget:
Use pricing policies to reduce alcohol related harms by:
- Removing the Wine Equalisation Tax and introducing a volumetric tax for wine and other fruit-based alcohol products.
- Maintaining Consumer Price Index increases on excisable alcohol products.
Empower the community by raising awareness of the harms caused by alcohol by:
- Substantially investing in the development and implementation of evidence-based, targeted, and ongoing campaigns and preventative programs that increase awareness of alcohol harms and the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Australian guidelines to reduce health risks from drinking alcohol.
- Introducing health warning labels on all alcohol products that are mandated, standardised, and present rotating health messages.
Read the full submission here.