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Alcohol Change Australia prepares submissions advocating for policy and regulatory change to reduce the harmful impacts of alcohol on individuals, families, and communities.

 

We respond to relevant consultations and inquiries at a national level.

  • This submission was to the Joint Select Committee into Social Media & Australian Society and submitted in June 2024. For details on the inquiry visit the homepage. Every Australian should be able to grow up and live in an environment that supports their health and wellbeing. Yet our community is constantly bombarded with promotions for alcohol, including on social media. Higher standards and regulation for how unhealthy products are marketed on digital platforms, including social media, are ...

    05 November, 2024

  • This submission was to the House Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport for the inquiry into the health impacts of alcohol and other drugs in Australia. Alcohol products take a significant toll on our communities, fuelling violence, injuries and deaths. Our response to this inquiry focused on preventing the health impacts of alcohol in Australia and presented a suite of opportunities to reduce harms caused by alcohol products. Specifically, we recommended that the Government: Deliver ...

    17 October, 2024

  • This response was submitted as part of the Statutory Review of the Online Safety Act 2021 and our response relates to the harms caused online by digital alcohol marketing practices. Digital technologies can provide the community with benefits that support health and wellbeing, including social connectivity, access to learning opportunities, and flexible working opportunities. However, digital platforms are currently operating in a way that enables harmful marketing for unhealthy products, includ...

    25 June, 2024

  • This submission to the Senate inquiry into access to Parliament House Australia by lobbyists focuses on the urgent need to strengthen regulation of lobbying activities at the Federal level in Australia to help prevent and reduce alcohol-related harm....

    14 February, 2024

  • This submission to the Attorney-General’s consultation on the Government response to the Privacy Act Review Report relates to the impact of privacy reforms on digital alcohol marketing practices, particularly the collection and use of people’s data by digital platforms and alcohol companies to aggressively promote and sell alcohol....

    30 March, 2023

  • This submission to the consultation on Food Standards Australia New Zealand’s proposal to provide energy labelling information on alcoholic beverages supports the implementation of standardised, mandated, evidence-informed energy labels on alcoholic products to help support Australians to make informed dietary decisions. It highlights there is urgent need for consumer testing to understand the potential impacts of energy labelling on a range of health behaviours, including alcohol use. ...

    20 March, 2023

  • This submission to the Senate Inquiry into the influence of international digital platforms focuses on the need to protect consumers from harm fuelled by unhealthy marketing on digital platforms. ...

    27 February, 2023

  • This submission to the consultation on ACCC’s regulatory reform recommendations focuses on the need to protect consumers from harm fuelled by unhealthy marketing on digital platforms. ...

    15 February, 2023