A great collab with @fareaustralia.bsky.social @dgtl-culturesuq.bsky.social @georgeinstitute.bsky.social @nnniccc.bsky.social & prof Simone Pettigrew. More to come soon!

In this new research, we looked at online sale and delivery to the home for people at high-risk of harm from alcohol, including people likely experiencing alcohol dependency, impact of related advertising and community support for measures to reduce harm.

It is essential that regulators work to ensure the wellbeing of our community is put first when it comes to regulating the practices of companies that sell and market harmful and addictive products. Today, the ACMA has taken a step toward this vision for alcohol advertising on commercial TV.

Hearing long-held concerns of our community, the ACMA also committed to assessing current alcohol advertising restrictions for commercial TV, in particular the current loophole that allows alcohol advertisements during televised sports when they would otherwise be prohibited.

This is another demonstration of what we have now known for some time – harmful industries will drag their feet for as long as possible when it comes to implementing important public health measures that aim to keep our community healthy when it conflicts with their profits.