The Foundation prepares submissions to public consultation processes on matters relevant to our work in alcohol policy. A list of our most recent submissions is included below.
In late December the Treasurer called for pre-budget submissions from ‘families, individuals, businesses and community groups’ with ‘ideas and priorities for the 2012-13 Budget’. FARE prepared a pre-budget submission and called for the Government to take action in five key areas to:
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FARE and the Public Health Association of Australia provided a submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs: Inquiry into Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.
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The Foundation provided a submission to the Australian Government’s Tax Forum. The submission outlines the case for immediate alcohol taxation reform and suggests that the first step must be changing the wine equalisation tax to a volumetric tax.
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The Foundation provided a submission to the government consultation process on specific aspects of the Labelling Logic report on food labelling. Within the submission the Foundation called for health warning labels to be applied to all alcohol products sold in Australia.
The submission outlines a labelling regime that includes at least 5 specific warning labels, rotated across all products, with one label focusing on the harms of consuming alcohol while pregnant. The Foundation specified that this regime needs to be government regulated and accompanied by a multi-faceted public education campaign.
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In June 2011 the Foundation made a joint submission with the Public Health Association of Australia to Food Standards Australia and New Zealand regarding an application by the Winemakers’ Federation of Australia to lower the regulated minimum alcohol content of wine.
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In October 2010 the Foundation made a submission to the Commonwealth Government consultation process regarding the development of a Community Sponsorship Fund under the National Binge Drinking Strategy.
