Tom McIlroy (15 July 2020) Push on to strengthen pregnancy alcohol warnings. Financial Review
Category: Australia
Label bid to limit foetal damage from alcohol.
Victoria Laurie (17 July 2020) Label bid to limit foetal damage from alcohol. The Australian
NAAA calls on Ministers to vote for a clear, visible and honest health warning on alcohol products.
Mirage News (15 July 2020) NAAA calls on Ministers to vote for a clear, visible and honest health warning on alcohol products. ‘The National Alliance for Action on Alcohol (NAAA) is calling on Ministers on the Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation to put the health and wellbeing of children first by […]
FASD Senate Inquiry – FARE opening statement
FASD Senate Inquiry FARE opening statement (25 June 2020) Note: includes a history of lobbying for alcohol labels.
Doctors hesitant to warn pregnant women drinking alcohol
Dana McCauley (19 May 2020) Doctors ‘hesitant’ to warn pregnant women against drinking alcohol
Food minister defends delay on alcohol warning labels
Dana McCauley (12 May 2020) ‘Smoke and mirrors’: Food minister defends delay on alcohol pregnancy warnings
Minister met with alcohol lobby before warning labels sent back for review
Dana McCauley Minister met with alcohol lobby before pregnancy warning label sent back for review. (18 June 2020) Food Minister Richard Colbeck met twice with alcohol industry lobbyists, including a major political donor, before a ministerial forum he chairs sent the independent regulator’s proposed mandatory pregnancy warning label back for review. Senator Colbeck met with […]
Commission evidence to FASD Inquiry
Mirage News (26 June 2020) Commission evidence to FASD Inquiry. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, June Oscar, spoke of the connection between trauma and alcohol consumption by pregnant mothers, which can lead to FASD. “First Nations peoples suffer ongoing and unresolved trauma across generations due to the impact of colonisation and […]
Better pregnancy health labels a community issue
Liotta, M (29 June 2020) Better pregnancy health labels on alcohol a ‘whole-of-community issue’ Healthcare organisations and individuals around Australia are calling for clear and consistent labelling to expand harm-minimisation strategies. NewsGP
Woman living with FASD joins calls for warning labels.
Daniel Z (9 July 2020) Audio RN Drive Australia – Woman living with FASD joins nationals calls for stronger pregnancy warnings on alcohol labels.
