Tom McIlroy (15 July 2020) Push on to strengthen pregnancy alcohol warnings. Financial Review
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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
MRI identifies consequences of early gestation alcohol drinking on fetal brain development in rhesus macaques
Wang X etal (5 May 2020) In utero MRI identifies consequences of early-gestation alcohol drinking on fetal brain development in rhesus macaques.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Food minister defends delay on alcohol warning labels
Dana McCauley (12 May 2020) ‘Smoke and mirrors’: Food minister defends delay on alcohol pregnancy warnings
Alcohol warning labels effective
Mirage (6 May 2020) New research demonstrates effectiveness of alcohol warning labels
FASD may increase risk of Type 2 diabetes
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders May Increase the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes and Other Metabolic Issues (17 June 2020) National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism NIAAA. USA.
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 […]
