Alcohol
Health & Medicine
Domestic violence linked to alcohol use is a national emergency
Alcohol and other drug use increases the severity of violence towards victim survivors, but the drug and alcohol sector and the domestic violence sector remain stubbornly siloed
Health & Medicine
Australia’s COVID-19 relationship with booze
Our country has a long and often troubled relationship with alcohol, and COVID-19 isolation has the potential to bring out the worst of our national battle with the bottle
Sciences & Technology
A robot nose for a true brew
The aroma of beer is a key indicator of its quality, now new technology can ‘sniff’ a beer to help brewers create top notch tasty brews and innovative flavours
Arts & Culture
A toast to Anzac Day
Celebrating ANZAC Day with a drink is a long tradition, but one that has always been contested
Politics & Society
After the party
When vulnerable, drug-affected clubbers find themselves on the streets, how can we keep them safe in the 21st century?
Politics & Society
Could new trade rules mean a lack of health warnings on alcohol?
As trade talks get underway around resurrecting the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), regional trade agreements are moving toward rules that make it harder to have health warnings on wine and spirits
Sciences & Technology
Under the Microscope
How a longing for ‘real beer’ turned a hobby into a career
When Dr Charlie Pagel moved to Melbourne he missed English ales so much he started brewing his own. Now he teaches the art and science of micro-brewing.
Health & Medicine
Podcast
Can’t give it up: The science behind addiction and the brain
A neuroscientist’s view of habitual and compulsive drug and alcohol use, and the power of psychological dependence