Alcohol
Bianca and Holly were poisoned while partying in Laos. They lay alone for 24 hours
Two teenagers from Melbourne’s bayside suburbs, best friends Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones, are on life support in hospitals in Thailand after suspected methanol poisoning.
- by Cassandra Morgan and Alex Crowe
Latest
Even a tiny dose can kill: The lethal brew at centre of suspected Laos mass poisoning
Drinking just two teaspoons of methanol can cause blindness, while multi-organ failure and death are often the consequence of a larger dose.
- by Liam Mannix
Exclusive
Justice
Man hit by car was denied help by sobering-up service over lack of male staff
The man’s death in June was not the first time a drunk patient was hurt under Victoria’s health-led response to public intoxication.
- by Rachel Eddie
Opinion
Opinion
Nervous about your teen at Leavers? Here’s how to start the conversation
I grew up in a house where alcohol was at every social occasion and appeared to be the only way adults had fun. I’m avoiding that, but not by being “anti-alcohol”.
- by Sarah Rusbatch
‘The stigma that will come with sharing this – I don’t care’: Jackie O opens up
She’s the better half of the Kyle and Jackie O radio show. She’s also a recovering addict: a fact she kept close to her chest until this week.
- by Konrad Marshall
This organisation has shaped WA lives for 120 years. Heard any of these names?
Once West Australians could legally drink anywhere from the front line of war to before hopping in the car to drive home. One WA group stopped all that – but it didn’t stop there.
- by Merinda March
Codeine bans helped avoid a COVID spike in ‘deaths of despair’
Deaths of despair have surged in parts of the world as people use drugs or alcohol. But a new study shows Australia has not followed that trend.
- by Shane Wright
Opinion
Social responsibility
Being sober the new black for big business
Many mining and manufacturing workplaces already have liquor bans in place, and it’s a safe bet that workplace drinking could go the way of the dinosaurs within a decade.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Is a seltzer a beer? The Tax Office is trying to figure it out
When is an alcoholic beverage a beer? Here’s how brewers say a tax tweak could send some zany craft brews down the drain.
- by Millie Muroi
Can drinking alcohol really prevent food poisoning?
While there is evidence that drinking can keep you safe from becoming unwell, there’s more to the story, according to experts.
- by Alice Callahan
Council says XXXX should be allowed more ethanol tanks next to church land
Plans to expand the brewery in Milton should go ahead, the Brisbane City Council says, despite a legal challenge by the Anglican Church.
- by Cloe Read
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