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It’s office Christmas party season. These are the personality types to look out for (and maybe avoid).

Heading to the work Christmas party? The 10 personalities to look out for

From the veteran co-worker who bangs on about how good things were 30 years ago to the awkward manager who stays way too long, the work Christmas party is a parade of characters. Which one are you?

  • Rob Crossan

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Five ways to cut back on your drinking (without even trying)

The festive season can be a “perfect storm” for overdoing it on booze. Here’s how to stay on track while still enjoying a drink.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
It was impossible to enjoy family holidays with an alcoholic father.

I keep hearing excuses for alcoholics like my father. His antics were a moral failing

I yearned for ordinary family evenings where we might watch TV together or play board games. I kept trying to convince myself that my dad might change.

  • Michael Mosbacher
Penfolds annual Re-Corking Clinic at The Langham, Sydney.

The theatre of uncorking $20,000 Grange: Inside Penfolds’ exclusive red wine clinics

Bottles, not money, buy you access to these health check-ups for decades-old bottles of wine, which double as an expensive marketing exercise.

  • Jessica Yun
Kat Stewart and David Whiteley met at Red Stitch in 2002.

The couple risking it all to perform a portrait of marital hell

Offspring star Kat Stewart and her husband, David Whiteley, are bringing Edward Albee’s classic play about marital mayhem to the big stage.

  • Karl Quinn
Victorians like Michelle are waiting months for drug and alcohol treatment

Michelle got clean, but the system that saved her is failing thousands

Young Victorians waiting for drug and alcohol treatment has reached record highs, concerning new data reveals.

  • Carla Jaeger
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Louis Shirmer is still a fan of traditional beer.

It’s a German institution, but this trend may change Oktoberfest for good

Beer consumption might be down globally, but one part of the brewing market is bubbling up.

  • Aaron Wiener
Alcohol is associated with a range of health issues, but there is a time in life when its effects are less prevalent.

There’s a least bad time in your life to drink alcohol. And it’s not in old age

It’s associated with poor health outcomes, from premature ageing to a higher risk of stroke, but is there a time in your life when the impact of consuming alcohol is, well, not quite so bad?

  • David Cox
Advocates are calling for a ban on gambling and alcohol ads linked to sporting matches, warning the combination lead to a surge in violence against women and children.

The toxic trifecta fuelling a surge in family violence

Mixing football, alcohol and gambling is like adding “jet fuel” to the severity of violence against women and children.

  • Amber Schultz
A giant sculpture of a Kweichow Moutai bottle near the Yanjin River in Maotai Town, Renhuai City.

The ‘Moutai barometer’: Chinese economy feels sting of booze ban targeting elite

A fiery concoction that’s 53 per cent alcohol and normally a staple at banquets has been blamed for the death of one party official in March.

  • Lisa Visentin

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