Must be grants time again

[Ray!]

The fun police are right into the alcohol attack today:

BANS on advertising, health warnings on bottles and higher liquor taxes should be considered by the Federal Government to combat alcohol problems in Australia, a new poll reveals.

The Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE) released a Galaxy poll yesterday to showcase alcohol attitudes and behaviour in Australia. The poll first asked federal voting intentions and then asked them different questions about alcohol.

The poll first asked federal voting intentions and then asked them different questions about alcohol.

According to the poll, a majority of voters from each of the parties believed alcohol was a problem in Australia.

http://www.news.com.au/national/support-for-ban-on-booze-ads/story-e6frfkvr-1226362906214

SLASHING our alcohol intake by five drinks a week could save the nation a staggering 54,000 days in lost household duties each year.

Alcohol related illnesses - from hangovers to serious health problems such as broken limbs, burns and assault injuries - were not just costing us in sick days, but they were also affecting our domestic life, a Deakin University study found.

If people cut back by 3.4 litres a year it could save the health sector $789 million, $427 million in workplace productivity and $21 million in domestic duties.

...they put a value on the cost of getting someone to perform household duties such as cleaning when people were too ill to do it themselves.

We need a revolution to get rid of all these do gooders who seem to think they know better than everyone else as to how we should live our lives.

Cheers

Ray