Health: Enquiry into alcohol use in Indigenous communities

Enquiry into “The harmful use of alcohol in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities”
http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House/Indigenous_Affairs/Alcohol

Hopefully the work done in this will be comprehensive and provide objective, unbiased methods to deal with the physical and mental health, housing, social, cultural and economic problems which are associated with and caused by alcohol addiction and subsequent abuse, and can be applied to all people around Australia who have alcohol related problems.

If SkyNews’ information is correct (1) then it seems Coles, Woolies and the large Independents could be doing a lot more towards alcohol problems by observing the basic rule for RSA (Responsible Service of Alcohol). So why aren’t they?

This page (2) says the committee will be travelling to WA and their PDF (3) shows when their public hearings will be held in Halls Creek and Broome. Set lists for the day are provided for Halls Creek (4) and Broome (5).

Information from past and scheduled hearings are available here (6)

(1) http://www.skynews.com.au/news/national/2014/06/30/indigenous-alcohol-inquiry-slams-industry.html
(2) http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House/Indigenous_Affairs/Alcohol/Media_Releases
(3) http://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ashx?id=b65eea4d-b01e-40cb-9f05-9680bee7f854
(4) http://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ashx?hearingid=2232
(5) http://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ashx?hearingid=2231
(6) http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House/Indigenous_Affairs/Alcohol/Public_Hearings

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