It seems un-Australian, but has been going on for decades - every six months the amount of tax we pay for beer goes up. That means on August 3 it will be going up again, despite calls from the Brewers Association of Australia and Australian Hotels Association to freeze the rate because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Britons have taken full advantage of their first chance in more than three months to have a pint at a pub. Dubbed Super Saturday, restaurants, bars and hairdressers welcomed customers, but it was the vast number of people filling the streets after a few drinks that had some authorities concerned.
The food and beverage regulator has revised the wording of pregnancy warnings on alcohol bottles but rejected arguments that adding red lettering would impose an unreasonable cost on the industry.
Nunavik police seized a shipment of bootlegged alcohol in Puvirnituq this week. The Kativik Regional Police Force said it received a tip about a suspected shipment of multiple parcels that recently arrived in the Hudson coast community.
According to the new WHO/Europe report, “Alcohol pricing in the WHO European Region”, increasing the prices that consumers pay for alcohol is one of the most cost-effective tools available for policy-makers looking to reduce alcohol consumption and associated harm.
The "Protection of Workers Bill" has been passed at Stage 1 by Holyrood's Economy committee. Staff who sell age restricted goods are deemed to have have a "special role in upholding the law, but the committee heard in evidence that this can sometimes trigger violence and abuse.
EDMONTON - The use of technology that requires patrons to scan their ID before entering a liquor store has led to reduced thefts in the locations where it was installed, according to Alberta's largest alcohol retailer.
Drinks Ireland has said that the European Council's preliminary adoption of the revised EU excise structures directive on June 25 means the structural discrimination between different alcoholic beverage categories will further widen, to the detriment of Irish craft distillers, product innovation and consumer choice.
New Delhi, Jun 28 (IANS): A youth was arrested for allegedly cheating people on the pretext of selling liquor online, police officials said on Sunday.
(Mainichi Japan) "Strong" level chuhai (shochu highball) alcoholic drinks with a typical alcohol by volume (ABV) of around 7 to 9% have quickly become huge sellers in Japan, and while demand for other alcoholic drinks such as beer continues to shrink, they have become market-leading products.