Carlton and United Breweries workers have decided to go on strike just as AFL fans are preparing for the grand final.   Carlton and United Breweries produce Carlton Draught, Victoria Bitter (VB),...

The latest market findings from Roy Morgan Research has confirmed that as soon as winter hits Australians are putting down the beer and picking up red and fortified wines instead.   The findings...

Lion’s Hahn has introduced a new Radler style beer created for the Australian market. Radler is a German-style lager traditionally consisting of 50 per cent beer and 50 per cent lemon juice. However...

Lion has announced that it will be adding nutrition information panels to bottles and cartons across its entire Australian beer portfolio from August 2015. Lion has said that the decision was spurred...

The cost to Australia’s economy of alcohol and other drug related (AOD) absenteeism has soared from $1.2bn in 2001 to more than $3bn, according to analysis being published next week by Flinders...

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott says he does not want to see a ‘Vegemite Watch’ after reports surfaced that some dry communities were using the spread to make alcohol. Indigenous Affairs Minister,...

Australia’s well-known scientific body, the CSIRO, has discovered the science demonstrating that a certain type of pear can prevent a hangover by consumption before heavy alcohol intake. Those looking...

Australian Food News has spoken with international cocktail expert Charlotte Voisey for an explanation of why gin is doing so well in Australian sales. Australian Food News recently reported a market report...

The latest findings from Roy Morgan Research indicate that 45% of Aussie adults (or just over 8.1 million people) drink some kind of wine — still, sparkling and/or fortified — in an average four weeks,...

The over 50s who are ‘successful agers’—healthy, active, sociable, and well off—are more at risk of harmful drinking than their less successful peers, concludes research published in the...