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House Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Disability

27 May 2026

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The chair opens the Health, Aged Care and Disability Committee hearing on alcohol and drugs, introduces members and hearing rules, and takes Alcohol Beverages Australia’s evidence on industry profile, trends and preferred balanced regulatory settings.

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Opening of hearing and ABA statement

37:16

Chair opens alcohol and drugs inquiry

37:16

Alcohol Beverages Australia — industry profile and trends

39:28

Regulatory framework and call for balanced policy

42:50

Alcohol Beverages Australia — tax, harm and illicit market Q&A

45:39

Q — Ryan: membership base and tax settings

45:39

Q — Reid: National Alcohol Strategy and health services

50:13

Q — Pike: defining and explaining risky drinking decline

54:18

Q — Pike: nature and complexity of illicit alcohol market

57:45

Q — Birrell: harms, taxation and criminal incentives

01:00:47

Q — Birrell: consumption shifts and low/no products

01:03:47

Q — Chair and Ryan: sector‑wide decline and tax gap debate

01:06:33

High‑risk communities, local accords and pricing measures

01:10:54

Retail Drinks Australia — mandate, online regulation and illicit alcohol

01:15:48

Retail Drinks Australia — mandate, trends and policy stance

01:15:48

Retail Drinks on proportionality and online restrictions

01:23:45

Q — Pike: illicit alcohol types and emerging risks

01:26:06

Online alcohol code, data sharing and exclusion register

01:29:56

Q — Ryan and Chair: tax gap evidence and local dry days

01:34:46

DrinkWise evidence, FASD prevention and session close

01:41:42

DrinkWise — education model and high‑risk communities

01:41:42

FASD prevention campaigns and session close

01:48:06

House Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Disability

27 May 2026

House Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Disability Thu, 28 May 2026 Australian Parliament

35:36 - 36:05

Speaker 44

To clear open, our public hearing, into health impacts of alcohol and other drugs in Australia, and I'd like to welcome We're just getting him here. Just getting... Okay. He's not here. Oh, he's not online.

No. Okay. Yeah. So, the the first witness is, in person, and the next three... The next session are on video.

Right. Good. George is just gonna get in.

36:05 - 36:09

Speaker 17

If possible, I... We...

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