Thinking Drinking: Achieving cultural change by 2020

(21 - 23 February 2005, Melbourne Australia ) Contact information: Conference Secretariat Australian Drug Foundation PO Box 818 North Melbourne VIC   3051   Australia Tel: +61 3 9278 8137 Email: thinking.drinking@adf.org.au

The international conference, Thinking Drinking: Achieving cultural change by 2020 (Thinking Drinking 2020), was held in Melbourne from 21 – 23 February 2005. This conference, hosted by the Australian Drug Foundation, served as a call to action for those with an interest in seeing alcohol placed ‘back on the agenda’ with respect to future policy, programs and practice. More than 300 delegates were encouraged by experts from a variety of fields to look toward the year 2020 to forecast the place and value that alcohol will have in Australian and New Zealand cultures and in the lifestyles of our populations.

Following the conference, The Future of Drinking: a report on the conference Thinking Drinking: Achieving cultural change by 2020 was released. The Future of Drinking is the work of an independent group of rapporteurs, led by Professor Ann Roche from the National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction.

Read The Future of Drinking: a report on the conference Thinking Drinking: Achieving cultural change by 2020 (Executive Summary) (52.1 kB, PDF)

Read The Future of Drinking: a report on the conference Thinking Drinking: Achieving cultural change by 2020 (Full Report) (576 kB, PDF)

Presentations

Following are presentations from Thinking Drinking 2020, where available (if having difficulty viewing PDFs, select 'Save' to download first then open):

• Peter Anderson, Towards a global framework convention on alcohol policy (FCAP) (481 kB, PDF)
• Peter Anderson, The beverage alcohol industry and alcohol policy (869 kB, PDF)
• Fran Baum, Thinking equity: why a more equitable society might be a better place to live and some ideas for achieving it (41 kB, PDF)
• Zeah Behrend, Young people’s views on alcohol (284 kB, PDF)
• Peter Biggs, It’s a [con]fused world (276 kB, PDF)
• Tom Carroll, Social marketing and alcohol: a focus on parents (186 kB, PDF)
• Tom Carroll and Jenny Taylor, Social marketing and alcohol in Australia: lessons from two decades (97 kB, PDF)
• Garner Clancey, 2020: a public space odyssey – managing young people in public space (563 kB, PDF)
• Peter d’Abbs, Alcohol policy for post-industrial society: meeting new challenges (360 kB, PDF)
• Brian Easton, Alcohol in the economy: issues and opportunities (23 kB, PDF)
• Brian Easton, Alcohol taxation reform: a commentary (28 kB, PDF)
• Richard Eckersley, Thinking drinking - and the question of culture (written paper) (45 kB, PDF)
• Margaret Hamilton and Trevor King, Australia’s next National Alcohol Strategy: Workshop (24 kB, PDF)
• Peter Holland, The new white-collar workplace and alcohol: a dangerous cocktail (48 kB, PDF)
• John Howard, “Your Call”: a collaborative intervention between an NGO and state police to address underage, public space drinking (372 kB, PDF)
• Jo Lindsay, Addressing youth drinking cultures now and in the future (42 kB, PDF)
• Sandra Kirby, Changing the minimum purchase age – reflections on the New Zealand experience (58 kB, PDF)
• Jane Martin (presented on behalf of Todd Harper), Quit marks its 20 year anniversary (1.6 MB, PDF - select 'Save' to download first then open)
• Andrew Murray, Prospects for a volumetric tax for wine (42 kB, PDF)
• Ken Pidd, Workplace alcohol policy, workplace social influence, and building trades apprentices’ alcohol consumption (96 kB, PDF)
• Ann Roche, Alcohol trends in Australia (1.2 MB, PDF - select 'Save' to download first then open)
• John Rogerson, Developing a new culture at the grassroots: Good Sports Program (482 kB, PDF)
• Paula Snowden, Social marketing and alcohol in New Zealand (185 kB, PDF)
• John Toumbourou, Is there a scientific rationale for raising the drinking age to 21? (59 kB, PDF)
• Bernadette Ward, Teenagers and alcohol – what is the role of parents? (39 kB, PDF)
• Ian Webster, Taking on the alcohol culture – AER Foundation Ltd (49 kB, PDF)
• Cheryl Wilson, Alcohol taxation and the low strength alcoholic beverage market – options for change (55 kB, PDF)
• Scott Wilson, Time for a change: new directions for Indigenous substance misuse programs (175 kB, PDF)
• Alex Wodak, Evaluating alcohol policy and outcomes in Australia over a quarter century: progress or retreat? (written paper) (23 kB, PDF)
  Evaluating alcohol policy and outcomes in Australia over a quarter century: progress or retreat? (powerpoint presentation) (275 kB, PDF)

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