I assume you are copying Mike W previously of the Kings

He could be talking about that horrifying new tax on my cans of BOURBON.

yeah how lame is that, cos all the young girls i know drink jack daniels cans. alcopops my left ballbag.

Not the worst suggestion ever put up this forum... A revamped competition seems to have worked for soccer and netball in recent times.

is what is needed and they should do it... as for the booze, did they actually think that putting a new tax on pre mixed drinks would stop under agers drinking? now they get drunk for cheaper

exactly its funny how sales in alcohol have gone up substantially and its all wwine and bottles of spirits wont stop anyone drinking

Now they are talking about stopping "happy hours" and shots at pubs and clubs!!! What a joke...

Panther - I was gonna post yesterday getting everyone's thoughts on the newly proposed "happy hour" ban.

Thank god I lived through an age where getting rip roaringly blind was not discouraged ... and licensed venues actually encouraged it a little with good drink prices.

Why is there suddenly a problem - we have all been binge drinking for years - why is it now an issue?

And these days the majority of the population are obese or overweight so arguably can handle their alcohol better. And arguably would have eaten before they started drinking. And arguably would have eaten a buffet which means even better. And arguably it would take them longer to waddle to the bar and find a spot big enough hence drinking time is lowered.

The whole binge drinking thing is just a cover. Its a tax to reduce spending to hopefully help curb inflation. The same reason they wont take excise off fuel.

We're all living in a Nana state.

Binge drinking isn't a new millenium thing.

Has it gotten worse the 10 - 20 - 30 yers ago?

Personally - I think cos there are more photos of it (due to digital cameras and Facebook) people think it is more prevelant

"Blow it up, start again.." sounds like my sex life

On the subject topic, Boti has weighed in on this point:

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23769956-12428,00.html

(Linky no respond)

That deserve a little ball MW.....

if they stop happy hour and shots i don't know what i will do... we are getting more and more lame just like queensland, whats next? getting rid of the red light system we have so we can have big ass waits in traffic

Kevin 07 only responds with knee jerk reactions to popular trendy opinions.

Australia is facing the highest petrol prices, highest interest rates and the highest amount of government reviews and debates in decades.

Vote Labor did we? If you did you got what you wanted, didnt you?

Phew, thought Carpenter was suggesting the Dome should be blown up.

Grow up, get over it. bring in prohibition!

The drinking to excess and the violence it begets is worse now than at any time past.

This is not a youth bashing excercise as, in truth the majority of the problems are coming from the older generation, i cant believe how many 35-45 year olds think they need to be drunk in order to have a good time, or appear "cool".

I challenge anyone here to offer me one good reason to get mindnumbingly drunk. Sure, a few beers...a nice wine etc etc is all fine...but whats with the totally wasted, senseless binge sessions?

our resident police officer may like to comment on my statisitcs to follow, but as i understand it 70% of police time is spent dealing with people affected by alcohol...just read that again 70% !!!! think of what they could be doing if they didnt have to waste all that time.

ok ok..ill stop...ban booze

You can have a good time and not be drunk?

No way, you are lying!

"Kevin 07 only responds with knee jerk reactions to popular trendy opinions"

Or worse.....spends over $2million dollars on getting an elite group of people together, so that they can "represent average Australians" and formulate a whole new range of trendy opinions for him to knee-jerk to.

Welcome to the 2020 Summit.

$2 million dollars? I thought if you were invited to 2020 you had to get to Canberra yourself?

So what was that money spent on? Scones and coffee?

scones..coffee and alcopops

:)