Powdered alcohol/ palcohol may be banned in Queensland before it even reaches our shores.
Palcohol makes drinking on the go easy, all you need is a sachet of the powder, you just add water. There are major concerns around regulation and safety prompting Victorian authorities to ban the substance with NSW busy drafting legislation to do the same. Queensland may follow suit.
Find out more about the concerns here.
Employers may be wary to serve alcohol to employees at staff parties following a decision made by Fair Work recently.
Fair Work made the decision that a man was unfairly dismissed by his employer, who let him go after he got drunk, sexual harassed someone and told his bosses to “f— off” at a Christmas party.
Read the story here.
With Victoria being the first Australian state to ban powdered alcohol, it appears most Americans are also in favour of a ban on palcohol. Watch the video below,
It appears humans aren’t the only ones who like consuming alcohol. Scientists have discovered that chimpanzees also drink alcohol for recreation. Watch the video below to learn more.
This interesting video investigates which American states consume the most and least alcohol. Watch the video from Bloomberg here,
A recent alcohol study shows that moderate alcohol consumption is a boost to the immune system.
Drinking may help you boost your immune system as long as its done moderately, it may even help you avoid getting sick this flu season.
The study was published in the science journal Vaccine. Click here to read more.
In addition to boosting the immune system and helping ward of pesky viruses, alcohol consumption has in the past been shown to aid heart health, just make sure its done moderately.
Even more reason to ensure Responsible Service of Alcohol laws are enforced has come to light in the revelation that the number of Australian women presenting at hospital emergency rooms due to alcohol related violence is at an all time high.
According to a study by The National Drug Research Institute, women being injured due to alcohol-fuelled violence is on the rise, at an even faster pace than men. The subjects in the study included drinkers and non-drinkers who were affected by alcohol. Read more here.
We’ve all heard that drinking alcohol boosts your appetite, but how true is it?
According to a new study published by The American Obesity Society, consuming alcohol while in an atmosphere suffused by cooking aromas heightens activity in the hypothalamus and the brain’s reward system, resulting in an increased consumption rate- good news for restaurant owners, bad news for dieters.
This phenomenon is known as “the aperitif effect”. Find out more here.
The ban on powdered alcohol (palchol) which was instituted in Victoria will not be enforced nationally, with each state having to make the decision on whether or not to ban palcohol.
The ban in Victoria will be enforced from 1 July 2015.
Read more here.
Australian wines are amongst the best in the world and the latest Decanter World Wine Awards is evidence of that.
Five Australian wines have won at the international awards during which 35 International Trophies were awarded from a total of 15,929 wines tasted at the beginning of the judging process.
Click here for more.