Tag Archives: Mike Daube

DrinkWise – making a splash but is it a bellyflop?

August 24, 2009 – 1:47 pm

DrinkWise, an organisation established by the alcohol industry to promote a “safer drinking culture”, is in the news today over its release of a new education program about teenage drinking.
But probably not for the reasons it would like.
Professor Simon Chapman (a regular Crikey/Croakey contributor) is in the Sydney Morning Herald, calling it: ”classic fox-in-charge-of [...]

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Tony Abbott Vs Public Health

July 1, 2009 – 12:47 pm

Tony Abbott was not known, during his time as health minister, for seeing eye-to-eye with public health advocates. Tonight he takes to the stage at the University of Sydney to debate leading public health advocate Professor Mike Daube.
Their subject: Welcome back nanny? Civil liberties vs the public good.
The timing is perfect (and not only because [...]

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