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Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Threat of alcohol curbs still in the air

Julian Lee
July 3, 2008

THE head of the peak body for advertising agencies says pressure for further regulations on alcohol will continue even though in the past fortnight two senate inquiries have rejected restrictions on selling and advertising alcopops.

The rejections have far from averted the threat of further regulation, and the executive director of the Advertising Federation of Australia, Mark Champion, believes "act two" is already under way as the Government faces demands for it to adopt elements of the failed bill.
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