New Zealand Young Nationals
The Young Nationals, in conjunction with other New Zealand political party youth wings, support the current purchase age for alcohol of 18 years. They argue that the two biggest problems with the current law are the lack of emphasis on individual responsibility, and the ineffective attempts to enforce moderate drinking, and that raising the age, both at off-licences and at bars, will not solve the problem that New Zealand society faces around the issue of binge drinking. At the National Party Conference 2010 the Young Nationals passed a remit, led by 2010 National Policy Chair Edward Greig, for the continuation of a drinking age of 18.
Alcohol laws of Australia
Alcohol laws of Australia are laws that regulate the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages. The legal drinking age is 18 throughout Australia. The minimum age for the purchase of alcoholic products in Australia is 18. A licence to both produce and sell alcohol is required. In most of Australia, an alcoholic beverage is one of greater than 1.15% alcohol by volume, but Queensland and Victoria it is one of greater than 0.5% alcohol by volume. Swan Light, a very low alcohol beer (0.9%) is considered a soft drink in Western Australia, as would a shandy made with low alcohol beer. Whereas brewed kambucha tea is considered alcoholic in Victoria. For this reason most products marketed in Australia will be sold labelled with a statement as to their alcoholic content if above 0.5%, otherwise a product labelled "brewed" may contain some alcohol.