Epidemiology of binge drinking
Concerns over binge drinking by teenagers has led to a review of liquor advertising being announced by the New Zealand government in January 2006. The review considered regulation of sport sponsorship by liquor companies, which at present is commonplace. Previously the drinking age in New Zealand was 20, then dropped to 18 in 1999.
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.