Does risk-based licensing of alcohol sales reduce alcohol-related harm?

Alcohol-related harm is a major public health and social order issue which requires sophisticated evidence based policy. This project capitalises on a unique window of policy adoption across Australia to investigate the introduction of risk-based licensing schemes for the sale of alcohol, assessing their impacts, identifying modifiable elements and developing policy advice. There is an urgent need for evidence about which interventions are effective, and which of these can survive the political process. It builds on the teams extensive work and unique datasets around alcohol policy and licensed venues to analyse archival data, key stakeholder interviews and venue observations in three states, using the most up-to-date and reliable methods. This ARC grant was awarded in November 2014 and is administered by Deakin University.