News Nearly 40% of Australians aged 18 and over exceeded the single-occasion risk guidelines in 2017–18 by consuming more than four standard drinks in one sitting. According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) findings, the apparent consumption of alcohol in 2017–18 is equivalent to an average of 2.72 standard drinks per day per consumer of alcohol aged 15 and over – an increase of just 0.02 since 2016–17. Most Australians aged over 14 years still consume alcohol, but the proportion of people drinking in excess of lifetime risk guidelines continues to decline, from 19.1% in 2013 to 18% in 2016. When it comes to binge drinking, 39% of Australians aged 18 and over exceeded the single-occasion risk guidelines in 2017–18 by consuming more than four standard drinks in one sitting. Meanwhile, the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over who […]