John Menadue

ICC Cricket World Cup: Alcohol-drenched culture needs to change.

Many media outlets today have drawn attention to the alcohol influenced behaviour of Australian cricketers as they celebrated winning the International World Cup. At the celebration in Federation Square in Melbourne yesterday morning, the Australian captain Michael Clarke seemed to be proud of the fact that all the team members had hangovers.

In the link below Michael Thorn, the chief executive of the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education, in today’s SMH, draws attention to the influence  of the alcohol lobby,the alcohol consumption of the Australian cricket team and advertising. See link below.

Michael Thorn comments that ‘It is time to roll back Australia’s toxic drinking culture. '

 

http://www.smh.com.au/comment/icc-cricket-world-cup-alcoholdrenched-culture-needs-to-change-20150330-1mau4y.html

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John Menadue

John Menadue is the Founder and Editor in Chief of Pearls and Irritations. He was formerly Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet under Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser, Ambassador to Japan, Secretary of the Department of Immigration and CEO of Qantas.

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