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Newspaper items used in the compilation of this issue outline; these meet VCE (Victorian Certificate of Education) English requirements (NOTE that the links to the online versions may not be permanent)


AGE, March 8, page 5, comments by "experts", `Set boundaries, set an example'.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/set-boundaries-set-an-example/2008/03/07/1204780065953.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1

AGE, March 18, page 15, comment by Larissa Dubecki, `One for my pollie and one for the road'.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/one-for-my-pollie-and-one-for-the-road/2008/03/17/1205602288091.html

AGE, March 16, page 21, comment by Monica Dux, `Bingeing - we're a sick nation living high on the grog'.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/bingeing-8212-were-a-sick-nation-living-high-on-the-grog/2008/03/15/1205472160376.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1

AUSTRALIAN, March 26, page 13, editorial, `Loosen up, nanny'.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23431892-16382,00.html

HERALD-SUN, March 25, page 19, editorial, `Too young to drink'.
No online link

HERALD-SUN, March 25, page 18, comment by David Murray, `L-plate drinking'.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23428015-5007146,00.html

HERALD-SUN, March 25, page 11, news item by Michelle Pountney and Gerard McManus, `Minister dilutes push to lift booze age limit'.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23426303-2862,00.html

AGE, March 25, page 10, cartoon.
No online link

AGE, March 25, page 3, news items by Nick Miller et al, `State already cool on teen alcohol fines / A drink's sweet - but only at 16'.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/state-already-cool-on-teen-alcohol-fines/2008/03/24/1206207012402.html

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/a-drinks-sweet-151-but-only-at-16/2008/03/24/1206207012407.html

AUSTRALIAN, March 24, page 3, news item by Samantha Maiden, `Rudd's drink laws to target parents'.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23421866-2,00.html

AGE, March 24, page 6, news item by Brendan Nicholson, `Parents targeted in youth drink clampdown'.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/parents-targeted-in-youth-drink-clampdown/2008/03/23/1206206926135.html

AGE, March 23, page 1, news item by Jason Dowling, `Push to lift drink age to 21'.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/push-to-lift-drink-age-to-21/2008/03/22/1205602734538.html

AUSTRALIAN, March 22, page 6, news item (ref to WA laws changes) by Amanda O'Brien, `Parents to be fined $200 if their kids run wild'.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23413136-5006789,00.html

HERALD-SUN, April 1, page 8, news item by Michelle Pountney, `One in three says alcohol not a drug'.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23463584-662,00.html

HERALD-SUN, March 29, page 15, news item by Kate Ryan, `Parents booze models'.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23448592-661,00.html

AGE, March 29, Insight section, page 9, comment by Tracee Hutchison, `Kevin .07 goes from Dad to worse'.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/03/28/1206207406834.html?page=2

AGE, March 29, page 3, news item by Jill Stark, `Drink war blames parents'.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/drink-war-blames-parents/2008/03/28/1206207412962.html

HERALD-SUN, March 28, page 5, news item by Peter Jean, `Split on booze ad plan'.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23443122-2862,00.html

AUSTRALIAN, March 28, page 14, comment by John Wright, `Nation barely pulls its weight in the alcoholic stakes'.
http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/yoursay/index.php/theaustralian/comments/nation_barely_pulls_its_weight_in_the_alcoholic_stakes/

AGE, April 9, page 4, news item (with statistics) by Nick Miller, `Drugs cost nation an arm and leg: $56bn a year'.
http://www.theage.com.au/cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2008/04/08/1207420390697.html