The drinking Nightmare – Alkohol Prävention in Australien
The Australian Government this week launched a series of “in your face” advertisements aimed at tackling the binge-drinking epidemic among young Australians. Here in Australia, the month of December marks the start of the so-called schoolies – a series of party weeks at scenic places across Australia for young kids to celebrate their end of the school year: get drunk and do all these things that they ever wanted to when being away from home.
Schoolies are a concern every year
As schoolies kicks off on the Gold Coast the coming weekend, this campaign is a wake-up call to young Australians about the dangers of binge-drinking. The theme of the campaign is “Don’t turn a night out into a nightmare”, and demonstrates the violence, injury and humiliation that can result from binge-drinking.
The campaign will spearhead the Australian Government’s National Binge Drinking Strategy and is targeted at teenagers aged 15-17 years and young adults aged 18-25 years and their parents.
We at Downunder Wines support this campaign strongly – too many assaults, too many young people injured, too many girls assaulted. It is about time to wake up – do not drink alcohol excessively – we want you all to enjoy responsibly and respect others.
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Diese Woche sehen wir den Start einer öffentlichen Kampagne gegen ‘Binge Drinking’ hier in Australien – die sogennanten Schoolies starten hier.
Junge Erwachsene im Alter ab 17 Jahren fahren und fliegen in die Strandorte wie Surfers Paradise oder Coolangatta und betrinken sich dort, treffen auf meist angetrunkene Schaulustige aus den umgebenden Orten und liefern sich z.T. hässliche Strassenschlachten. Eine Qual und grosse Angst für die Eltern der teilnehmenden Jungen und insbesondere Mädchen.
Wir unterstützen die Kampagne der australischen Regierung und appellieren: ‘party hard’ aber trinkt Alkohol in Massen.
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