Professor of Violence Prevention and Addiction Studies, Deakin University
Peter Miller (PhD) is a Professor of Violence Prevention and Addiction Studies and Director of the Deakin University Centre for Drug, Alcohol and Addiction Research (CEDAAR: www.deakin.edu.au/cedaar). His research interests include: Alcohol-related violence in licensed venues; Alcohol/drug use in rural populations; psycho-social correlates of aggression, and; the behaviour of vested interests such as the global alcohol industry in influencing the research and policy process.
Politicians who become lobbyists can be bad for Australians' health
Sep 25, 2019 01:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The impacts of heavy drinking, gambling and unhealthy food are among the leading causes of preventable health harm in Australia. And for the most part, we know what to do to reduce them. Most of us would hope the...
Aug 15, 2019 17:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
This is the second in a series of articles discussing a recently released comprehensive evaluation of the Queensland governments 2016 policy reforms to tackle alcohol-fuelled violence and the implications for liquor...
Unwanted sexual attention plagues young women going out at night
Aug 15, 2019 17:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views
This is the third in a series of articles discussing a recently released comprehensive evaluation of the Queensland governments 2016 policy reforms to tackle alcohol-fuelled violence and the implications for liquor...
Lessons from Queensland on alcohol, violence and the night-time economy
Aug 12, 2019 06:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
This is the first in a series of articles on a recently released comprehensive evaluation of the Queensland governments 2016 policy reforms to tackle alcohol-fuelled violence and the implications for alcohol regulation and...
All-night public transport hasn't reduced alcohol-related harm in Melbourne
Jul 22, 2019 13:23 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
The Victorian government introduced 24-hour public transport on Friday and Saturday nights in Melbourne from January 1 2016. Services mostly run every hour from 1am to 5am on all metropolitan lines with some additional...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
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