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Migration helps alcohol consumption in Australia drop to 50-year low

A beer is poured at the Willie the Boatman brewery in Sydney, Friday, May 4, 2018. A beer tax that slugs craft brewers 40 per cent more for using smaller kegs is due to be axed in the federal budget. (AAP Image/Daniel Munoz) NO ARCHIVING

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Australians appear to be drinking less, with new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showing less alcohol was consumed in the past year. The organisation says increased migration is a factor.



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