A new national poll has found most people believe Australia has a problem with alcohol and that drinking is directly related to domestic violence.
Alcohol lobbyists have dismissed the findings as sensationalist, and domestic-violence agencies have also raised concerns.
It is no secret Australians, as a nation, love a drink.
But does Australia have a problem when it comes to drinking excessively?
The response from pub patrons is mixed.
(First:) "No, I don't think so. Not what it used to be."
(Second:) "The whole ... everybody in Australia has many excesses."
This year's poll by the Foundation of Alcohol Research and Education, or FARE, has found nearly four in five respondents felt Australia has an alcohol problem.
And over 90 per cent believe alcohol is linked to family and domestic violence.
FARE chief executive Michael Thorn says the results should act as a wake-up call.
"While we have these high levels of concern about alcohol, heading in the other direction is this alcohol-reinforced culture of ours, that we don't seem to be able to do anything without having a drink in our hand, or a stubby in our hand."
The poll also found the number of Australians who drink simply to get drunk has risen from 34 per cent in 2015 to 44 per cent this year.
FARE's research suggests one in three Australians has been affected by alcohol-related violence and about a million children are harmed as a result of their carers' drinking.
But Fergus Taylor, from the industry body Alcohol Beverages Australia, says that contradicts other, more wide-ranging studies.
"Domestic violence involving alcohol is decreasing. Domestic violence itself is increasing. What that clearly tells you is that alcohol is not causing this domestic violence. And it is very irresponsible making a suggestion that removing alcohol is going to stop this awful violence."
Support services have also raised concerns about the findings.
Karen Willis, from Rape and Domestic Violence Services Australia, says, while alcohol can reduce inhibitions in people, it does not create domestic violence.
"People who've never touched a drink in their lives, (it) doesn't mean that they won't use violence in their relationship. And people who are drunks, (it) doesn't necessarily mean they're violent to everyone around them. It is a factor in increasing the levels of violence. It doesn't create it to start with."
Ms Willis says about 80 per cent of domestic violence is emotional rather than physical.
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