Australian alcohol consumption at 50-year low, ABS says

By Dan Harrison
Updated May 18 2015 - 10:10am, first published May 7 2015 - 12:52am
Fifty years ago, beer accounted for three quarters of all alcohol consumed, but now makes up 41 per cent.
Fifty years ago, beer accounted for three quarters of all alcohol consumed, but now makes up 41 per cent.
The nation drinks more white wine than red.
The nation drinks more white wine than red.

Australians appear to be drinking less alcohol now than at any time in the past 50 years, according to figures released on Wednesday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.