Do more to curb excessive drinking

The NSW Health Minister John Della Bosca is to be congratulated on his stand to seek tougher restrictions on alcohol advertising.

His view is based on the findings of Federal Garling Report.

Government intervention is clearly required here to curb the damage done to so many people as a result of excessive drinking.

This measure would help but more needs to be done.

Other research has shown that increasing the price of all alcoholic beverages substantially will also reduce the sales volume of such beverages.

The effect on the hip pocket has worked wonders in other places.

It is obvious that this cannot be left to the market place either and yet the issue is of such community importance that it needs to be tackled.

Politically this may seem to be a hard one, but is it?

There could be lot of votes in saving the next generation and reducing family violence.

Klaas Woldring, Pearl Beach