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No Worries – How Licensees Keep the Peace ‘No Worries’ is a responsible server-training package produced by DSICA and the Australian Associated Brewers to complement existing industry staff training programs. Introduced in 1994, and distributed to all large Australian hotels and licensed clubs, the package helps licensees and their staff identify strategies to resolve conflict, and reinforces practices and policies that minimise potential violence on licensed premises. The package includes ‘No Worries’, a video documentary featuring experienced licensees who have successfully turned around very rough and difficult establishments. The video illustrates some typical problems and the techniques used to resolve them. Alcohol Beverages Advertising Code The Alcohol Beverages Advertising Code and Complaints Management System (ABAC) is the self-regulating advertising code of the Australian alcohol beverages industry. Commencing operation on 1 July 1998, ABAC is part of an umbrella system of self-regulating industry advertising codes adopted by various industry groups and operated by the Australian Association of National Advertisers (AANA). DSICA established ABAC in conjunction with the Australian Associated Brewers Inc (AAB), the Liquor Merchants Association of Australia Ltd (LMA) and the Winemakers’ Federation of Australia Inc (WFA). These four principals jointly fund the code and manage and operate it through their membership of the ABAC Management Committee. The committee includes a representative of the Advertising Federation of Australia. Under ABAC, advertisements for alcohol beverages must present a balanced and responsible approach to the consumption of alcohol beverages and must not have an evident appeal to children or adolescents. An independent Complaints Adjudication Panel assesses any complaints about alcohol advertisements to ensure unbiased interpretation of the code and independent adjudication on any complaint about alcohol beverages advertising. Alcohol Advertising Pre-Vetting System Launched in 1992, the Alcohol Advertising Pre-Vetting System (AAPS) is a collaboration between DSICA, the Australian Associated Brewers and the Commonwealth Department of Health. AAPS is a voluntary industry code that ensures alcohol advertisements meet community expectations and comply with industry codes of practice. The primary function of AAPS is to maintain the spirit and the substance of the Alcohol Beverages Advertising Code, by utilising a panel of three independent adjudicators to evaluate beer and spirit advertisements against both the letter and spirit of the ABAC Code at the concept or story-board stage, well before they go to print or to air. The decisions they make are binding on all AAPS members. Proposed advertisements that do not satisfy the standards set will not be endorsed. Where necessary, the adjudicator may recommend against the advertisement in its entirety, or may make recommendations regarding any changes required to ensure the material meets the required standards. The Pre-Vetting System has been extraordinarily successful. In its first full year of operation, complaints made under the former Code dropped from 35 in 1990 to zero in 1993, and have remained at negligible levels since. The Pre-Vetting System has also proved groundbreaking internationally, with several countries adopting the model or developing systems based on it. Back to Top  |
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