Fiona Nash (NSW, National Party, Deputy Leader of the Nationals in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

There is no doubt that the Good Sports program, through these clubs, is achieving outstanding results. We have seen that risky drinking has been reduced by 37 per cent as a result of the work that the clubs are doing and that alcohol-related harms have been reduced by 42 per cent as a result of the work that these clubs are doing. The National Drug Strategy Household Survey is indeed showing that fewer 12- to 17-year-olds are drinking alcohol, with those completely abstaining increasing significantly between 2010 and 2013, from 64 per cent to 72 per cent. While people aged 18 to 24 are still more likely to drink at harmful levels, there was a significant decrease in the very high-risk alcohol use at least monthly, from 24 per cent down to 17 per cent, and a lot of this is attributed in part to the work that those clubs are doing.