A podcast interview with Dylan Firth of the Brewers Association discusses how declining alcohol consumption in New Zealand—driven by lifestyle changes and the cost of living—impacts government excise tax revenue, calling for policy reforms such as a keg tax to better support the酒
Stacked weekly counts; colour by lean. “n/a” covers government and iwi-Māori sources where lean isn't applicable.
How this topic has been named, week by week. A new alias winning out is usually a framing shift.
Verbatim segments from politicians speaking on podcasts and radio shows about this topic. Sourced via the voice-reference library — each speaker has been confirmed manually from their voice clip. Click play to stream the original audio from the publisher, pre-seeked to the moment the quote starts.
If you're listening to this broadcast with a pint or a glass of wine or an afterwork cocktail in hand, you may very much be a minority. New Zealand's per capita alcohol consumption fell to a new all-time low over the past year. And this could actually end up being an issue for the government. Because if we start drinking less, the alcohol tax take will fall as well. So Dylan Firth has a dream job. He's the Brewers Association Executive Director. Say Andrew, how are you going? Good, mate. Why is everybody drinking less?
Up to 12 framings spread across orientations. Each framing is a short phrase the topic extractor generated to characterise the piece's stance — not a quote from the source. Click through to read the original.
annual indexing harms hospitality businesses and reduces tax take
Dylan Firth: Brewers' Association Executive Director on what less Kiwis drinking means for the Government tax takeSpotted something wrong on this page? Report a correction.
