I live in the United States

In SA the price of alcohol used to go up on an average of twice a year.

Make your own beer or cider...its pretty easy

What happened to a free operating economy

we have one of the most costly alcohol in the world and the add more cost on it the leave in a LaLa land

The only thing this government is interested in is taking more money from people to pay for their lavish lifestyle and turning us into a nanny state. Alcohol is like everything in moderation. My Granbfatgher and his brother both lived to 97 but always had a tot of whiskey evry night sot it cant be that bad.

How many times have we heard this over the years, just leave us alone

The Government seems to find new and more obscure / seemingly ridiculous ways to steal money from Joe Bloggs every week

Give up the alcohol. Simple as that.

The tax is already so high on alcohol in comparison to other countries, this is just greed. it is also classist, when poor people want to spend money on cheap alcohol it’s trashy and bad for health, but if the rich buy expensive bottles and drink, it is seen as indulgent and classy

I don't drink alcohol so it doesn't affect me.

More rubbish from the Government, how unusual. I just hope they are prepared for more crime especially from the kids. Buy what you want, don't buy to make a point, it's just going to end up the same regardless lose - lose for all involved except for the PM, he'll be able to buy another $4,000,000 mansion soon.

Every new tax is for the benefit of the Govt. - never for the people who want to use the product!

I do not buy flooring ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I am renting , so that is up to the landowner

Smoke & mirrors! Our government is good at that too.

MY GOD think of what it can do to spirts. Are the Government that short of money? APB I hope you have misheard this. We will have to talk to every body and let them no this could happen.

It will force the poorer into making their own drinks and then even worse evils will be let loose on us all.

Hubby used to make home-brew, much nicer and not taxed. A friend makes craft spirits! Potent but yummy!

Things like this happen all the time it’s nothing new

Maybe the prime minister needs another jet to run around the world in. I think it's time for a change, but they all seem to be tarred with the same brush. Do they really care about the people they are supposed to be serving.?????

Personally, I couldn't care less about disgusting alcohol. There are numerous sneaky taxes, and then there's often sales tax on those taxes. It's just more government greed so they get more of our money to waste on idiocies. They like to claim the personal tax rate is 20% or 30%, but when you add up all these ridiculous extras (including they money the businesses have to pay from your purchases), it's more like 99%. 😠

I don’t drink it it saves me a lot of money

Anyone who doesn't realize that Politicians are bleeding them dry with Alcohol and Smoke Taxes doesn't deserve to be allowed to vote. They will also say that the Politicians are only doing this for their own good to stop them turning into Alcoholics. The reality however is that the Politicians are only doing this to increase their payments and are already Alcoholics.

Just another money grab by the government.

It always goes into the government pockets so they spend more on them selves

yep, that's right, cheap wines also are full of bad stuff inside and making people sick the next day even when you are not consuming much. Putting the price up did work with sigarettes in the past, hopefully will do with alcohol too.

Don’t care I don’t buy alcohol nor do I drink it

Taxes, ideally, are used to pay for government services. Since booze (in all of it's variations) is not a necessity of life, but only a vice (until addiction takes over). The Government, insurance companies, other social services have to cover the costs when there are alcohol calamities. If taxes reduce the use of alcohol, saves lives, reduce spousal assaults, reduce addiction problems and the associated health care costs, then in my opinion...apply taxes full speed ahead. How much is a life worth?

Yes it is rathe getting more expensive

Life is no fun anymore.

The fun police going too far again. There's nobody left to vote for.

Don't smoke or drink. If you are happy to keep paying huge taxes just keep on smoking and drinking, or just stop and save yourself huge amounts of money (put it towards saving for a deposit on a home instead of wasting it).

The government are thievesEdited 21-Oct-24 11:14am

I agree, it’s always those that can afford the least that keep paying. Here’s an idea get tax wealthier

This is total BS and do they really think this is going to stop people who want to get drunk and high from doing so. They will just find a different way to do it and it maybe even in a worse way. All they are doing is punishing the responsible people who stay at home and have a relaxing drink. Wait until they find fentanyl like in San Francisco. That is what they are going to be pushing people into, cheap highs that cause permanent damage as they can't stand straight. Lying in the streets homeless, looking like they have died. Better the devil you know than the one you don't.

Soon we will have to empty our bowels according to government orders. The current government is evil beyond belief. All the things we enjoy in life is being taken over. VOTE THEM OUT.

They do it to smokers now and it hasn't stopped people smoking!

I agree, it’s always those that can afford the least that keep paying. Here’s an idea tax the wealthy more!

Stop drinking alcohol or make your own

the government just wants more taxes and thinks this is the way they will get it without too many people screaming. Ha

Alcoholics, like any addict, will just go for the next most affordable thing , it's just an excuse for the gov and companies to make more money of course.. I always find it amusing how government thinks addiction must be like without a clue! Like here in Canada, first they ban drugs like oxy contin and cut thousands of people off their prescriptions thinking that will help the opioid problem. Then everyone, including seniors end up at the methadone clinics and buying off the street.. then fentanyl hits the street and all the addicts go to that since buying pills is crazy expensive, then they all started dieing and the methadone clinics start handing out Dilaudid and other narcotics to keep people from getting fentanyl... sometimes the gov isn't helping anyone, but is the burden itself! There's a van that drives around town handing out free drug supplies, there's paraphernalia all over the place! Where are these homeless addicts going to dispose of these things? On the street of course! Edited 21-Oct-24 09:16am

I don't buy many floors. The wooden ones I have already are excellent.

I’m against any price rises on alcohol and think it’s way too expensive now. If the age restrictions aren’t working, explore why not? Slapping extra charges on products does zero. They will just turn to something else cheaper.

It’s a tax raising exercise, they know damn well that it won’t stop people drinking, just like tobacco tax doesn’t stop people smoking. I assume you did that survey about it recently then? The data in that survey was collected from WA only. Now why was that? And why did they choose WA? I think the answer is obvious, in that they chose it to skew the data results, due to the relatively high, poor, indigenous population there. If they raised the floor price of cask wine from $0.35 to 1.50 then they would also have to raise the floor price of coke and metho to $1.50 Now, before somebody jumps down my throat about being racist, I am not suggesting that all indigenous people in WA have a drinking problem, but it has been well documented that many of these indigenous communities do struggle with responsible alcohol consumption as well as abuse of other harmful substances as well. However, increasing the price of alcohol is unlikely to stop this abuse as they will just swap out the alcohol for something else or spend more of their food budget on it if it becomes more expensive.Edited 21-Oct-24 09:27am

So glad I don't buy alcohol much and definitely not a wine drinker but ciggies are my issue unfortunately.

Reminds of when GST was introduced..we got rid if 9"hidden" taxes we didn't know we were paying for a tax on everything. No justification for this. We pay enough. Here is an idea. Why don't the politicians start paying for everything the average Aussie does. Also no government pension unless you serve a term of at least 20years as a parliamentarian,not just 1 or 2 years.

Most people are against paying taxes and considering alcohol and smoking are addictive so are similar to drugs I say tax the hell out of them. This does not just affect the poor, if they are poor they shouldn't be able to afford alcohol or tobacco. No one needs either, it's just peer pressure that gets people started on these addictions and it escalates from there. Govts have to get money from somewhere to bail out companies and banks so everyone can keep their jobs and keep moaning about how bad life is. People need to grow a spine and make their life what they want it to be, it's easily done without alcohol, drugs or tobacco.

Any excuse to tax ..... Communism at its finest, control the low income earners yet again. Keep them poor and take away what little happiness they get out of a drink of wine. Bloody disgusting.

Haven't had alcohol for many years so have no idea of the cost. Our government leaves a lot to be desired. Alcohol we can live without but food we can't so the government should pay more attention to the cost of food items.

i know with beer its about 90 cents tax on every pint that is poured and almost 20 dollars tax on a slab,, spirits from memory is taxed at a rate of $1.29 per standard drink, there are 22 standard drinks in a 700 ml bottle, Australian alcohol is taxed at one of the highest rates in the world i think there is a tax rate of 40 cents per 100 grams of sugar in a soft drink, generally adding around 20 % to a bottle, these things go up every 6 months I think they are trying to wipe out the hospitality industry to protect us from ourselves , these taxes along with wine bring in I believe 10 billion a year in taxes,

Prices are insane

I buy Irish whiskey at $40 USD a fifth! I have 6 bottles of wine that cost $100 in gift code points from a survey I did. All 6 are white wines the only kind of wine I like besides champagne and sometimes rose wines. As far as real liquor goes, a fifth can last me up to 5 years since I drink very sparingly and always at home. When eating out I never drink alcohol. However, I dine out maybe once every 3 years!

It all about grabbing money from the taxpayers.

They are just to rip everyone of with all these taxs and its all because they dont know how to manage a dept and we all have to pay for there miss use of money it happens every time the labour goverment get elected

Just stop drinking, Simple,

This government only knows how to tax its way out of its debt. The will call it anything but a tax, however, it is a tax a big one too.

Beware the floating floors, they could be full of flaws and get filled with the coins. We've all heard the warding "Look up and Live" but can also be the reverse as well "Look down as they are about to pull the rug carpet from under your feet!"

Goes to government

so what do you have to do to drink it, lick it off the floor??

As the old saying goes it would drive you to drink.

drink more water

Don't drink anymore.

A cask of 3 litre slighty ,reasonable ,quality wine here in NZ costs $28 on special, and a pack of 20 cigarettes $36 approx. NZ government loves taxing. But I can buy KFC meal for $10 ,and a bottle of fizzy drink $1.50 hmmm?Edited 21-Oct-24 03:37am

good ole government but not aware of australian, only usa which is " crazy"

I don't drink

Of course that's the most important issue (alcohol) for the government, Not reducing price of food or rents because that is not the most important issue. Where I live the government broke it's contract with our Liquor board which cost over 100 million to break it so we can sell alcohol in Convenient stores and any other stores that sell goods. It's all about winning votes to stay in office.

I don't drink alcohol so this excludes me

I don't know about this? Maybe it would stop people drinking issues. But, again I feel it's a bit to much government intrusion.

Government will always find a way to steal your money. taxation is theft

If they use the tax for health care it would be a good thing. Alcohol is bad for us whether people want to believe it or not. It wouldn't affect the poor if they don't buy it. If you don't have money Alcohol should be the last thing on your mind

Welcome to the moonshiners club .. after they've finished blowing up all the tobacco shops, watch the backyards start going off next!

All GOVERNMENTS on this planet operate on the smoke and mirrors principle - aka a fool and his money theory! However, it is not the fault of any government that operates on the smoke and mirrors principle - it is the fault of voters - who elect white-collar-criminals aka politicians to run the government that exist in their country!Edited 21-Oct-24 22:36pm

That's how the government makes it's money.

THE GOV.THEY WILL MIKE YOU DRY