Australian beer consumption plummets to 70-year lows

By Rachel Olding
Updated June 12 2014 - 10:13am, first published April 7 2014 - 1:45pm
Crafty business: consumers are less interested in mainstream brands. Photo: Arsineh Houspian
Crafty business: consumers are less interested in mainstream brands. Photo: Arsineh Houspian

Australia's reputation as a nation of singlet-wearing beer guzzlers has gone up in froth – beer consumption has fallen to levels not seen since the post-war "six o'clock swill".

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