A floor price is a minimum amount for which alcohol can be sold for example if the floor price is 1 a bottle of wine with eight standard drinks in it would be sold for 8 or more.
Price floor on alcohol in australia.
From october 1 2018 one standard drink in the northern territory will cost a minimum of a 1 30.
First the licensing of alcohol retailers in australia is the responsibility of the states and territories.
In the 10 months between 1 october 2018 the date that the floor price and other measures were imposed by the nt government and 31 july 2019 there was a 26 decrease in alcohol related assaults in the territory.
This is known as floor price which is used to calculate the minimum cost at which a product can.
Although there is evidence to suggest that the imposition of a national floor price on alcohol could help to achieve the australian government s goals the mechanism raises a number of issues.
A bill was introduced into the legislative assembly in may 2018 and passed on 22 august 2018.