https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/health-advice/alcohol
Alcohol guidelines
- Guideline 1: Reducing the risk of alcohol-related harm for adults
- To reduce the risk of harm from alcohol-related disease or injury, healthy men and women should drink no more than 10 standard drinks a week and no more than 4 standard drinks on any one day.
- The less you drink, the lower your risk of harm from alcohol.
- Guideline 2: Children and people under 18 years of age
- To reduce the risk of injury and other harms to health, children and people under 18 years of age should not drink alcohol.
- Guideline 3: Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding
- To prevent harm from alcohol to their unborn child, women who are pregnant or planning a pregnancy should not drink alcohol.
- For women who are breastfeeding, not drinking alcohol is safest for their baby.