Nick Sherry (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law) Share this | Hansard source

This does make an important contribution to the scourge of underage drinking. Between 2000 and 2004, the percentage of female drinkers aged 15 to 17—this is underage female drinkers—reporting that they consumed alcopops at their last drinking session rose from 14 per cent to a staggering 62 per cent. Between 1999 and 2005, the proportion of teenage girls aged 12 to 17 who chose alcopops as their preferred drink rose from 23 per cent to a staggering 48 per cent.