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In Headspace, Tim Stockwell laments the national demise of local alcohol sales data and discusses the implications that this has had for monitoring alcohol consumption in different parts of Australia. This highly accurate information was proven to be invaluable in advising alcohol policy and for a range of significant public health purposes. Without it, it has become very difficult to monitor changes in alcohol consumption over time, and virtually impossible to determine the impact of changes such as the introduction of the GST on drinking patterns. NDRI has been invited by Commonwealth Health to explore options for restoring this “national treasure”.