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3. School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, New South Wales by spectators at school sporting events. The PSA explained that drinking by parents while watching school sport ‘was not conducive to role-modelling for boys’ and ‘could become more of a problem if we allowed it to continue’. 6 Following the initial publicity, on seven occasions between September 2012 and mid-2013, parents confidentially informed the Australian Drug Foundation (ADF) of their opposition to the consumption of alcohol by adults at school functions, particularly when students were present. Schools nominated by those parents included government and Catholic primary schools and Catholic secondary schools in suburban Melbourne and country Victoria. Despite public qualms about the place of alcohol in schools across Australia, changes to liquor licensing legislation by the state government in Queensland in 2013 may facilitate drinking within schools. As part of a campaign against bureaucratic ‘red tape,’the government abolished the legal requirement for schools to apply for and gain a permit in order to sell alcohol for fundraising purposes. 7 For the Queensland government it appears that there is no issue of propriety in a school promoting, drinking or selling alcohol. These different perspectives raise several questions. What role does alcohol play in Australian schools? Under what circumstances is alcohol consumed within the school setting or jurisdiction? What policy issues are related to such consumption? What guidance do schools have in navigating those issues? Is it appropriate that alcohol is consumed in the presence of students at …