Just Think Cairns

Just think.


It's simple, really. Use your head. Think about the drink and what it might mean. What it means on so many fronts.


Following the tragic death of Cairns father Craig Hadrick during a fight at a Cairns sporting club, alcohol and/or drug-fuelled violence is very much at the forefront of the public's thinking.


Craig's death comes after a spate of booze-fuelled incidents on our city streets in recent years.


Yet the absence of a public safety campaign is glaring.


In a bid to redress this shortcoming, and to help the fight against violence, The Cairns Post joins the Just Think campaign, an initiative of our sister News Ltd newspaper the Geelong Advertiser.


It's message is clear and it's simple. It's not a wowser, unrealistic anti-drinking campaign. It's a campaign that simply asks you to just think about it...


  • To think about alcohol and your behaviour, your decision-making.
  • To think about your levels of control when you drink.
  • To think about how alcohol and you affects your friends, your partner, your children.
  • To think about what it does to your body. To think about how you behave as a bystander when confronted by alcohol-fuelled violence.


  • To think ... period.


    <strong>Support:</strong> Nurse Unit manager Dennis Brinn at the emergency department with a poster for The Cairns Post's Just Think campaign.

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    I just didn't think: Cattalini

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    <strong>Congratulations:</strong> Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon holds up a copy of the Geelong Advertiser, one of the papers behind the Just Think campaign, in Federal Parliament.

    Just Think makes sense

    THE Just Think anti-binge drinking message continues to gain momentum with Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon telling her parliamentary colleagues it is making a difference. more

    Shocking bash video emerges

    A VIOLENT video has emerged on YouTube showing a group of mates bashing a teenager outside a church. more

    <strong>Support:</strong> Drinking too much alcohol will at best only lead to embarrassment and at worst a fatal accident, says Leichhardt MP Jim Turnour.

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    DRINKING too much alcohol will at best only lead to embarrassment and at worst a fatal accident, says Leichhardt MP Jim Turnour. more

    <strong>Just think:</strong> Youth Education Minister Jim Henry and Youth Premier Balawyn Jones.

    Youth back campaign

    STOPPING youth violence was debated by Far North students yesterday at the Cairns Regional Youth Parliament. more


    Star's offence 'severely wrong'

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    Join the Just Think Campaign

    SHOW YOUR SUPPORT
    Click on the poster image below and download your Just Think poster.

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