The Australian government in its wisdom is about to ratify health guidelines
that designate men and women who consume more than three standard drinks a
day as "binge drinkers".

see http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...15/2275181.htm

That is no more than three small glasses of wine, or three medium size beers
(285ml) or three nips of spirits (30ml) per day.

A standard drink is defined as 10 grams of alcohol. That is, container size
in litres by alcohol content of drink by specific gravity of alcohol .789.

Example - A 750 ml bottle of wine at 13.5% alcohol - .75 X 13.5 X .789 =
7.99 approx 8 standard drinks.

Of course verybody interviewed on news here - including me thinks it's a
joke.

Cheers!
Martin