‘Tis the season to be jolly – December spending on alcohol will rise five per cent

This festive season is shaping up to be the booziest in Australia’s history. New research has forecast Australian spending on alcohol this December will rise five per cent – an all-time high, reports The Daily Telegraph on the weekend.The prediction, by IBISWorld, would mean NSW bottleshop sales will almost certainly top the $385 million figure recorded by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in December last