Children pay highest price for inaction on alcohol-fuelled violence – report

National study finds more than a million children are currently harmed by other people’s drinking in Australia

Children are bearing the brunt of alcohol-related violence, a national study has found, with more than a million children currently harmed by other people’s drinking.

Of those, more than 10,000 are in the child protection system because of a carer’s drinking, the study found. It is to be launched at New South Wales Parliament House on Tuesday by domestic violence campaigner Rosie Batty.

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