Alliance tackles drunken violence
Edmund Tadros; 15/4/08
The toll of alcohol-related violence has reached the point where one in five Australians now say they have been directly affected or know someone who has been affected by this type of violence, a new survey shows. The issue, which will be discussed at the 2020 Summit this week, has spurred a coalition of 30 organisations - including social welfare groups, research bodies and even a NSW local council - to form the National Alliance Against Alcohol Related Violence. The alliance has released a Roy Morgan survey that suggests more than 84 per cent of Australians, or 14 million people, believe that binge drinking is increasing and there is a link between this and increased alcohol-related violence. The survey also shows that almost 60 per cent of Australians say they are concerned about alcohol-related violence when they go out at night and an equal number are more concerned about alcohol-related crime now, compared with three years ago. The research was based on a national telephone survey of 694 people.
See: http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/alliance-tackles-drunken-violence/2008/04/14/1208025090875.html