NEWS.com.au | New report reveals exactly what heavy drinking does to families NEWS.com.au HEAVY drinking among parents is having a devastating impact on Australian families, a new report shows. More than one million children — 22 per cent of all Australian kids — are affected in some way by other's drinking. Nearly 142,000 children (three per ... Why alcohol is killing our women and children How many more women and children have to die? More than 1 million Australian children affected by the drinking of parents or carers |