1 The Impact of Alcohol Misuse: a Northern Territory Perspective AMA National Alcohol Summit Canberra, 28-29 October 2014 Howard Bath Northern Territory.

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1 The Impact of Alcohol Misuse: a Northern Territory Perspective AMA National Alcohol Summit Canberra, October 2014 Howard Bath Northern Territory Children’s Commissioner

Estimated per capita consumption— Litres of Pure alcohol, to

Children who are developmentally vulnerable on two or more domains of the AEDI 2012 (percentages) 3

4 Substantiations by Type of Abuse/Neglect, to (percentages of total)

Number of Children in Care by Aboriginality, 30 June 2010 to 30 June

80% to 100% school attendance of Aboriginal children in the NT by Region,

Rate per 100,000 of Alcohol Related Assaults by Region 12 months ending January Source: AGD 2014, QPS 2012 and VP 2013 * The Qld and Vic rate is based on data and is of overall assaults not just incidents involving alcohol..

Violence in the Northern Territory Aboriginal people in the NT are twice as likely to be hospitalised for assault as are Aboriginal people in the rest of Australia (AIHW). The latest Closing the Gap report revealed that the night patrols which were set up as a first response to violence or potential violence, dealt with over 84,700 incidents in the last 6 month reporting period, or 160,000 incidents p.a. – that is in a target area of around 30,000 adults.

Hospitalisation of NT Indigenous women due to assault, –

Hospitalisation rates of NT Indigenous women due to assault,

Violence in the Northern Territory Aboriginal women in the NT make up only 0.3% of all Australian women, but they account for 16% of the hospitalisations for assault. In , 34 non-Indigenous women had assault related admissions to hospital in the NT. In the same period 1,059 Aboriginal women were admitted. Source: AIHW Analysis of the National Hospital Morbidity Database*

Children who are developmentally vulnerable on two or more domains of the AEDI, 2009 and 2012 (percentages) 12 Source: AEDI (2010 & 2013) 11.9% 29.5% 46.8% 54.3% 10.8% 26.0% 38.2% 49.9% 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0% AustraliaAustralia IndigenousNT IndigenousNT Indigenous Very Remote

Indigenous Children who are ‘on track’ on 4 or more domains of the AEDI, 2009 and 2012 (percentages) 13 Source: AEDI (2010 & 2013)

14 In my beginning is my end T.S. Eliot