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Alcohol and your kids: A guide for parents and carers

When children become teenagers, they usually want to spend more time with their friends and may find themselves in places where others are drinking alcohol. The guide, Alcohol and your kids: A guide for parents and carers is available from the Australian Government's Department of Health and Ageing website, and gives parents information about how to discuss and manage teenagers and the use of alcohol. 

Young people draw conclusions about alcohol-related social norms from what they see and hear from their families and communities. Parents should consider the physical and mental risks of supplying alcohol to minors and the penalties that may apply.
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Supplying alcohol to minors

The Victorian Government has passed the Liquor Control Reform Amendment Act 2011. This Act makes it an offence under the Liquor Control Reform Act 1998 for a person to supply alcohol to a minor (a person under the age of 18 years) in a private home without parental consent.

This will help parents feel more assured when their children are visiting friends’ houses that they are not drinking alcoholic beverages without their knowledge.

From 1 November 2011, person who supplies alcohol to a minor without a parent’s consent could be subject to the same penalty faced by licensees who supply alcohol to minors in licensed venues – a maximum fine of more than $7000.

This information is available in the Supplying alcohol to minors in a private home fact sheet (PDF, 232 KB).

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