This Melbourne Cup, alcohol and sport collide. Forget the horses. It's domestic violence we should be watching for

  • Written by: Kirsty Forsdike, Senior Lecturer, La Trobe Business School and Senior Researcher in Centre for Sport & Social Impact, La Trobe University
This Melbourne Cup, alcohol and sport collide. Forget the horses. It's domestic violence we should be watching forKarolina Grabowska/Pexels, CC BY-SA

Not everyone looks forward to the Melbourne Cup. Domestic violence and emergency services ready themselves for a potential increase in calls, call-outs and admissions.

But as our recent review shows, the Melbourne Cup isn’t the only major sporting event around the world linked to a rise in domestic violence....

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