Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered ActsA child is exposed to domestic violence if the child sees or hears domestic violence or otherwise experiences the effects of domestic violence.
Examples of being exposed to domestic violence—
overhearing threats of physical abuse
overhearing repeated derogatory taunts, including racial taunts
experiencing financial stress arising from economic abuse
seeing or hearing an assault
comforting or providing assistance to a person who has been physically abused
observing bruising or other injuries of a person who has been physically abused
cleaning up a site after property has been damaged
being present at a domestic violence incident that is attended by police officers