on 11-02-2016 03:53 PM
There are efforts afoot to try and portray Australians as being mean and hard-hearted. That is fundamentally untrue. Here is our track record:-
Some stats on carers in Australia:
2.7 million unpaid carers in Australia
More than 770,000 carers are primary carers
300,000 carers are under the age of 24
150,000 carers are under the age of 18
Over 1.5 million carers are of working age
31,600 indigenous carers are over the age of 15
620,000 carers were born outside Australia
366,700 carers were born in non-English speaking countries
520,000 carers are over 65 years of age
The estimated annual replacement value of care provided in 2012 is over A$40.9 billion
It is estimated that carers provided 1.32 billion hours of unpaid care in 2010 with productivity loss estimated at A$6.5 billion
On average carers spend approx 40 hours per week providing care. It is estimated that carers of someone with a mental illness spend on average 104 hours per week in the caring role.
Source: ABS (2012) Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers
ABS (2008) Summary of Findings: ABS Census of Population and Housing, Health and Welfare of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
ABS (2003) Migrants, Disability, Ageing and Carers
ABS (2009) Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers
Access Economics (2010) The Economic Value of Informal Care in 2010days
Would someone like to put up other countries' stats regarding caring? What are the stats for Sri Lanka or perhaps Iraq? Let's examine the stats for Syrian volunteers. Let's see some stats so we can see how mean Australians are.
on 13-02-2016 09:55 AM
on 13-02-2016 10:16 AM
@debra9275 wrote:one of the fishermen who rescued the girls is named here she-ele
a Mr Abdul-Karim Mohammed
lucky for those girls he was there
why was the story removed?
it says its not found.
on 13-02-2016 10:20 AM
13-02-2016 10:27 AM - edited 13-02-2016 10:29 AM
i don't know..
perhaps they've updated the story or changed the headline today
Mr Mohammed said it was a confronting scene.
“We were shocked when we seen her and then we go there’s something really bad going on here,” he said.
“She was just screaming, crying, yelling
on 13-02-2016 10:36 AM
@the_great_she_elephant wrote:
@djilukjilly wrote:I’m proud of the 2 Aussie fishermen who came to the rescue of those two women at Salt Creek.
So am I. True blue Aussie heroes.
Did any of the newspaper accounts happen to mention the names of either of them?
there were more than 2 involved
in the rescue (coorong mayer praised
them as heroes) but only one name
has been mentioned for some reason..
13-02-2016 10:40 AM - edited 13-02-2016 10:41 AM
I think that man was named because he's the one who did the interviews... what other reason could there be that you're thinking??
he was one of the fisherman that drove the girl to the roadhouse and went back to search for the other girl
perhaps more names will be given later
on 13-02-2016 10:53 AM
I think that man was named because he's the one who did the interviews... what other reason could there be that you're thinking??
not sure..the other fishermen was
also interviewed.
i think i found the story from the
link that was not working:
A fisherman camped about 5km away, where the off-road track meets Tea Tree Point beach, said he saw a vehicle speed past him with a woman in the passenger’s seat.
“She was screaming, she was not in a good way,” he said.
The second woman, who was naked, had run through the sand dunes to the safety of other fishermen camped nearby.
“First of all she just started waving,” another fisherman, Abdul-Karim Mohammed, told Seven News.
“She looked at us. She didn’t know what was going on. She ran straight to the car yelling. She opened the back door, jumped straight in and like ‘Get me out of here, get me out of here. He’s going to kill us all.’
“First of all she had no clothes on so we just straight away gave her our jacket.
“She had some scratches and that on the legs. Look liked she’d been pulled around, dragged around and that.”
Mr Mohammed said it was a confronting scene.
“We were shocked when we seen her and then we go there’s something really bad going on here,” he said.
“She was just screaming, crying, yelling.”
Another fisherman said that “a girl came out of the dunes, waving her hands and screaming (and) naked, we didn’t know what was going on. She ran to the car, screaming hysterically, we realised something is wrong.
“She was telling us about her friend, her friend was lost in the dunes and she was worried about it.
“Her and her friend split up. They were running different directions ... She got away and she said ‘I want to find my friend’’.
The fisherman’s son said that “it just happened with perfect timing.’’
The fishermen were able to raise the alarm at the Salt Creek roadhouse about 6.30pm and police and paramedics were called.
on 13-02-2016 10:57 AM
perhaps more names will be given later.
perhaps.
the great she ele was asking if their
names were mentioned...
on 13-02-2016 11:01 AM
well, one has been mentioned and shown- there are also names of the people at the road house mentioned... those who were interviewed obviously
on 13-02-2016 11:04 AM
well, one has been mentioned and shown.
yes, that is correct.