VIOLENT and EXCESSIVE BEHAVIOUR AUSTRALIA

VIOLENT and EXCESSIVE BEHAVIOUR

AUSTRALIA

Over 50% of prisoner’s re-offend within 2 years of being released from prison.

Most murders that occur in Australian murderers happen in the home.

People who drink to excess account for 30,000 in the last decade. (CH 7, 20/11/03)

On average 82% of Australians gamble on some level. Of these people 42% are gambling to excess, with 63% of that sub-population obtaining funds from crime. Government involvement in this dysfunctional activity for example is:

Victoria-gambling revenue accounts for 15% of the state’s taxes.

NSW-gambling revenue is 19%, with 19% of these gamblers being women.

Australia has 20% of the whole worlds gambling outlets.

In 2000 Australians lost AU$13.34 billion; in 2003 it was $16 billion.

Australians also spent AU$8.1 billion on telephones, mobile phones and other forms of communication. (2003)

Nine out of every 10 Australian drivers have experienced road rage, moderate to severe. One in every 20 drivers has been assaulted. With 1 in 5 drivers admitting impatience, 1 in 5 still using mobile phones will driving.1 in 3 admitting to drink driving and 9 out of 10 admitted to excess speeding. (AAMI 03) Approximately 1,167 people dye on Australian roads. (10/03)

About 3,300 people die every year from alcohol abuse.

Australian drug addicts steal to support habits with 8 out of 10 arrested for burglary and 7 out of 10 men arrested for traffic offences test positive to elicit drugs. (Aust Institute of Criminology 03)

Anderson Accounting was accused of cooking HIH company books to the sum of US$470 million. One director banned from holding a directorship for 20 years another for 10 years.

Australia has illegal animal trade going out of and coming in to the country. Many things such as the 160kg of traditional medicines to the 213 reptiles and frogs in Perth as well as rhino horns and pangolin anteaters have been victims of illegal animal trade. For example, illegal tradeincludes things such as hundreds of rare cycad plants. About 1.5 million bird species and at least 640,000 reptiles a year are intercepted worldwide. Trafficking in this type of contraband is estimated to be worth between US$ 160 billion, in AU$ 228 billion. (22/10/03)

Almost half of Australia’s postal workers have allegedly been caught sending and receiving pornographic e-mails during work time. (CH 7 4/12/03)

Between the years 1981 and 2000 there was a 172% divorce rate.