NO PLACE TO BE A WOMAN? NSW Far North Coast's 2013 domestic & sexual assault rates by local government area

Women are still the largest identified victim group in reported domestic and sexual assaults.

The Australian Bureau of Statistic’s Personal Safety Survey 2012 found that: In 2012, an estimated 17% of all women aged 18 years and over (1,479,900 women) and 5.3% of all men aged 18 years and over (448,000 men) had experienced violence by a partner since the age of 15.

The same survey also found that; In 2012 an estimated 17% (1,494,000) of all women aged 18 years and over and 4% (336,000) of all men aged 18 years and over had experienced sexual assault since the age of 15. 

The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research released the NSW Recorded Crime Statistics 2013 report on 10 April 2014.

Unfortunately three of the seven Far North Coast local government areas show domestic violence rates above the state rate and, all seven local government areas had sexual assault rates above the state rate.

How these rates breakdown across the Northern Rivers region:

TWEED Local Government Area

Jan 2013 to Dec 2013

Domestic assault incidents

10 year trend: Up 3.1% per year

Rate per 100,000 population: 374.1

NSW rate per 100,000 population: 391.2

TWEED Local Government Area

Jan 2013 to Dec 2013

Sexual assault incidents

2 year trend: Stable

Rate per 100,000 population: 67.7

NSW rate per 100,000 population: 62.7

BYRON Local Government Area

Jan 2013 to Dec 2013

Domestic assault incidents

10 year trend: Stable

Rate per 100,000 population: 361.4

NSW rate per 100,000 population: 391.2

BYRON Local Government Area

Jan 2013 to Dec 2013

Sexual assault incidents

2 year trend: Stable

Rate per 100,000 population: 71.0

NSW rate per 100,000 population: 62.7

LISMORE Local Government Area

Jan 2013 to Dec 2013

Domestic assault incidents

10 year trend: Down 3.6% per year

Rate per 100,000 population: 409.4

NSW rate per 100,000 population: 391.2

LISMORE Local Government Area

Jan 2013 to Dec 2013

Sexual assault incidents

2 year trend: Stable

Rate per 100,000 population: 104.5

NSW rate per 100,000 population: 62.7

BALLINA Local Government Area

Jan 2013 to Dec 2013

Domestic assault incidents

2 year trend: Down 9.3% per year

Rate per 100,000 population: 318.4

NSW rate per 100,000 population: 391.2

BALLINA Local Government Area

Jan 2013 to Dec 2013

Sexual assault incidents

2 year trend: Stable

Rate per 100,000 population: 84.3

NSW rate per 100,000 population: 62.7

KYOGLE Local Government Area

Jan 2013 to Dec 2013

Domestic assault incidents

10 year trend: Stable

Rate per 100,000 population: 324.0

NSW rate per 100,000 population: 391.2

KYOGLE Local Government Area

Jan 2013 to Dec 2013

Sexual assault incidents

2 year trend: n.c.

Rate per 100,000 population: 141.7

NSW rate per 100,000 population: 62.7

RICHMOND VALLEY Local Government Area

Jan 2013 to Dec 2013

Domestic assault incidents

10 year trend: Down 2.2% per year

Rate per 100,000 population: 579.7

NSW rate per 100,000 population: 391.2

RICHMOND VALLEY Local Government Area

Jan 2013 to Dec 2013

Sexual assault incidents

2 year trend: Stable

Rate per 100,000 population: 116.8

NSW rate per 100,000 population: 62.7

CLARENCE VALLEY Local Government Area

Jan 2013 to Dec 2013

Domestic assault incidents

10 year trend: Stable

Rate per 100,000 population: 410.7

NSW rate per 100,000 population: 391.2

CLARENCE VALLEY Local Government Area

Jan 2013 to Dec 2013

Sexual assault incidents

2 year trend: Stable

Rate per 100,000 population: 100.8

NSW rate per 100,000 population: 62.7

Waiting for the May 2014 Federal Budget: laughter before the tears

En Passant 8 April 2013:

The Abbott government has decided to privatise the air.

‘This will create the conditions for a much more efficient economy,’ Mr Abbott said. ‘Too much short shallow breathing has upset the natural rhythms of the economy and with air in the hands of private enterprise a thousands flowers will blossom, or not,’ he added.

Mr Abbott said that the privatisation would also contribute to a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions as people slowed and deepened (but not too much) their breathing.

‘This is a win win for Australia,’ Mr Abbott said. ‘It is about environmental benefits, more jobs, less waste.’

‘What could be more natural than us paying Gina Rinehart or Rupert Murdoch for the privilege to breathe free market air?’ the Prime Minister asked.

‘Only socialists and off with the fairies Greenies support free air,’ Mr Abbott said, and added  ’just as there is no such thing as a free lunch, so there is no such thing as free air.’

‘We all have to breath together on this,’ the Treasurer, Joe Hockey said. ‘For too long the ideology of entitlement has blinded us to the reality that free air is a burden on the economy and holding us back. ‘….

These are some of the individuals and corporations assisting Metgasco Limited to undertake exploratory gas drilling at Bentley on the NSW North Coast

Atlas Drilling Services Pty Ltd, a fully-owned subsidiary of Titan Energy Services of Level 5, 189 Grey Street, South Brisbane QLD 4101 was awarded a Metgasco Limited contract to drill the Rosella E01 well at 1480 Bentley Road, Bentley NSW.

In May 2013 Troy Schefe was appointed Atlas Drilling Services General Manager.

This is the Board, senior management and principal investors in Titan Energy Services:

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Mr Shaun Scott, Chairman

Mr James Sturgess

Mr Jim Diakogiannis, co-founder of Atlas Drilling

Mr Stephen Bizzell

Mr Simon Keyser

Mr Mark Shape

SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Mr James Sturgess, MD

Mr Gus Van Der Heide, COO

Mr David Thornton, CFO and Company Secretary

Mr Jim Diakogiannis, Group Business Development

Mr Darren Bishell, GM RCH

Mr Lee Buckingham, GM Nektar

Mr Troy Schefe – GM Atlas Drilling

Mrs Kerstine Plummer – GM Hofco

TOP 20 SHAREHOLDERS AS AT 2 SEPTEMBER 2013

1 AUST EXECUTOR TRUSTEES SA LTD

2 NATIONAL NOMINEES LIMITED

3 GAFFWICK PTY LTD

4 XLX PTY

5 BNP PARIBAS NOMS PTY LTD

6 UBS WEALTH MANAGEMENT AUSTRALIA NOMINEES PTY LTD

7 RBC INVESTOR SERVICES AUSTRALIA NOMINEES PTY LIMITED

8 AUST EXECUTOR TRUSTEES LTD

9 INVIA CUSTODIAN PTY LIMITED

10 RANAMOK PTY LTD

11 DUBOTU PTY LTD

12 ZAGLA PTY LTD

13 PINE MOUNTAIN PTY

14 LUJETA PTY LTD

15 BCP ALPHA INVESTMENTS LIMITED

16 J P MORGAN NOMINEES AUSTRALIA LIMITED

17 HSBC CUSTODY NOMINEES (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED

18 SARAH FRANCES SCOTT

19 MAST CAPITAL PTY LTD

20 RANAMOK PTY LTD

SUBSTANTIAL HOLDERS AS AT 2 SEPTEMBER 2013

1 AUST EXECUTOR TRUSTEES SA LTD

2 NATIONAL NOMINEES LIMITED

3 GAFFWICK PTY LTD

4 XLX PTY LTD

Such a pity that none of those named appear to understand the meaning of no social licence to mine.

April 2014 and it's 'Food and Water First' at Bentley in the Northern Rivers

http://youtu.be/OCDpOOV2daQ

Quote of the Week

Two Byron Shire temporary fencing suppliers have made a stand against gas mining by knocking back a large contract offered by Metgasco….."Even though the contract was worth over $5000, some things are more important than money," [Northern Rivers Echo, 10 April 2014, Safety Fence Australia & Byron Hire go public with their objections to coal seam gas and tight sands mining]

Censoring Public Servants: four responses to Tony Abbott's fascist tendencies

Responses to Prime Minister Tony Abbott's attempt to gag Australian public servants:

"Let's have this fight because we're going to win it.”

[Commonwealth Public Service Union National Secretary Nadine Flood]

@ColinCowell

And a very special mention to George, whose Facebook post on a friend's website incited the Dept. of Immigration and Border Protection's very public angry threat seven days ago:

A Nazi Piece Of Work

It was bound to happen – Prime Minister Tony Abbott as the Nazi leader meme:

PoliticsAustralia‏@AustraliaVote

#Australia PM Abbotts fascist styled legal inquisition against ppl who have a different opinion to his own #auspol pic.twitter.com/zI7JBQSri1

7:42 PM - 6 Apr 2014