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I was perusing the healthcare website of the NT and they have posted on their site that they have a need for drug addiction healthcare workers to stay in the NT. Does NT have a higher rate of drug abuse than other states of Australia?
I was perusing the healthcare website of the NT and they have posted on their site that they have a need for drug addiction healthcare workers to stay in the NT. Does NT have a higher rate of drug abuse than other states of Australia?
If you include alcohol abuse as drug addiction - most certainly!
I was perusing the healthcare website of the NT and they have posted on their site that they have a need for drug addiction healthcare workers to stay in the NT. Does NT have a higher rate of drug abuse than other states of Australia?
There is certainly a problem in the NT.
As pointed out, if "drug abuse" includes alcohol, then yes.
That's strange, because I thought that the hot year long weather, coupled with lot of sun, would cut down on alcohol abuse. Almost everywhere else in the world alcohol consumption seems to rise with colder and cloudier average weather
That's strange, because I thought that the hot year long weather, coupled with lot of sun, would cut down on alcohol abuse. Almost everywhere else in the world alcohol consumption seems to rise with colder and cloudier average weather
The aboriginal communities in the NT have massive problems with alcohol and substance abuse. If you are planning to work there, you should probably familiarise yourself with those issues, including the Intervention in 2007 by the Federal government banning the sale of alcohol and pornography in large areas of the NT, because of the shockingly high levels of sexual and physical abuse of children in indigenous communities.
Very high number of all the social evils you can name. Not forgetting the highest murder rate in Australia. You would really need to check out areas like Katherine,Tennet's Creek and The Alice to get a handle on the issues as few would believe the intensity of the problems involved. So much hopelessness and aggravation in segments of the population.
The sweltering heat and boredom does nothing to aid the problem.
The aboriginal communities in the NT have massive problems with alcohol and substance abuse. If you are planning to work there, you should probably familiarise yourself with those issues, including the Intervention in 2007 by the Federal government banning the sale of alcohol and pornography in large areas of the NT, because of the shockingly high levels of sexual and physical abuse of children in indigenous communities.
Yeah besides Queensland, the NT was the #2 subdivision I'm interested in, mostly because of climate (I'm from the Caribbean originally) so it feels like home.
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Very high number of all the social evils you can name. Not forgetting the highest murder rate in Australia. You would really need to check out areas like Katherine,Tennet's Creek and The Alice to get a handle on the issues as few would believe the intensity of the problems involved. So much hopelessness and aggravation in segments of the population.
The sweltering heat and boredom does nothing to aid the problem.
This goes for both BCC_1 and you, is that the reason why Darwin and the wider NT is the least popular area of Australia for foreigners to settle in besides Tasmania? The crime rate? It seems similar to the state below me, Maryland.
Yeah besides Queensland, the NT was the #2 subdivision I'm interested in, mostly because of climate (I'm from the Caribbean originally) so it feels like home.
This goes for both BCC_1 and you, is that the reason why Darwin and the wider NT is the least popular area of Australia for foreigners to settle in besides Tasmania? The crime rate? It seems similar to the state below me, Maryland.
Statistically that would be a meaningless comparison due to population differences. There is probably a lot of reasonably safe parts of NT but also various "hotspots".
I did a lot of research a few years ago for 2 different trips that have been put on hold indefinitely and was given a variety of warnings about difference places, even as much as watching myself in Alice Springs. In some remote parts the gasoline sold is a special blend to reduce petrol sniffing numbers.
I think what would put most people off about Darwin is it's very isolated. I remember being in Adelaide and overhearing 2 families talking, one family being the relatives of the other. They were from Darwin visiting and were talking like Adelaide was the next town over when in reality it's days away.
One adjustment I found in Australia is the lack of population density and distances involved between some population centers. I've never even been in the back of beyond outback yet, but plenty of rural places I've been I've had the hollow feeling of being completely alone with no one around and dead quiet.
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