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Death of Country Towns in Australia

Death of Country Towns in Australia . Casualties. Scone. Wee Waa. Port Pirie. Batlow. Grafton. Yerranderrie. Picton. Broken Hill. Nyngan. Coonabarabran. Boydtown. H arden. Silverton. Newnes. Mount Mulligan. Werris Creek. Wilcannia. Kiandra. Cook. F arina. WHY GRAFTON?.

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Death of Country Towns in Australia

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  1. Death of Country Towns in Australia

  2. Casualties Scone Wee Waa Port Pirie Batlow Grafton Yerranderrie Picton Broken Hill Nyngan Coonabarabran Boydtown Harden Silverton Newnes Mount Mulligan Werris Creek Wilcannia Kiandra Cook Farina

  3. WHY GRAFTON?

  4. What’s happening to GRAFTON? http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/news/audio/twt/201207/20120709-twt3-gotojail.mp3

  5. Cause of Death Unemployment Globalisation Climate Change Profitability of Businesses The Rapid Population Growth in some Coastal Locations

  6. SYMPTOMS OF A DYING TOWN Teenagers leave their homes to attend university, due to insufficient services available in their home town.

  7. Lack of services=No Jobs=Mental Health issues.Highest suicide rate-Males.

  8. Visiting specialist every third month due to lack of doctors and hospital facilities

  9. The elderly have no choice but to use road transport if ill and seeking medical attention.

  10. Hospitals deal with high rates of teenage pregnancies.

  11. Lack of services available for the community resulting in limited employment opportunities. Teacher.

  12. Residents need to travel hundreds of kilometres out of town to reach essential services.

  13. IS THIS SOCIAL JUSTICE? Catholic Social Teaching regards the problem of rural communities in the context of social justice based on the human dignity rather than in the framework of mere economic activity. It focuses repeatedly on rural urban equity, the personal worth of farmers and rural people and the requirements of stewardship of God's creation. The Australian Catholic Social Justice Council (ACSJC) 2001.

  14. What can we do to help?

  15. Small towns lure stressed city slickers Families can get ahead on cheap rents Countryside offers value for money  lifestyle Come to the country. We need you.

  16. (ACSJC, 2001). A Just and Peaceful Land. Social Justice Sunday Statement. Mark, D. (2012).Sustainable communities are doing it for themselves. ( ABC news article) http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/outside-forces-killing-our-country-towns/ http://www.couriermail.com.au/spike/columnists/death-of-country-towns/story-e6frerex-1111117942244 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-04/mark-sustainable-communities/4107664 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-10/pirie-smelter-pm/4122114 http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/news/audio/twt/201207/20120709-twt3-gotojail.mp3 http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/07/10/3542548.htm http://www.regional.org.au/au/countrytowns/global/collits.htm http://www.news.com.au/money/property/rural-towns-cheap-answer-to-mortgage-stress-dollar-a-week-rent/story-e6frfmd0-1225947501042#ixzz20ZclGAh9 http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/01/04/1041566268531.html (the little country town that refuses to die) http://www.regional.org.au/au/countrytowns/global/collits.htm http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2009560/Go-bush-People-living-Sydney-cash-incentive-to-countryside.html http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/stories/s644713.htm (incentives for doctors) Bibliography

  17. Jenny Makerry Teresa Larcher Assessment 1: Death of Country Towns in Australia

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