As is the case in every country in the world, hospitals, prisons and fire services are an integral and vital part of society in Australia. They are essential to provide healthcare, maintain social order and to attend to natural emergencies, such as bushfires.
Australian emergency departments have seen a slight increase in the
nationwide in recent years, particularly across the more populous states. Most patients are seen on time upon presentation to an emergency room, whether
, and it’s the same when it comes to waiting times.
Prisons and prisoners in Australia
The Australian prison system is split between public and private prisons, and each state or territory imposes its own laws and penalties. On average, Australian prisons have, consistently, imprisoned far more men than women. However, there is very little year-on-year fluctuation in the
imprisonment rate by gender. Moreover, the bulk of
imprisoned individuals are non-indigenous Australians, with around two thirds of those imprisoned annually being non-indigenous. More broadly, the number of persons in full time custody in Australia has fallen steadily month to month. The leading
reason for imprisonment being acts intended to cause injury.
When it comes to indigenous inmates, the year-on-year rate of
indigenous deaths in Australian prisons as decreased significantly in recent years with the leading cause of death for indigenous individuals being medical reasons.
Australian fire services
In the same way that prisons are run on a state or territory basis, the fire services in Australia are all also run independently, with
most employees in fire services in Australia aged between 30 and 59 years. These employees are bolstered by a
substantial number of volunteers; the bulk of which are based in New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland. Due to Australia’s climate, the country experiences bushfires and landscape fires every year. The
number of landscape fires attended by fire services has been in decline in recent years, with
most of those attended in New South Wales and Queensland.
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