Australia: The East Coast model (Victoria, Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and South Australia)

Objective: This paper identifies publicly available data about the use of involuntary treatment orders within Australia and considers whether this reporting is sufficient given the gravity of the intervention. Method: A search of mental health tribunal, health department and justice department annual reports was conducted to determine the use of involuntary treatment orders in Australia. Results: Reporting of involuntary treatment orders varied significantly across jurisdictions; for example, South Australia reported 11,570 distinct orders made during a 12-month period while the Australian Capital Territory reported 627 for the same period. Conclusion: The publicly available data for involuntary treatment orders in Australia is inadequate for jurisdictional comparisons. This concern should be addressed to enable transparent public reporting and facilitate benchmarking.

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Introducing the Journal's State Liaison Officers

Health Information Management ◽

10.1177/183335839602600323 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 26 (3) ◽

pp. 162-164

Keyword(s):

Western Australia ◽

New South ◽

New South Wales ◽

South Australia ◽

Australian Capital Territory ◽

Australian Capital ◽

South Wales

In this edition, the SLOs from Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia, the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales are featured. SLOs from other states will be featured in a forthcoming edition of the Journal.

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Book Review: Ward and Kelly. Summary Justice — Western Australian Commentary by P W Nichols; Victorian Commentary by Gerard Nash; Tasmanian Commentary by E Sikk and I R Matterson, Law Book Co Ltd (1983) $95 (main volume, Summary Justice and above commentaries, as well as Queensland Commentary and New South Wales Commentary) $80 (main volume and no commentaries, but includes information relevant to South Australia, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory)

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology ◽

10.1177/000486588401700410 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 280-281

Author(s):

Jocelynne A Scutt

Keyword(s):

New South ◽

New South Wales ◽

South Australia ◽

Northern Territory ◽

Australian Capital Territory ◽

Australian Capital ◽

South Wales ◽

Western Australian

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1478Extreme daily numbers of general practice encounters of asthma and allergic rhinitis in Australia

International Journal of Epidemiology ◽

10.1093/ije/dyab168.703 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 50 (Supplement_1) ◽

Author(s):

Charlotte Waudby ◽

Nicholas Osborne ◽

David Muscatello

Keyword(s):

Time Series ◽

General Practice ◽

Allergic Rhinitis ◽

Longitudinal Data ◽

Grass Pollen ◽

Pollen Season ◽

South Australia ◽

Australian Capital Territory ◽

Australian Capital ◽

Grass Pollen Season

Abstract Background Asthma affects approximately 11% of Australia’s population and allergic rhinitis 19%. Grass pollen is associated with asthma and allergic rhinitis exacerbations. This study tested the hypothesis that days with extreme numbers of general practice (GP) encounters for asthma and allergic rhinitis aligned with grass pollen season. Methods The MedicineInsight GP database contains longitudinal data on persons attending a sample of Australian GPs. We created time series of daily counts of asthma and allergic rhinitis encounters by state and territory to identify extreme encounter days; days with counts above the 99th percentile. Results Of 3,036,678 attendances during the study period, 2.4% were for asthma. There were 83 extreme encounter days during April to December, across Australia. Victoria and South Australia had the highest increase in attendances on extreme days. Allergic rhinitis encounters represented 0.9% of attendances. Of the 69 extreme allergic rhinitis encounter days across Australia, Victoria and Australian Capital Territory had the highest increase in attendances. Allergic rhinitis extreme days were clustered between mid-October and early December (72%), compared to 22% of the asthma extreme days. Conclusions Extreme asthma GP encounters were not as strongly associated with grass pollen season compared to allergic rhinitis encounters. Victoria had a high number of encounters on asthma and allergic rhinitis extreme days, many associated with thunderstorm asthma. Key messages Extreme asthma encounter days can be associated with cooler months, grass pollen season and school holidays. Extremes allergic rhinitis presentation days were aligned with grass pollen season.

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New species of the oribatid mite genus Phyllhermannia Berlese, 1916 (Acari, Oribatida, Hermanniidae) from wet forests in south-eastern Australia show a high diversity of morphologically-similar, short-range endemics

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2770.1.1 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2770 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

MATTHEW J. COLLOFF

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New South ◽

New South Wales ◽

Oribatid Mite ◽

South Australia ◽

Australian Capital Territory ◽

Australian Capital ◽

South Wales ◽

Eastern Australia ◽

New Diagnosis

This paper contains descriptions of sixteen new species of Phyllhermannia from temperate rainforest and wet sclerophyll forest in the Australian Capital Territory (P. namadjiensis sp. nov.), New South Wales (P. bandabanda sp. nov., P. colini sp. nov. and P. tanjili sp. nov.), Tasmania (Phyllhermannia acalepha sp. nov., P. craticula sp. nov., P. lemannae sp. nov., P. luxtoni sp. nov. and P. strigosa sp. nov.) and Victoria (P. croajingolongensis sp. nov., P. errinundrae sp. nov., P. gigas sp. nov., P. hunti sp. nov., P. leei sp. nov. and P. leonilae sp. nov. and P. sauli sp. nov.). A partial supplementary description and new distribution record is given for P. eusetosa Lee, 1985 from South Australia. Phyllhermannia dentata glabra Hammer, 1962 is elevated to specific status. Hermannia macronychus Trägårdh, 1907 and H. fungifer Mahunka 1988 are recombined to Phyllhermannia. A new diagnosis of Phyllhermannia is given and immature stages are described for the first time. Three species-groups are tentatively recognised: Acalepha, confined to Tasmania, Colini, found in the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and New South Wales and Eusetosa, found in Victoria and South Australia.

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