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The brown snake is not the most venomous Australian snake, but it has caused the most deaths. [1]Wildlife attacks in Australia occur every year from several different native species, [2] [3] including snakes, spiders, freshwater and saltwater crocodiles, various sharks, cassowaries, kangaroos, stingrays and stonefish and a variety of smaller marine creatures such as bluebottles, blue-ringed ...
Global Peace Index (GPI) is a report produced by the Australia-based NGO Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) which measures the relative position of nations' and regions' peacefulness. [2] The GPI ranks 163 independent states and territories (collectively accounting for 99.7 per cent of the world's population) according to their levels of ...
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's Youth justice in Australia 2017–18 report showed that the rate of young people aged 10–17 under supervision orders was highest in the Northern Territory, at 59 per 10,000 (compared with 10 in Victoria), and also for those in detention (15 per 10,000; Victoria, 2 per 10,000). [17] [18]
Western Australia: 2,000+ 1891–1910: Australia's worst typhoid epidemic. Worst-affected areas were the WA Goldfields where overcrowding and unsanitary living conditions were rife. Official death toll was close to 2,000 but actual toll much higher. [5] [6] Epidemic: Australia-wide: 1,013: 1946–1955: Polio epidemic. [7] Epidemic: New South ...
Australia is known for its population of terrifying creatures, and Cable Beach is home to many of them. The beach is home to venomous spiders, snakes, white pointer sharks, crocodiles, and lethal ...
The common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) is a species of death adder native to Australia. It is one of the most venomous land snakes in Australia and globally. While it remains widespread (unlike related species), it is facing increased threat from the ongoing Australian cane toad invasion.
Australia, scarred by bushfires, on high alert for dangerous summer. Byron Kaye and Cordelia Hsu. September 19, 2023 at 2:08 AM. ... Of Australia's 10 hottest years on record, eight were since ...
As of 30 June 2010, DIAC estimated that the number of visa overstayers in Australia was around 53,900, or 0.2 per cent of the Australian population. [3] In 2018, it was reported more than 60,000 foreigners are living illegally in Australia, [4] and by 2021 it was reported that increased to more than 100,000. [5]