NORTHERN TERRITORY

The Northern Territory, Australia.

THE NORTHERN TERRITORY Situated in the centre of Australia, the Northern Territory is the third largest state in Australia and is roughly the size of France, Spain and Italy combined (figures 1 and 2). It has a unique environment that ranges from arid desert down south to tropical regions on the coast in the north. The Northern Territory is often considered the quintessential Australian outback...

Suicide in the Northern Territory, 1981-2002.

OBJECTIVE To examine trends in suicide in the Northern Territory between 1981 and 2002, and demographic and other characteristics of people completing suicide in the Top End region in 2000-2002. DESIGN Retrospective descriptive analysis of Australian Bureau of Statistics death registration data and data from the NT Coroner's Office. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS All residents of the NT who compl...

Policing Rural CommunitiesA Northern Territory Police Perspective

he Northern Territory covers more than 1.3 million square kilometres. Divisible into two major geographical areasthe northern tropical zone (Top End) and the arid centre (The Centre)it contains great gorges and rugged ranges, large rivers flowing through flood plains up to 80 kilometres across, semi-arid grasslands and dry stony-sandy deserts. Many of the communities are not served by all-wea...

Funding of Northern Territory public hospitals.

The Northern Territory is Australia's third largest jurisdiction by land mass but it is the smallest by population. By proportion it accommodates the largest number of Aboriginal people who suffer the greatest burden of disease with high morbidity, mortality, admission rates and lengths of stay. Output based funding by DRG is based on the "typical" Australian population which is not that of the...

Voluntary euthanasia in the Northern Territory--Australia.