AUSTRALIA

BY: SAVANNAH SANCHEZESTEBAN DAGNINOMATTHEW KROEGER

AUSTRALIAN POVERTY

Poverty in Australia is a contentious political issue. A report “Poverty in Australia” shows that in 2010, after taking account of housing cost, an estimated 2,265,000 people (or 12.5%) of all people, including children 575,000 (or 17.3 of all children), lived in households below the most austere poverty line widely used in international research.

WASTE FACTS:

Australia is the second highest producer of waste per person in the world at approximately 650 kilograms per person.

The average Australian family of four people makes enough rubbish in one year to completely fill a three-bedroom house from floor to ceiling.

Australian's produce over 18 million tons of waste every year. That is the equivalent to three million Transpacific Cleanaway trucks full of compacted rubbish.

WASTE FACTS: About one half of all the rubbish that goes to landfill in

austrailia is from households. The rest comes from garden waste, industrial waste, council waste, commercial waste, building rubble cleanfill and more.

On average, every year each Australian throws out:» 330 kilograms paper» 552 aluminium cans» 118 kilograms plastic» 74 kilograms metals» 414 kilograms food» 206 glass bottles/jars

DISEASES

There are many Australian prone diseases and most lead to death. Australia is home to the most dangerous diseases, let alone animals. Few can not be treated and lead to death.•Avian Influenza (bird flu) most dangerous disease, leads directly to death•Yellow Fever- dangerous, leads to death if not treated properly•Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus- the "ebola" of Australia, more likely to get it•Banana freckle (skin cancer)•Red and Electric ants carry diseases and spread them into humans

POPULATIONAustralian Population1994 - 17,849,0001995 – 18,240,000 1996 – 17,892,0001997 – 18,532,0001998 – 18,751,0001999 – 18,967,0002000 – 19,752,0002001 – 18,970,0002002 – 19,752,000 2003 – 19,997,0002004 – 20,229,0002005 – 20,190,0002006 – 20,450,0002007 – 21,181,0002008 – 21,015,0002009 – 21,960,0002010 – 20,971,0002011 – 21,766,0002012 – 23,110,0002013 – 23,135,0002014 - 36,250,000

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