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Table 3: Call Subjects in Report Period by State
Subject |
ACT |
NSW |
NT |
QLD |
SA |
TAS |
VIC |
WA |
X |
Total |
Other |
35 |
895 |
|
16 |
33 |
1 |
201 |
10 |
148 |
1359 |
Lead poisoning |
37 |
583 |
|
106 |
24 |
5 |
121 |
36 |
349 |
1322 |
Service referral |
30 |
637 |
1 |
72 |
33 |
3 |
160 |
29 |
103 |
1119 |
Policy |
39 |
359 |
|
39 |
22 |
1 |
68 |
20 |
83 |
653 |
Paint |
6 |
238 |
1 |
72 |
16 |
6 |
72 |
19 |
27 |
478 |
Lead workers |
10 |
248 |
|
38 |
10 |
3 |
47 |
13 |
73 |
448 |
Renovation |
8 |
211 |
|
67 |
12 |
5 |
65 |
15 |
17 |
414 |
Consumer productss |
25 |
152 |
|
18 |
14 |
1 |
50 |
11 |
94 |
386 |
Env’l testing/ sampling |
12 |
149 |
1 |
21 |
12 |
4 |
35 |
13 |
25 |
289 |
Ceiling dust |
1 |
205 |
|
9 |
|
|
38 |
3 |
14 |
289 |
Lead petrol |
8 |
89 |
|
3 |
|
|
12 |
2 |
62 |
181 |
Waste |
7 |
44 |
|
7 |
2 |
|
17 |
4 |
20 |
108 |
Air |
4 |
35 |
|
3 |
9 |
|
13 |
2 |
32 |
103 |
Hobbies |
3 |
31 |
|
3 |
4 |
|
7 |
3 |
9 |
60 |
TOTAL |
225 |
3893 |
3 |
475 |
194 |
29 |
910 |
180 |
1059 |
7238 |
Note: X is a combination of "AU"
which are Australian callers who contacted GLASS by email only with no postcode given and "OS"
which stands for overseas. To date, the Global Lead Advice & Support Service (GLASS)
has handled email enquiries about lead from 62 countries with residents of at least 150
countries having visited our website - www.lead.org.au - see Appendix 6.
Table 4: Total Number
of Subjects in Report Period, by Category
Category |
Number of Subjects |
% of All Call
Subjects |
Environment |
2248 |
31.1% |
Health |
1859 |
25.7% |
Either |
3131 |
43.2% |
(Please see also Appendix 4 that shows a chart which combines
tables 3 and 4).
The NSW Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) requested that
we categorize the subjects of calls to our service at the beginning of the 3 year funded
period just ended (FY 2002-5). They had previously in 1997 requested that we collect
data on the subject of every call and defined for us a set list of subjects. Despite the
predominance of calls in the environmental category in all three years, and despite the
Environment Minister’s acceptance of the need for continued funding of the service
provided by Pollution Line staff and the rest of the DEC and Ministerial office staff, the
Acting Manager of Ministerial and Parliamentary Services in Mr Debus’s office
responded on 26 July 2005, to The LEAD Group’s request for an extension of the three
year $10,000 per annum grant, with advice that The LEAD Group should apply to the NSW
Environmental Trust which funds environmental education "projects rather than the
continuing administration of organisations." The Acting Manager presumably knew at
the time of writing that applications for Environmental Trust grants closed in June 2005
for this year so even if this option were successful it would see our service unfunded for
a period of some 15-18 months. We wonder how the Minister and DEC staff would perform and
how many would continue working if they were given no wages for 2 years and then had their
remaining budget taken away for at least 15-18 months.
Rural/Urban &
Male/Female Split of SA & NSW Callers
Of the 90 South Australian callers, 81 were from the Adelaide area
and 9 were rural, 42 were male, 38 female and 10 calls were with organisations.
Of the 2,182 NSW callers, 1,268 were within 10 kms of Sydney CBD, 568 in rest of
Sydney, 46 in Boolaroo area (Newcastle), 20 in Pt Kembla area, 11 in Broken Hill and 269
in the rest of NSW, 990 were female, 927 male, 238 organizations and 27 unknown (emails).
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