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GEELONGADVERTISER.COM.AU THURSDAY MAY 12 2016 NEWS 03 V1 - GATE01Z01MA Almost a third of residents do not feel safe in their own neighbourhoods. Respondents cited family violence, reports of which have risen by 30 per cent, drugs and alcohol as the biggest fear factors. This is a marked difference from 2010, when 48.4 per cent of Barwon people said they felt We don’t feel safe on streets, say residents Violent crime explosion safe walking alone after dark in their local area, according to the Social Atlas of Australia. The poll reflects recent police statistics that show calls for police help in Geelong had tripled from 33,000 in 2012 to 90,000 in 2015, with officers attending an “incident of harm” every four hours. Aggravated burglaries have climbed dramatically in the past 18 months and property crime has risen 33 per cent in the latest financial year. In our survey: A READER claimed to have been “assaulted by a group of refugees while in town”, and another cited an assault by a bikie gang. A WOMAN said she had been “confronted by an ice affected adult on a V/Line train”. Her attacker was, “angry, insulting and threatening”. TWENTY-seven per cent of people said they or someone they knew had experienced a drug or alcohol-fuelled assault. Chris Mackey, principal psychologist at Chris Mackey and Associates Psychology Services, said people were more likely to be aggressive if they felt alienated from others. Violent behaviour could lead to further social exclusion. “They will tend to lose friends and other relationships as a result of alienating others through the aggressive behav- iour,” Dr Mackey said. The risk for violent behav- iour was higher among youths. “Our brains do not fully mature until around the mid-20s, before which time people are more at risk of act- ing impulsively,” he said. Key factors to help victims overcome their assaults were acknowledgment and accept- ance, maintaining routine and social support. “Stay well connected with social networks, enjoy relationships with family, enjoy relationships with friends, and do activities you like doing,” Dr Mackey said. “There are a lot of advanta- ges in a regional setting for people to feel connected in their community.” Anyone experiencing personal difficulty should contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 KAITLYN WILSON UP to 13,000 Geelong people have been exposed to an assault in the past year, the Geelong Advertiser’s “Fair Go” survey has found. The poll of more than 800 readers found one in 20 people had witnessed assaults, includ- ing a mother who said her son was “king hit late one night in the CBD”. Another reader said a “brother was beaten up by a pack of drunk kids and couple of old men”. ELIZA SUM Bread fanciers are using their loaves ARTISAN bread is no stranger to the tables of Geelong with its popularity defying drops in bread sales across the globe. In the UK consumers have sliced 50 million loaves of bread from their supermarket shopping carts in the past year. But La Madre co-owner and Baking Association of Australia state committee member Tez Kemp said his Bell Park sourdough bakery was going strong. “The dropping sales can be credited to supermarket bread and that kind of thing, but what we’re experiencing is continual growth in the artisan style of bread,” he said. “Whether it’s cafes we’re supplying or catering companies and hotels, there’s still huge demand.” He said changing dietary habits prompted consumers to make wiser decisions about their choices. “From our particular point of view, people don’t eat as many carbs as they used to, or they’re more conscious of what they’re eating, so there are more people eating better quality bread,” Mr Kemp said. “People who are eating bread want to eat the good stuff.” Mr Kemp and his wife Anna Spurling this year mark their 10th anniversary since taking over the bakery in 2006. YUM: Bread lover Stephen Nardi indulges his passion at La Madre bakery. Picture: MITCH BEAR AMA to demand new government ends Medicare freeze DOCTORS will enter the fed- eral election campaign today, demanding the major parties end the six-year freeze on Medicare rebates and increase spending on public hospitals. The move by the Australian Medical Association coincides with its own election stoush. AMA president Professor Brian Owler’s two-year term ends this month and one of the two candidates for his job says the leadership is too left-wing. Today the AMA will warn patients they will have to pay to see a doctor, have a blood test or a scan unless the new government removes the freeze on Medicare rebates. “The freeze on MBS indexa- tion will create a two-tier health system, where those who can afford to pay for their medical treatment receive the best care and those who can- not are forced to delay their treatment or avoid it altogeth- er,” says the peak doctors’ group in its election manifesto to be launched today. Elective surgery queues would reach “dangerous lev- els” unless hospital funding were increased. The AMA also wants a national program to encourage exercise. Campaigning to replace Prof Owler in the top job are vice-president Steve Parnis, who says the AMA should not take sides in politics, and West Australian obstetrician Dr Michael Gannon, who wants it to work more closely with the Turnbull Government. He described the Medicare freeze as a “dagger in the heart of general practice”. EXCLUSIVE SUE DUNLEVY
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GEELONGADVERTISER.COM.AU THURSDAY MAY 12 2016 NEWS 03
V1 - GATE01Z01MA
Almost a third of residentsdo not feel safe in their ownneighbourhoods. Respondentscited family violence, reportsof which have risen by 30 percent, drugs and alcohol as thebiggest fear factors.
This is a marked differencefrom 2010, when 48.4 per centof Barwon people said they felt
We don’t feel safe on streets, say residents
Violent crime explosionsafe walking alone after dark intheir local area, according tothe Social Atlas of Australia.
The poll reflects recentpolice statistics that show callsfor police help in Geelong hadtripled from 33,000 in 2012 to90,000 in 2015, with officersattending an “incident ofharm” every four hours.
Aggravated burglaries haveclimbed dramatically in thepast 18 months and propertycrime has risen 33 per cent inthe latest financial year.
In our survey:A READER claimed to have
been “assaulted by a group ofrefugees while in town”, andanother cited an assault by abikie gang.A WOMAN said she had been“confronted by an ice affectedadult on a V/Line train”. Herattacker was, “angry, insultingand threatening”.TWENTY-seven per cent ofpeople said they or someonethey knew had experienced adrug or alcohol-fuelled assault.
Chris Mackey, principalpsychologist at Chris Mackeyand Associates PsychologyServices, said people were
more likely to be aggressive ifthey felt alienated from others.
Violent behaviour couldlead to further social exclusion.
“They will tend to losefriends and other relationshipsas a result of alienating othersthrough the aggressive behav-iour,” Dr Mackey said.
The risk for violent behav-iour was higher among youths.
“Our brains do not fullymature until around themid-20s, before which timepeople are more at risk of act-ing impulsively,” he said.
Key factors to help victims
overcome their assaults wereacknowledgment and accept-ance, maintaining routine andsocial support.
“Stay well connected withsocial networks, enjoyrelationships with family,enjoy relationships withfriends, and do activities youlike doing,” Dr Mackey said.
“There are a lot of advanta-ges in a regional setting forpeople to feel connected intheir community.”Anyone experiencing personal difficulty should contact Lifeline on 13 11 14
KAITLYN WILSON
UP to 13,000 Geelong peoplehave been exposed to anassault in the past year, theGeelong Advertiser’s “Fair Go”survey has found.
The poll of more than 800readers found one in 20 peoplehad witnessed assaults, includ-ing a mother who said her sonwas “king hit late one night inthe CBD”. Another reader saida “brother was beaten up by apack of drunk kids and coupleof old men”.
ELIZA SUM
Bread fanciers are using their loaves
ARTISAN bread is no stranger to the tables of Geelong with its popularity defying drops in bread sales across the globe.
In the UK consumers have
sliced 50 million loaves of bread from their supermarket shopping carts in the past year.
But La Madre co-owner and Baking Association of Australia state committee member Tez Kemp said his Bell Park sourdough bakery was going strong.
“The dropping sales can be credited to supermarket bread and that kind of thing, but what we’re experiencing is continual growth inthe artisan style of bread,” he said. “Whether it’s cafes we’re supplying or catering companies and hotels, there’s still huge demand.”
He said changing dietary habitsprompted consumers to make wiser decisions about their choices.
“From our particular point of view, people don’t eat as many carbs as they used to, or they’re more conscious of what they’re eating, so there are more people
eating better quality bread,” Mr Kemp said.
“People who are eating bread want to eat the good stuff.”
Mr Kemp and his wife Anna Spurling this year mark their 10th anniversary since taking over the bakery in 2006.
YUM: Bread lover Stephen Nardi indulges his passion at La Madre bakery. Picture: MITCH BEAR
AMA to demand new government ends Medicare freeze
DOCTORS will enter the fed-eral election campaign today,demanding the major partiesend the six-year freeze onMedicare rebates and increase
spending on public hospitals.The move by the Australian
Medical Association coincideswith its own election stoush.
AMA president ProfessorBrian Owler’s two-year termends this month and one of thetwo candidates for his job saysthe leadership is too left-wing.
Today the AMA will warnpatients they will have to payto see a doctor, have a bloodtest or a scan unless the newgovernment removes thefreeze on Medicare rebates.
“The freeze on MBS indexa-tion will create a two-tierhealth system, where those
who can afford to pay for theirmedical treatment receive thebest care and those who can-not are forced to delay theirtreatment or avoid it altogeth-er,” says the peak doctors’group in its election manifestoto be launched today.
Elective surgery queues
would reach “dangerous lev-els” unless hospital fundingwere increased.
The AMA also wants anational program to encourageexercise.
Campaigning to replaceProf Owler in the top job arevice-president Steve Parnis,
who says the AMA should nottake sides in politics, and WestAustralian obstetrician DrMichael Gannon, who wants itto work more closely with theTurnbull Government.
He described the Medicarefreeze as a “dagger in the heartof general practice”.
EXCLUSIVESUE DUNLEVY
