Sunshine state & missing children. What's going on up there?

[Spurious]

This is too weird for me to not want to say anything, but day after day there's another missing child report coming out of Queensland.
What on earth is going on up there?

Is the education system, or something else, annoying these kids to the point where they want to run away?, is bullying a major problem up there?, are parents no longer instilling the value of personal safety???
& it's a long shot, but is there seriously something in the water in QLD?

IMO ever since the Daniel Morcombe incident, I would have thought that every parent in the state would have worded out their kids regarding staying safe & keeping in contact with their parents.
Yet here we are, today I just read yet another story of a missing boy last seen at his school.
Unrelated, but check this out (log in to view): https://www.facebook.com/search/top/...0missing%20boy

It seriously begs the question, what is going on up there?

[Spurious]

Furthermore, what ever happened to the "Identikid" program?

I remember seeing a temporary stand in a mall in Canberra when I was a kid, where parents could pay a small nominal fee to have a photo ID of their kids made up.
That service would come into it's own in this modern time if you ask me.

I mean, what's the first thing that authorities want to know when someone goes missing?...."What's their name & what do they look like".

[Ford_The_Win]

The public services and infrastructure in QLD are rubbish - maybe it has something to do with the sheer size and terrain of the place. Having poor public services means people don't have access to the education and support they need to make informed choices and this contributes to a range of social problems. Even things like smoking, obesity, road trauma and alcoholism are more prevalent in QLD than they are in NSW or Vic.

[Spurious]

I'd say you're on the right track there in a way.

It's almost not worth starting this thread 'cause I know that these cases are all unrelated...I'd hope, but it seems to be happening with mind boggling regularity.

Now I am a single parent, so don't tell me I wouldn't know what it would feel like to have a missing child. Christ, that's my worst fear EVER & I think the first thing I'd do is vomit & pass out & not necessarily in that order!!

Fortunately most of these kids are found safe, but there's also a small number of kids that are still missing. It simply blows my mind to see that these supposed unrelated incidents & disappearances keep occurring.

[xxx000]

kids and adults have been going missing since time began. It's nothing new but things such as Facebook mean that far more people now hear about it so it may seem to you to be a growing trend but where's the evidence?

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by xxx000

so it may seem to you to be a growing trend but where's the evidence?

On Facebook, silly

OP, the FB link is broken.

[QLD-Bluey]

Maybe its a case of "What's going on down there"? by not reporting your missing or posting alerts online/ social media? We might be a bit more tech-savvy up here in the north compared to our southern neighbours?

[Spurious]

Originally Posted by QLD-Bluey

Maybe its a case of "What's going on down there"? by not reporting your missing or posting alerts online/ social media? We might be a bit more tech-savvy up here in the north compared to our southern neighbours?

Maybe the Northerners are quick to panic & report a "missing" person!

[Spurious]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

On Facebook, silly

OP, the FB link is broken.

Well I had to log on to see the link, but initially I just typed "missing Queensland children" into the search bar. Comes up with a string of previous news articles.

I agree that with the use of social media the general public do get to hear of more news stories.
QLD-Bluey, if you want to add something to this thread, think harder!
(There's always one who has to turn a thread into a personal jab)

[TheSneakiness]

I've heard it's a social media game to see how much "news" and police time they can waste.

And I believe it as a girl has gone "missing" 4 times in the last 2 weeks.

[Spurious]

Originally Posted by Rapid_Axe

I've heard it's a social media game to see how much "news" and police time they can waste.

And I believe it as a girl has gone "missing" 4 times in the last 2 weeks.

Are you serious?...'cause I actually had that same thought.

The idea being that the kids are, or indeed might be crying wolf just to see how much attention they can get on social media.
Having said that, in no way am I trying to detract from the seriousness of those cases where kids have in fact disappeared.

[GasoLane]

I'd say that unless it was on an Official Police FB page treat it as someone's late home from the corner store.

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

I'd say that unless it was on an Official Police FB page treat it as someone's late home from the corner store.

Reminds me of one of my mates, was out on his 30 acre property, then started talking to the neighbours and got invited inside and spent the day there without telling anyone.

Then the police rocked up looking for him as his family started freaking out wondering where he went missing to

[LG17]

Queensland is no better and no worse than any other state or territory in Australia for missing kids of all kinds. You do probably hear more than some other states as ever since young Daniel's disappearance people are more aware of the 'should be dead ****wits' out there and will gladly share and follow missing kids stories.
It's a case of everyone wants to help in some way.

[Blue Shadow]

Originally Posted by Ford_The_Win

The public services and infrastructure in QLD are rubbish - maybe it has something to do with the sheer size and terrain of the place. Having poor public services means people don't have access to the education and support they need to make informed choices and this contributes to a range of social problems. Even things like smoking, obesity, road trauma and alcoholism are more prevalent in QLD than they are in NSW or Vic.

Originally Posted by Spurious

Furthermore, what ever happened to the "Identikid" program?

I remember seeing a temporary stand in a mall in Canberra when I was a kid, where parents could pay a small nominal fee to have a photo ID of their kids made up.
That service would come into it's own in this modern time if you ask me.

I mean, what's the first thing that authorities want to know when someone goes missing?...."What's their name & what do they look like".

Your right, 30 years of **** poor govt and do gooders. No disipline no responsibility no respect, some parents dont give a toss and governments allow it.

[Spurious]

What was I saying...

https://www.facebook.com/topic/Robin...39049125676776

...&...https://www.facebook.com/topic/Boond...39049125676776

[LG17]

It's your perception that is skew wiff.
Currently the missing persons list is:
NSW 90
Qld 56
Vic 55
WA 55
SA 33
Tas 30
NT 23
ACT 7

[Blue Shadow]

Originally Posted by LG17

It's your perception that is skew wiff.
Currently the missing persons list is:
NSW 90
Qld 56
Vic 55
WA 55
SA 33
Tas 30
NT 23
ACT 7

Thats shocked me. Thats alot of missing people, no matter what state. There would be more not reported too

[QLD-Bluey]

Originally Posted by LG17

It's your perception that is skew wiff.
Currently the missing persons list is:
NSW 90
Qld 56
Vic 55
WA 55
SA 33
Tas 30
NT 23
ACT 7

@ Spurious!!

[Spurious]

Originally Posted by QLD-Bluey

@ Spurious!!

I never said QLD had the highest rate of missing persons!

QLD-Bluey

[Blue Shadow]

Look at it by population NSW 7,544,500 QLD 4,740,900
QLD is up there with NSW. Any all states are to high

[LG17]

Originally Posted by Spurious

I never said QLD had the highest rate of missing persons!

QLD-Bluey

No but all the links you have provided (bar one from memory) are about adults.

[Ben73]

Originally Posted by LG17

It's your perception that is skew wiff.
Currently the missing persons list is:
NSW 90
Qld 56
Vic 55
WA 55
SA 33
Tas 30
NT 23
ACT 7

Going off that WA, NT and Tas have pretty high numbers compared to their population.
I understand WA and NT being huge and remote. Not sure about Tas though.

[SYZ]

Originally Posted by LG17

It's your perception that is skew wiff. [...]

Can you tell me where you got your figures from please?

According to the Australian Federal Police—Missing Persons in Australia (2008) site, these are the figures by state:

ACT
1,078

NSW
9,788

NT
431

QLD
5,768

SA
4,915

TAS
207

VIC
5,584

WA
2,517

TOTAL 30,288

Note that these figures represent reports made to state police forces, and are NOT necessarily actual missing persons.

Out of the estimated 30,000 missing persons reports, 20,000 are under the age of 18. It's to be noted that there remains more than 1,600 missing persons in Australia who are listed as long-term missing, that is, missing for more than six months. In Australia an estimated 35,000 people are reported missing each year compared with 220,000 in the United Kingdom and 16,000 in New Zealand. The rate of missing persons in Australia is 1.7 per 1,000 people.

[LG17]

Um, this is 2016...

[LG17]

http://www.missingpersons.gov.au/