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ME/CFS AUSTRALIA (SA) INC
Registered Charity 698
Mailing address:
GPO Box 383,
Adelaide,
South Australia 5001
Office:
266 Port Road,
Hindmarsh,
South Australia 5007
Ph: (08) 8346 3237
('834 MECFS')
Office Hours:
Wednesdays, 10am-3pm
Support Line:
(Mondays and Thursdays,
10am-3pm)
Ph: (08) 8346 3237
SA country callers:
Ph: 1300 128 339
(local call)
FIBROMYALGIA HELP: Contact Fibromyalgia SA at the Arthritis Foundation of SA 118 Richmond Road, Marleston 5033 Ph: (08) 8379 5711 |
ME/CFS Australia (SA) Inc supports the needs of sufferers of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and related illnesses. We do this by providing services and information to members.
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Disclaimer
ME/CFS Australia (SA) Inc aims to keep members informed of the various research projects, diets, medications, therapies etc. All communication, both verbal and written, is merely to disseminate information and not to make recommendations or directives.
Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed on this Web site are not necessarily the official views of the Society or its Committee and are not simply an endorsement of products or services.
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Electorates
Tuesday 28 August 2007
Member James Hackett has helped us to put together data on where our members are across the eleven SA electorates:
With that as a basis we’ve done further work. And, guess what: you are far from alone!! A lot of people in each electorate share your interest in ME/CFS issues and how the federal government might do more to deal with them.
| Electorate | Electorate enrolment* | Est. ME/CFS sufferers (i) | Est. Voters affected indirectly (ii) | Total voters (sufferers + indirectly affected) | Electorate area (km2) | Liberal Party % | Labor Party % | Seat status | Demographic | Member | |
| Adelaide | 95,060 | 585 | 1,756 | 2,341 | 75 | 49 | 51 | Marginal Labor | Inner metro | Ellis, K | |
| Barker | 100,934 | 621 | 1,864 | 2,486 | 64,015 | 70 | 30 | Safe Lib | Rural | Secker, P | |
| Boothby | 95,339 | 587 | 1,761 | 2,348 | 123 | 55 | 45 | Marginal Lib | Outer metro | Southcott, A | |
| Grey | 97,291 | 599 | 1,797 | 2,396 | 904,881 | 64 | 36 | Safe Lib | Rural | Wakelin, B | |
| Hindmarsh | 98,594 | 607 | 1,821 | 2,428 | 73 | 50 | 50 | Marginal Labor | Inner metro | Georganas, S | |
| Kingston | 94,131 | 580 | 1,739 | 2,318 | 377 | 50 | 50 | Marginal Lib | Outer metro | Richardson, K | |
| Makin | 93,908 | 578 | 1,734 | 2,313 | 115 | 51 | 49 | Marginal Lib | Outer metro | Draper, T | |
| Mayo | 91,418 | 563 | 1,689 | 2,251 | 9,190 | 64 | 36 | Safe Lib | Rural | Downer, A | |
| Port Adelaide | 97,707 | 602 | 1,805 | 2,406 | 253 | 37 | 63 | Safe Labor | Inner metro | Sawford, R | |
| Sturt | 96,785 | 596 | 1,788 | 2,384 | 84 | 57 | 43 | Fairly safe Lib | Inner metro | Pyne, C | |
| Wakefield | 90,756 | 559 | 1,676 | 2,235 | 6,155 | 51 | 49 | Marginal Lib | Rural | Fawcett, D | |
| TOTAL | 1,051,923 | 6,476 | 19,429 | 25,906 | 985,341 | ||||||
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figures update 19 June 2007 |
(i) |
an estimate (based on the 2005 Canadian Guidelines’ suggestion of 0.42% prevalence, while assuming that population distribution is directly proportionate to the electoral population distribution and assuming an overall population of 1,542,000 people) |
(ii) |
an estimate (being a 3:1 ratio of those indirectly affected to estimate sufferers) |
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