Carr calls on travellers to be responsible February 22, 2013 - 4:36AM Foreign Minister Bob Carr has called on Australian travellers to "take personal responsibility," saying the government should not be viewed as their 'nanny'. I think personal responsibility comes in here. We can't be your nanny when you come abroad," Senator Carr told a media conference in Bangkok at the end of two-nation regional visit to Laos and Thailand. "Australians have to accept personal responsibility," he said. "There are all sorts of risks when you travel and the laws not of Australia but those of the country you're in apply when you're a tourist or a business person travelling," he said. Senator Carr's comments came after reports of another Australian death in Laos. Twenty-one-year-old Launceston man Chris Horrocks died on Wednesday. Horrocks' death, so far unexplained, follows the deaths in Laos in recent weeks of two Australian men, both from Darwin, who were reported to have perished from drug overdoses. But recent data from the Department of Foreign Affairs reported that in the year to June 30, 2012, the number of consular cases had fallen to 14,574, half the levels of 27,861 in 2008-09. "There's one message I've got and that's personal responsibility," the minister said. "The Australian taxpayer can't assume the huge burden of looking after you when you go overseas," he said. Senator Carr says for many travellers who do end up in trouble, many have ignored DFAT warnings. "The warnings are issued but in many of these deaths it's clear that warnings carry little weight," he said.