Vision Australia Radio Interview Highlights
Vision Australia Radio Interview Highlights
The Vision Australia Radio Network incorporates ten community radio stations across Victoria, southern New South Wales, Adelaide and Perth. There are also five digital radio services available in the three metropolitan areas as VAR, VA Radio and IRIS. We offer a range of interesting and informative programs including readings from newspapers, magazines and books, interview and specialist programs…Follow the podcast:
Interview Highlight: Evan Ekin-Smyth The Voice Referendum
The Voice Referendum is coming up on Saturday October 14. Peter Greco chats with Evan Ekin-Smyth, Australian Electoral Commission Director of Media and Digital Engagement about the two step process necessary to register and vote. To register from 2nd October call: 1800 913 993 Or go to: Referend…
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New Victorian bowel screening campaign launches as screening rates decline
In this podcast, Kate Broun from Cancer Council Victoria drops by Vision Australia Radio to discuss the importance of bowel screening and an alarming decline in screening numbers. Consider the people you know in your life who are aged 50 or above, do they have the bowel screening test at home, wa…
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Superhero's fight Muscular Dystrophy .
Life Member of Muscular Dystrophy Australia, Boris Struk, drops by Vision Australia Radio to discuss National Superhero Week. Whether you’ve always wished to be Wonder Woman or fancied yourself as The Phantom, now is the prime time to join thousands of Aussies dressing up to do good for Muscular …
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Cook with Vision Australia Perth
Occupational Therapist Judy Wang chats to Vision Australia Radio's Gemma Sidney about Vision Australia Perth's upcoming cooking course in conjunction with Cockburn Integrated Health. The course commences on 4 October and is open to people aged 65+ who are blind or have low vision. For more informa…
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Vision Australia's Trek for Vision: Vaughan Roles
Vaughan Roles is taking part in Vision Australia Trek to New Zealand. Check out Vaughan on Instagram vaughan.adventures or find out more about the Trek here: https://inspiredadventures.com.au/event/trekforvision-newzealand-2024/
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Wayne Speers from Yarra Trams
Sam is joined by Wayne Speers from Yarra Trams to speak about a new app that is being trialed on the Melbourne tram network. The app is called Navilens, and it's designed to help passengers who are blind or have low vision to make their way around the network safely and accessibly, and provide th…
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Sally Karandrews, CEO of Blind Citizens Australia
Sam speaks with CEO of Blind Citizens Australia, Sally Karandrews, as she prepares to move on from her time at BCA to pursue an exciting new academic opportunity to further improve practices and structures for people with disabilities in the business sector.
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Milos from Kikiriki Games
Sam recently caught up with Milos, a software developer from Kikiriki Games who have released a new accessible trivia game, Brave Brain. Brave Brain features audio description and screen reader capabilities for people who are blind or have low vision to play on their mobile devices.
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Daniel Ong, Vision Australia’s inaugural Charity Golf Day
Vision Australia’s inaugural Charity Golf Day is coming, and you’re invited! Come along to Kew Golf Club for an 18-hole competition, enjoy a post-game function with former pro Mark Allen & a beat the pro competition with Rio Olympic games golf coach, Daniel Ong, $15,000 worth of prizes are up for…
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Katie Levine, Art Against Ageism competition
Katie Levine is marketing manager at Australian Multicultural Community Services (AMCS). They are a not-for-profit multicultural community care organisation based in Maidstone & Geelong, Victoria and have been supporting multicultural communities for 40 years. In this interview, Katie is joined by…
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