This week is National Blood Donor Week, raising awareness on how critical it is to give blood to save lives.

For a critical paramedic, every second counts, and immediate access to blood products allows the frontline workers to save lives. But blood is usually not readily available. 

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Featured In Story: Dr Sonja Maria Associate Head of School in Paramedicine at Charles Sturt University and emergency healthcare professional

First aired on The Wire, Friday 16 June 2023

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Its not news the cost of living in Australia is affecting everyone with rising inflation and interest rates and a slow economic growth.

But now some experts are warning Australia is heading towards a recession. Is this something we need to worry about?

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Featured In Story: Dr Daniel Kiely Economist from the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre

First aired on The Wire, Friday 16 June 2023

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Recent studies from ISME Communications reveal that the rise of sea temperatures are causing sea sponges to lose important microbes that lead to necrotic sponges.

Sea sponges play a crucial role in the coral reef ecosystem; they detoxify, collect bacteria and process chalcogens. Some species of sea sponges have even been wiped out in certain areas due to climate change impacting the sea temperatures, thus affecting certain species and climates of certain countries.

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Produced By: Bianca Mulheron

Featured In Story: Dr Emanuelle Botte Research Officer at the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of New South Wales

First aired on The Wire, Friday 16 June 2023

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Investigative journalist, Nicole Madigan was stalked for three years.

She tells her story in her new book, aptly titled Obsession.

Nicole deep-dives into the crime of stalking, why perpetrators stalk, the impact on victims and the barriers they face in Australia.

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Featured In Story: Nicole Madigan Investigative Journalist and Author of Obsession

First aired on The Wire, Friday 16 June 2023

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Homelessness in Australia continues to grow and remains a complex issue to fix.

But, organisations are trying to support homeless Australians with food and by raising awareness about the issue.

A group of young South Australians will walk for humanity this Sunday to raise funds to feed homeless Australians in Adelaide.

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Featured In Story: Ata Ul Hadi Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association West Adelaide Chapter President , and

First aired on The Wire, Thursday 15 June 2023

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Last week saw the end of a 10-year battle over the naming of Queenslands World Heritage listed Fraser Island now known as Kgari, officially restoring the name used by traditional owners for more than 60 thousand years.

Local Butchulla people and Australians nation-wide celebrated the landmark change, and the latest in several decades of re-naming events across Australia which acknowledge Indigenous heritage and connection to place.

However, place-name restoration is often a complex issue. So, what determines a place-name change and what can this mean in the broader intricacies of cultural significance?

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Produced By: Emma Wotzke

Featured In Story: Jamie Lowe CEO at National Native Title Council and proud Gundjitmara Djabwurrung man, Professor James Charles Director of First Peoples Health Unit Griffith University and proud Kaurna man, and

First aired on The Wire, Thursday 15 June 2023

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Today is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, and to mark the day, Aged and Disability Advocacy Australia launched an event in Brisbane.

This year, the organisation is focusing on elder abuse perpetrated by people who have been appointed under an Enduring Power of Attorney a grey area with very little information on how to act.

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Produced By: Eduardo Jordan

Featured In Story: Geoff Rowe CEO of Aged and Disability Advocacy Australia, and

First aired on The Wire, Thursday 15 June 2023

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Melbourne is hosting the first Metro Comic Con  with appearances from Tommy Flanagan, Vico Ortiz , Kim Coates, Katy OBrian, Brendan Fehr to name a few.

Indigenous Superhero Dark Hearts creators Scott Wilson and Benny Eggmolesse will also be there from the Indigiverse to mentor new artists and writers whos imaginations are stimulated by some of the adventures hero Adam Hart gets involved in.

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Featured In Story: Scott Wilson Co-Creator Dark Heart and Indigiverse

First aired on The Wire, Wednesday 14 June 2023

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Macquarie University researchers have developed a new glass chip, etched by 3D lasers which is essential to the creation of a 19-core optical fibre.  They  been working with Japanese, Dutch and Italian engineers and scientists on the invention.

A single 19 core fibre, the size of human hair, will be able to carry the equivalent of 17 million NBN home connections which will revolutionise communications between continents and countries.

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Featured In Story: Dr Simon Goss Macquarie University School of Engineering

First aired on The Wire, Wednesday 14 June 2023

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Feral deer are the biggest pest we have destroying saplings, distributing weeds and crowding out native animals like wallabies and kangaroos.  Australia is now home to six species of deer; fallow, red, chital, hog, rusa and sambar -In 1995, there were four populations of red deer in Australia in 2007, 65 red deer populations had been identified

Federal, state and territory governments are close to finalising a plan to coordinate efforts to eradicate the millions of feral deer damaging national parks and farmland in south east Australia.

The National Feral Deer action plan brings together new techniques and technology to control deer numbers, including game-changing thermal imaging technology and aerial shooting now being used in South Australia and Tasmania

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Produced By: Wendy Frew

Featured In Story: Andrew Cox, CEO Invasive Species Council of Australia

First aired on The Wire, Wednesday 14 June 2023

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Donald Trump was formally indicted in Miami for offences under the Espionage Act 37 charges in all.  He plead Not Guilty to all charges.

Most of the charges related to the holding of documents he took from the White House after he left for his Mar-a-Lago resort when he lost the 2020 election.  All documents relating to a Presidency by law goes to the National Archives and Records Administration and they referred the matter of missing documents to the FBI and Justice department.   There is a recorded conversation where Trump effectively skites that there are still documents in Mar-a-Lago.  Trump refuses to acknowledge this law and says he should be charged under the Presidential Records Act, but this is not his to choose.

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Featured In Story: Bruce Wolpe Fellow US Studies Centre at the University of Sydney

First aired on The Wire, Wednesday 14 June 2023

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The FIFA Womens world cup is just around the corner and as host nations, all eyes will be on Australia and New Zealand.

The Australian Womens football team, known affectionately as the Matildas have an abundance of talent at their disposal, and are one of the favourites to win the tournament.

Matildas players like Sam Kerr and Hayley Raso have gone on to become household names worldwide and will have high expectations for glory come July.

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First aired on The Wire, Tuesday, 13 June 2023

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The Commonwealth Bank of Australia recently learned a hard lesson about spam laws.

It was hit with a penalty 3.55 million dollars for their unlawful email practices.

This fine may look big on scale however for the profit braking bank this has not dented their wallet.

The bank has reported over five and half billion dollars in profit in the last half yearly quarter, which is up 15percent.

With interests higher than ever before and the cost of living unbearable, is the big bank getting off leniently?

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Produced By: Moemina Shukur

First aired on The Wire, Tuesday, 13 June 2023

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Bushfires, pandemic, floods and inflation, crises after crisis has seen a record number of people turn to lifeline for help.

Lifeline now takes four thousand calls and chats a day, sometimes pushing the service beyond its limits.

The helpline has now opened a brand new local call centre at Victoria University, in West Melbourne.

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First aired on The Wire, Tuesday, 13 June 2023

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On the wake of World Environment Day, new research released warns that as global temperatures rise deadly coral diseases are spreading and could become a common problem for reefs worldwide by the next century.

The study analysed coral health and disease, linking them to ocean temperature records.

Coral disease has tripled in the past 25 years and could reach higher numbers, if temperatures continue to rise.

Urgent action is needed to address climate change and protect coral reefs.

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Produced By: Moemina Shukur

Featured In Story: Samantha Burke, lead author of the study and PhD candidate at Monash University.

First aired on The Wire, Tuesday, 13 June 2023

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