BLIND CITIZENS AUSTRALIA
New Horizons Radio Program on the Internet
New Horizons is Blind Citizens Australia's weekly 15 minute radio program.
It is broadcast on RPH stations
throughout Australia. For broadcast times and stations, check the
New Horizons Broadcast Schedule.
To listen to New Horizons over the Internet, you will need a PC with a sound
card and a media player such as Windows Media Player, Real Player or Winamp.
Blind Citizens Australia thanks
Audio-Read
for providing web space for storage of the New Horizons programs. Audio-Read
are developers of a secure digital multicast system and patented portable
Audio Navigator for the delivery and playback of digital audio.
The dates shown below are for the Monday of the week in which the program
was first broadcast.
You can listen on-line, or download New Horizons
for later listening.
You can also listen to New Horizons on
ACB Radio World
and on
the Global Voice.
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Program 128: 8 March 2010
Scott Nixon speaks with Katrina Stewart, President of the Brisbane Branch of
Blind Citizens Australia. Scott also gives an update on audio described DVD's.
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Program 127: 1 March 2010
Scott Nixon speaks with Cheryl Pascual, President of Blind Citizens Australia,
who thanks members for their financial support, talks about accessible voting and
encourages members to contact her directly via the new email address president@bca.org.au.
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Program 126: 22 February 2010
Scott Nixon speaks with Robyn Gaile, Executive Officer of Blind Citizens Australia,
who gives an update of BCA activities. Scott also speaks with Renata Halusek about
the Beyond Vision theatre group for people who are blind or vision impaired.
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Program 125: 15 February 2010
Scott Nixon speaks with Jessica Zammit, Victorian Advocacy & Information Officer of
Blind Citizens Australia, about a survey of the experiences of taxi users with a disability
in Victoria, and with Rikki Chaplin about his idea for a CD of blind and vision impaired
performers.
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Program 124: 8 February 2010
Scott Nixon speaks with Bob Claffey of the Geelong and Districts Branch of
Blind Citizens Australia about their Pizza, Policy and Plonk Night.
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Program 123: 1 February 2010
Scott Nixon speaks with Bruce Ind, Director of Blind Citizens Australia and
Chair of the Finance Committee, and with Jenny Dawson, President of
the National Women's Branch.
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Program 122: 25 January 2010
Scott Nixon speaks with Robyn Gaile, Executive Officer of Blind Citizens Australia,
who outlines the priority issues for BCA during 2010, including audio description on
television, way finding in premises, updating the BCA website and developing a
BCA fund raising strategy.
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Program 121: 18 January 2010
Jessica Zammit speaks with Amy Baillie about the "Seeing It Our Way" project.
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Program 120: 11 January 2010
Scott Nixon speaks with Judith Killen, who tells of her experiences of audio description
at a live theatre performance.
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Program 119: 4 January 2010
Scott Nixon reviews some audio described DVD's, speaks with Jenny Hockings,
a first time attendee at a Blind Citizens Australia convention and with Robyn Gaile,
Executive Officer of Blind Citizens Australia, who looks back on achievements
during 2009.
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Program 118: 28 December 2009
The Convention presentation by Jordie Howell at the session entitled
Blindness and Beyond with a positive attitude.
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Program 117: 21 December 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with Rick Kakol, the new President of the
Geelong and Western Districts Branch of Blind Citizens Australia.
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Program 116: 14 December 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with Wayne Hawkins, National Policy Officer of Blind Citizens Australia,
about the BCA hospital policy and electronically assisted voting, and Jessica Zammit
speaks with Bob Claffey of the Geelong and Western Districts Branch about
silent vehicles.
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Program 115: 7 December 2009
Robyn McKenzie speaks with Cheryl Pascual, the new President of Blind Citizens Australia,
and with Jody Holdback, the National Advocacy Officer.
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Program 114: 30 November 2009
The Convention presentation by Renee Williamson at the session entitled
Blindness and Beyond with a positive attitude.
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Program 113: 23 November 2009
Part 2 of the Convention Keynote Address by Dr Marc Maurer, President of
the National Federation of the Blind, USA.
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Program 112: 16 November 2009
Part 2 of the opening address at the BCA National Convention 2009 by the
Honourable Bill Shorten, Parliamentary Secretary for Disability and Children's Services,
and part 1 of the Convention Keynote Address by Dr Marc Maurer, President of
the National Federation of the Blind, USA.
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Program 111: 9 November 2009
Part 1 of the opening address at the BCA National Convention 2009 by the Honourable
Bill Shorten, Parliamentary Secretary for Disability and Children's Services.
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Program 110: 2 November 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with Cheryl Pascual, Vice President of Blind Citizens Australia,
who looks back on the BCA National Convention, and with Sal Truscello of Centrelink
about changes to pension payments.
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Program 109: 26 October 2009
Faaolo Utumapu speaks with Bruce Maguire, Chair of the Australian Braille Authority,
about the Braille on Manly Beach project.
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Program 108: 19 October 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with Stefan Slucki, President of the Adelaide Branch of
Blind Citizens Australia.
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Program 107: 12 October 2009
Scott Nixon introduces Faaolo Utumapu, and Faaolo speaks with Ted Thomas,
newly elected president of the Albinism Fellowship of Australia.
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Program 106: 5 October 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with Jessica Zammit, Victorian Advocacy & Information Officer
of Blind Citizens Australia about the Blind Citizens Australia State Advisory
Committee - Victoria, and with Imogen Yang about audio description.
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Program 105: 28 September 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with Cheryl Pascual, Vice President of Blind Citizens Australia,
with an update on preparation for the National Convention and with Frank Hall-Bentick
about the Australian Disabilities and Indigenous Peoples Education Fund.
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Program 104: 21 September 2009
Because of technical difficulties at the time of recording, this week's program is a
repeat of program 98.
Robyn McKenzie speaks with Dr Siyat Abdi, a blind academic, who tells us about himself and his struggles to gain residency in Australia.
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Program 103: 14 September 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with Wayne Hawkins, National Policy Officer of Blind Citizens Australia,
about electoral matters and with Jody Holdback, National Advocacy Officer of Blind Citizens
Australia, about the BCA advocacy role.
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Program 102: 7 September 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with the candidates for election to the Blind Citizens Australia
National Policy and Development Council. They are Lisa Hayes, Dr Joyce Jones,
Bill McKennariey, Paul Price and Katrina Stewart.
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Program 101: 31 August 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with the candidates for election to the Blind Citizens Australia Board.
They are Stephen Belbin, Laurie Grovenor, Greg Madson and Vaughan Roles.
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Program 100: 24 August 2009
In this 100th program of New Horizons, Scott Nixon and Robyn McKenzie speak
with Michael Kelly, the technical producer. Scott and Robyn also reflect on the program's
highlights and there are messages of congratulations from members of the BCA Board.
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Program 99: 17 August 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with Cheryl Pascual, Vice President of Blind Citizens Australia,
about her recent trip to the United States to attend a course at the
National Federation of the Blind and also their National Convention.
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Program 98: 10 August 2009
Robyn McKenzie speaks with Dr Siyat Abdi, a blind academic, who tells us about himself and his struggles to gain residency in Australia.
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Program 97: 3 August 2009
Sue Hastie speaks with David Blyth, President and Robyn McKenzie, Executive Officer,
of Blind Citizens Australia about the upcoming elections for BCA Directors and
National Policy and Development Council representatives, and about the upcoming
National Convention.
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Program 96: 27 July 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with Jessica Zammit, Victorian Advocacy & Information Officer of
Blind Citizens Australia, about the survey of Victorian members of BCA and with
Sue Hastie, the new National Presenter of SoundAbout.
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Program 95: 20 July 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with Jody Holdback, National Advocacy Officer of
Blind Citizens Australia, about copyright issues and the implications for blind and
vision impaired readers.
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Program 94: 13 July 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with Wayne Hawkins, National Policy Officer of Blind Citizens
Australia, who tells us a little about himself and also talks about the
proposed harmonisation of disability parking permit schemes in Australia.
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Program 93: 6 July 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with Melissa Howe about her experiences as a person who is blind
and a new mum.
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Program 92: 29 June 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with Laurie Grovenor, Director of Blind Citizens Australia, about issues
for rural and regional members of BCA and with Tony Blackwood of Audio-Read.
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Program 91: 22 June 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with Wayne Hawkins, National Policy Officer of Blind Citizens Australia
with an update on electronically assisted voting and with Jody Holdback, National Advocacy
Officer, with an update on the "It's Our Turn Now" audio description
postcard campaign.
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Program 90: 15 June 2009
Jessica Zammit speaks with Suzanne Stephenson of the Victorian Transport Ticketing Authority
about the MYKI Public Transport Ticketing System currently being introduced throughout
Victoria.
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Program 89: 8 June 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with Ally Woodford of Media Access Australia about audio description
and with Robyn McKenzie, Executive Officer of Blind Citizens Australia, about the
BCA audio description postcard campaign.
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Program 88: 1 June 2009
Robyn McKenzie concludes speaking with Kevin Murfitt and Gerard Menses, the President
and the Chief Executive Officer of Vision Australia regarding their recent staff cuts.
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Program 87: 25 May 2009
Robyn McKenzie speaks with Kevin Murfitt and Gerard Menses, the President and the
Chief Executive Officer of Vision Australia regarding their recent staff cuts.
This is the first of a two part program.
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Program 86: 18 May 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with Jessica Zammit, Victorian Advocacy & Information Officer of
Blind Citizens Australia, about public transport access and with Geoff Shang about
the Global Voice, a new Internet radio station.
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Program 85: 11 May 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with Laurie Grovenor, Director of Blind Citizens Australia,
regarding Strategic Goal 4 of the BCA Action Plan - Foster a strong membership, and
With Robyn McKenzie, Executive Officer of Blind Citizens Australia, about
BCA volunteers, how to support BCA with your donation and with an update on plans
for the upcoming National Convention.
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Program 84: 4 May 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with Wayne Hawkins, National Policy Officer of Blind Citizens Australia,
about audio description and electronically assisted voting, and with Jody Holdback,
National Advocacy officer, about immigration issues.
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Program 83: 27 April 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with Faye Baxter, Administration and Memberships Officer of
Blind Citizens Australia about fund raising with the entertainment book and with
Peter Madden, President of the Geelong Branch about the upcoming Branch ball.
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Program 82: 20 April 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with Renee Williamson about Taekwondo and with Gisele Mesnage about
the companion card.
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Program 81: 13 April 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with Bernie Slagtman of Visual Independence about the ID Mate
talking barcode scanner and a grant program to make the unit available at a greatly
reduced price.
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Program 80: 6 April 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with Jody Holdback, National Advocacy Officer of Blind Citizens Australia
about the "It's Our Turn Now" campaign for audio description
in cinemas.
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Program 79: 30 March 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with Mark Tanner of ReadHowYouWant.com.
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Program 78: 23 March 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with Cheryl Pascual, Vice President of Blind Citizens Australia,
with an update on plans for the National Convention and with Robyn McKenzie,
Executive Officer of Blind Citizens Australia, about concerns regarding electronic
voting and about the appointment of Wayne Hawkins as National Policy Officer for
Blind Citizens Australia.
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Program 77: 16 March 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with Greg Madson, Director of Blind Citizens Australia regarding
Strategic Goal 1 of the BCA Action Plan - Increase social and economic participation and
with Robyn McKenzie, Executive Officer of Blind Citizens Australia about
the Access to Premises Standards, a campaign for audio description and
bank ATM charges.
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Program 76: 9 March 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with Andrew Daly, Executive Director of
the Royal Society for the Blind of South Australia, about getting bush fire
information in an accessible format and with Cheryl Pascual, Vice President of
Blind Citizens Australia, about the upcoming Blind Citizens Australia National Convention
to be held in Brisbane.
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Program 75: 2 March 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with Jessica Zammit, Blind Citizens Australia's
Victorian Advocacy & Information Officer.
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Program 74: 23 February 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with Jon Torwick of Pacific Vision about assistance to people who
have lost equipment in the current bush fires and with Bob Curry about the
possible formation of a Men’s Branch of Blind Citizens Australia.
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Program 73: 16 February 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with Peter Granleese, the new President of the Canberra (ACT) Branch of
Blind Citizens Australia.
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Program 72: 9 February 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with Robyn McKenzie, Executive Officer of Blind Citizens Australia
about Access to Premises Standards.
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Program 71: 2 February 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with David Blyth, President of Blind Citizens Australia and with
Sue Hastie, Acting NSW Advocacy and Information Officer.
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Program 70: 26 January 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with Leah Hobson, National Policy Officer of Blind Citizens Australia,
prior to her leaving BCA to join the Australian Federation of Disability Organisations.
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Program 69: 19 January 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with Pat Stillman of the National Women's Branch of
Blind Citizens Australia about a cook book which the Branch is about to produce.
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Program 68: 12 January 2009
Robyn McKenzie speaks with Laurie Grovenor about her Disability Discrimination Act complaint
against a taxi driver who refused to take her with her dog guide.
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Program 67: 5 January 2009
Scott Nixon speaks with Pat Stillman and Rikki Chaplin about isolation and loneliness
(myth or reality) for people who are blind or vision impaired.
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Program 66: 29 December 2008
Robyn McKenzie and Scott Nixon reflect on what Blind Citizens Australia achieved during 2008
and look forward to what is planned for 2009.
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Program 65: 22 December 2008
Robyn McKenzie speaks with Christine Maple of Vision Australia about assistive
technology and upcoming focus groups. Scott Nixon also presents another review of
audio described DVD's.
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Program 64: 15 December 2008
Scott Nixon speaks with Robyn McKenzie, Executive Officer of Blind Citizens Australia,
about her recent trip to Papua New Guinea for the World Blind Union.
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Program 63: 8 December 2008
Scott Nixon speaks with Stefan Slucki, President of the Adelaide Branch of
Blind Citizens Australia.
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Program 62: 1 December 2008
Scott Nixon speaks with Jody Holdback, National Advocacy Officer of
Blind Citizens Australia, about what discrimination is and what we can do about it.
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Program 61: 24 November 2008
Scott Nixon speaks with David Blyth, President of Blind Citizens Australia and
Blind Citizens Australia's Executive Officer, Robyn McKenzie, regarding the decision by
Vision Australia to close its educational facility in Victoria.
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Program 60: 17 November 2008
Scott Nixon speaks with Leah Hobson, National Policy Officer for Blind Citizens Australia, about BCA's submission to the National Arts and Disability Strategy review. He also reviews some audio described DVD's.
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Program 59: 10 November 2008
Scott Nixon speaks with Rikki Chaplin, recently retired Director of
Blind Citizens Australia, and with Faye Baxter, Administration & Memberships Officer, about the BCA ID Card.
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Program 58: 3 November 2008
Scott Nixon speaks with Robert Altamore, past President of Blind Citizens Australia,
following his retirement from the Board after 23 years as a Director.
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Program 57: 27 October 2008
Scott Nixon speaks with Lauren Henley, the inaugural President of the newly formed Newcastle/Hunter branch of Blind Citizens Australia. Scott also reviews some audio described DVD’s.
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Program 56: 20 October 2008
Interviews with Leah Hobson, Blind Citizens Australia's National Policy Officer, about the recent one-off bonus pension payment and the Federal Government’s pension review, and with Frank Nowlan, retiring member of the Blind Citizens Australia Board.
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Program 55: 13 October 2008
Interview with Warwick Abrahams and Ross de Vent about research into diversity
in the community and how service organisations encompass diversity in their
service delivery.
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Program 54: 6 October 2008
Interview with Leah Hobson, Blind Citizens Australia's National Policy Officer, about
some recent policies and submissions.
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Program 53: 29 September 2008
Interviews with Cheryl Pascual, Vice President of Blind Citizens Australia and newly
elected President of the Brisbane Branch, about some Brisbane Branch activities and
the upcoming Queensland Convention, and with Scott Nixon about audio described movies.
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Program 52: 22 September 2008
Interviews with Stephen Belbin about the formation of the Newcastle Branch of
Blind Citizens Australia and with Cheryl Pascual about changes to the Blind
Citizens Australia Board.
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Program 51: 15 September 2008
Interviews with Peter Madden, President of the Geelong Branch and
Dale Simpson, President of the Melbourne Branch of Blind Citizens Australia, following
their Annual General Meetings, and with Leah Hobson, Blind Citizens Australia's
National Policy Officer about the Federal Government's pension review.
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Program 50: 8 September 2008
Congratulations from members of the Board of Blind Citizens Australia, celebrating the
50th edition of New Horizons and an interview with Robyn McKenzie, Executive Officer
of Blind Citizens Australia, about happenings at BCA and at the World Blind Union.
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Program 49: 1 September 2008
Interview with Maryanne Diamond, newly elected President of the World Blind Union and
with Robyn McKenzie, Executive Officer of Blind Citizens Australia.
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Program 48: 25 August 2008
Interview with Robyn McKenzie, Executive Officer of Blind Citizens Australia,
about the upcoming state conventions and changes to SoundAbout, plus more on
the BCA Annual General Meeting and elections for the BCA Board and
the National Policy and Development Council.
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Program 47: 18 August 2008
Interview with Cheryl Pascual, Vice President of Blind Citizens Australia, about
the upcoming BCA Annual General Meeting and elections for the BCA Board and the
National Policy and Development Council.
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Program 46: 11 August 2008
Interview with Stephen Belbin, who tells us a little about himself and plans for
the formation of a Branch of Blind Citizens Australia in the Newcastle-Hunter region of
New South Wales.
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Program 45: 4 August 2008
Interview with Leah Hobson, National Policy Officer of Blind Citizens Australia,
about hybrid cars, employment initiatives and captioning and audio description.
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Program 44: 28 July 2008
Interview with Chelsea Bartlett, who tells us about herself including her
involvement in Blind Citizens Australia.
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Program 43: 21 July 2008
Interview with Danny Keogh about the inaccessibility of many household appliances.
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Program 42: 14 July 2008
Interview with Melissa Howe, an expectant mother who is blind.
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Program 41: 7 July 2008
Interview with Beatrice Iezzi from the Centre for Eye Research Australia regarding
focus groups for research on a bionic eye.
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Program 40: 30 June 2008
Interview with Dr Kevin Murfitt about the World Blind Union and an article he has
written about hybrid cars entitled "Silent but Deadly".
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Program 39: 23 June 2008
Interview with Robert Spicer of Visual Independence about the ID Mate Omni
talking bar code scanner.
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Program 38: 16 June 2008
Address by the Hon Bill Shorten MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and
Children's Services, at the official opening of the new Blind Citizens Australia
Head Office.
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Program 37: 9 June 2008
Excerpts from the official opening of the new Blind Citizens Australia Head Office,
where we hear from Cheryl Pascual, BCA Vice President, David Blyth, BCA President and
Robyn McKenzie, BCA Executive Officer.
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Program 36: 2 June 2008
Interview with Robyn McKenzie, Executive Officer of Blind Citizens Australia, about
the opening of the new BCA head office and other matters.
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Program 35: 26 May 2008
Interview with Lisa Hayes, a member of the Sydney Branch of Blind Citizens Australia,
who tells us a little about herself and her experiences of audio-described movies.
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Program 34: 19 May 2008
Interview with Leah Hobson, National Policy Officer for Blind Citizens Australia,
about the impacts of the Federal Budget on people with disabilities, and
a brief review of two audio-described DBD’s.
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Program 33: 12 May 2008
Interview with Deirdre O’Donnell, the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman, and
with Robyn McKenzie, Executive Officer of Blind Citizens Australia, about
the official opening of the new Blind Citizens Australia head office and about
the 20th anniversary of the Computer Users Group.
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Program 32: 5 May 2008
Interview with Janelle Colquhoun, a woman with diabetes who is blind, is
awaiting organ transplants and who participated in the Australia 2020 Summit.
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Program 31: 28 April 2008
Interview with Jody Holdback, newly appointed National Advocacy Officer of
Blind Citizens Australia.
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Program 30: 21 April 2008
Interview with Frank Nowlan, Blind Citizens Australia Director with responsibility
for telecommunication issues and with Robyn McKenzie, Executive Officer of Blind
Citizens Australia about the office relocation and staff appointments.
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Program 29: 14 April 2008
Interview with Antoinette Botha, South African delegate to the 4th General Assembly
of the International Council on English Braille.
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Program 28: 7 April 2008
A review of the Doctor Who audio described DVD’s and an interview with David Blyth,
President of Blind Citizens Australia.
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Program 27: 31 March 2008
Interview with Robyn McKenzie, Executive Officer of Blind Citizens Australia.
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Program 26: 24 March 2008
Interview with Scott Nixon, the new co-presenter of New Horizons.
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Program 25: 17 March 2008
Interview with Amy Baillie, Committee Member of Young Blind Citizens Victoria,
about parenting as a blind or vision impaired person.
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Program 24: 10 March 2008
Interview with Rikki Chaplin, Blind Citizens Australia Director.
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Program 23: 3 March 2008
Interview with Di Francis, Convener of the Round Table on Information Access for People
with Print Disabilities conference to be held from 11 to 14 April, 2008.
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Program 22: 25 February 2008
Interview with Leah Hobson, National Policy Officer at Blind Citizens Australia, about
the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, about
public transport policy and about BCA’s policy on volunteer work.
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Program 21: 18 February 2008
Stephen Jolley speaks with Robyn McKenzie, Executive Officer of Blind Citizens Australia
about a conference she is attending on communicating emergency warnings. She also talks
about fund raising initiatives, visits with blindness agencies and other matters.
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Program 20: 11 February 2008
Interview with Laurie Grovenor, Blind Citizens Australia Board Member with responsibility
for regional and remote access issues.
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Program 19: 4 February 2008
Interview with Ross de Vent, a member of Young Blind Citizens Victoria and administrator of
an email list for blind and vision impaired people who are not heterosexual.
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Program 18: 28 January 2008
Interview with Jenny Dawson, President of the National Women’s Branch of
Blind Citizens Australia.
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Program 17: 21 January 2008
Interview with Maryanne Diamond, First Vice President of the World Blind Union.
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Program 16: 14 January 2008
Robyn McKenzie, Executive Officer of Blind Citizens Australia presents an update on
news from the BCA head office.
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Program 15: 7 January 2008
Interview with Lauren Hayes, President, Young Blind Citizens Victoria.
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Program 14: 31 December 2007
Convention presentation by Robyn McKenzie, Executive Officer of Blind Citizens Australia,
about where to from here for BCA.
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Program 13: 24 December 2007
Interview with Mick Curran, winner of a National Disability Award for his development of NVDA, a free screen reader program for blind and vision impaired computer users.
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Program 12: 17 December 2007
Convention presentation by Rebecca Maxwell on Non-Verbal Communication -
What are we missing?
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Program 11: 10 December 2007
Interview with Bob Claffey, member of the Geelong and Western Districts Branch of
Blind Citizens Australia, following the International Day of People with Disabilities.
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Program 10: 3 December 2007
Interview with Cheryl Pascual, Blind Citizens Australia’s new Vice President.
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Program 9: 26 November 2007
Convention presentation by Leah Hobson, Blind Citizens Australia’s National Policy Officer,
about the BCA Employment Position Statement, and an interview with Jessica Zammit,
Blind Citizens Australia’s Victorian Advocacy and Information Officer,
about the International Day of People with Disabilities.
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Program 8: 19 November 2007
interview with Aly Woodford from Media Access Australia about audio-described DVD’s
and a competition they are running, and an interview with Bridgette Jolley about
electronic voting.
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Program 7: 12 November 2007
Presentation of the Blind Citizens Australia National Women's Branch Aspirations Award
to Joan Heckman at the Blind Citizens Australia National Convention
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Program 6: 5 November 2007
Convention presentation by Graeme Innes, Human Rights Commissioner and BCA member,
who talks about how BCA has impacted on his life and the relevance of
disability discrimination legislation to BCA members.
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Program 5: 29 October 2007
Presentation of the David Blyth Award to Prof. Lorrie McCredie at the
Blind Citizens Australia National Convention
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Program 4: 22 October 2007
Interview with David Blyth, President of Blind Citizens Australia and
Robyn McKenzie, Blind Citizens Australia's Executive Officer,
following the Blind Citizens Australia National Convention
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Program 3: 15 October 2007
Interviews with David Blyth, President of Blind Citizens Australia and
Leah Hobson, Blind Citizens Australia's National Policy Officer
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Program 2: 8 October 2007
Interview with Barry Chapman, Director of Blind Citizens Australia with responsibility
for BCA communications
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Program 1: 1 October 2007
Interview with Robyn McKenzie, Blind Citizens Australia's new Executive Officer
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