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This week, telecommunications company Telstra suffered a major outage, leaving thousands of Australians unable to use their services such as mobile phones. The outage impacted Triple Zero calls and some small businesses using EFTPOS machines as well as public transport services in Victoria and New South Wales. But how can the risk be minimised when we depend a lot on telecommunications infrastructure? (Visited 5 times, 5 visits today) Download Audio

Got an idea for a story? Play Stop 00:00 04:51 Image Credit: Vlada Karpovich / Pexels New research reveals fewer than two in five elderly Australians aged 65 and over are taking Respiratory Syncytial Virus as a serious personal risk. Though most older Australians could identify one fact about RSV, only 5% correctly identified all seven true facts about this respiratory illness.

Got an idea for a story? Play Stop 00:00 00:00 Image Credit: Ron Hoekstra / Pixabay A national campaign by women’s health organisation Jean Hailes is working to normalise period conversations, removing shame, and empowering families through culturally diverse and multilingual resources. ‘Talking Periods’ is designed to address the systemic stigma that impacts the education, income, and health of many Australians.

Got an idea for a story? Play Stop 00:00 00:00 Image Credit: Supplied by Trust for Nature We continue celebrating NAIDOC week by looking back at the history, culture, and successes of First Nations communities. This year, a conservation course is celebrating its tenth anniversary on training First Nations students to become Rangers.

Got an idea for a story? Play Stop 00:00 07:41 Wikimedia-Commons-DrRandomFactor.png Powerful perspectives intersect for NAIDOC week, platforming this year’s theme: 50 Years of Deadly to highlight ongoing strength and courage within First Nations communities. For over 65 000 years our First Peoples have remained the oldest storytellers and custodians of the world’s longest living culture.

Got an idea for a story? Play Stop 00:00 04:40 Source- Pexel - Ron Lach Advocacy organisations are calling for Australian youth justice reform following a visit from international experts in judiciary transformation. The international delegation, who have overseen youth justice reform in New York, Spain, And Hawai’i, met with First Nations, community, and union leaders following a visit to Banksia Hill Detention Centre in Western Australia.

Got an idea for a story? Play Stop 00:00 00:00 Census staff member delivering forms to households. Australian Bureau of Statistics The Australian Bureau of Statistics will conduct the census across Australia on August 11 to have a snapshot of services and population across the country. For multicultural communities, there’s a support service to help them fill out the Census, and the information will give an insight of what’s needed across.

After 20 years of governing Palestine, Hamas has announced it will dissolve its government to make way for what’s commonly known as the US backed technocratic Palestinian committee. The Israeli Government has described this a stunt to avoid disarmament. Experts suggest Hamas are likely looking at the ideological and survival perspectives of the ceasefire, saying it could be up to other states in the region to unite for the reconstruction of Gaza. (Visited 3 times, 3 visits today)

Got an idea for a story? Play Stop 00:00 04:59 Shutterstock Asset id: 2050014671 Shark technology logo simple clean and elegant, Created by Travalgar21 After the shark attack that took place in Coogee on the 13th of June, The Minns Labor government announced expanding its investment in shark-spotting drone technology with a 34 million dollars boost. This bonus brings the Government’s total investment in the Shark Mitigation Program to more than $120 million over the next two years.

Got an idea for a story? Play Stop 00:00 00:00 Asset id: 1337769311 Australia and Indonesia flag, Created by Alexey Struyskiy Since Australia’s recognition of Indonesian independence following the Second World War, Australian-Indonesia relations have been important for both nations through trade, defence and education and range of other social activities.