Animals Australia has made fresh allegations about inhumane treatment of sheep being exported to the Middle East. But the Australian Livestock Exporters Council is adamant the industry has a future.

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Featured In Story: Mark Harvey-Sutton CEO of Australian Livestock Exporters Council

First aired on The Wire, Tuesday 27 June 2023

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An ongoing spat between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the head of The Wagner private military company Yevgeny Prihgozhin peaked last weekend when Wagner occupied the city of Rostov and threatened to move on Moscow.

At some point, during the chaos, Prihgozhin had a moment of clarity and turned his forces back, avoiding a civil conflict that he and his twenty-five thousand would most likely lose. Putin made a TV appearance earlier today calling the Wagner mercenaries patriots, but the Wagner leader is still in hiding.

At the beginning of this year, Wagner had fifty thousand troops and lost half of them in taking Bakhmut. Russia will need to find a way to use the remaining Wagner troops. Eight thousand of the total twenty-five thousand will be posted in Belarus, and the remaining seventeen thousand, it is predicted that they will be integrated into the regular Russian forces.

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Featured In Story: Dr Matthew Sussex, Senior Fellow at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, ANU., and Dr Alexey Muraviev, Associate Professor of National Security and Strategic Studies at Curtin University Perth

First aired on The Wire, Tuesday 27 June 2023

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Throughout June, the world celebrated the LGBTIQ+ Pride, and Australia is not the exception.

While metro areas like Sydney and Melbourne are well known to accept the LGBTIQ+ community, some regional areas dont have this luxury, and its more challenging because of the discrimination the community faces.

This month, the Queensland town of Gympie celebrated its first Pride.

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Featured In Story: Anna Brennan comedian and event organiser

First aired on The Wire, Tuesday 27 June 2023

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The Cancer Council of Victoria has released alarming new data revealing three times increase in tobacco smoking among 14 to 17-year-olds within a span of four years.

Teenagers are currently grappling with the challenge of quitting vaping and smoking.

This trial will require professional support from health practitioners such as Quitline, local pharmacists, and general practitioners who can help combat dependency.

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Featured In Story: Associate Producer Johnson George from Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Monash University

First aired on The Wire, Tuesday 27 June 2023

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An initiative run by and for people from asylum-seeking backgrounds is providing young asylum seekers living in Australia with essential access to education and employment opportunities. 

There are more than 25 million asylum seekers world-wide and around 30,000 people who fled their homes for safety and arrived by boat in Australia during 20122013. Most of these have remained in limbo despite ten years of living in Australia. These individuals have become known as the legacy caseload, and face significant barriers from policies aimed at deterring further asylum seekers. As a result, their access to social, economic and educational participation is severely restricted.

In response to these challenges, an initiative has been established by a group of asylum-seeking students in Australia, in collaboration with several citizens. 

Speaking with The Wires Aryana Mohmood about this initiative was Secretary and Project Manager with the Hope Co-operative and PHD Candidate from Monash Faculty of Education, Sally Morgan. 

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Featured In Story: Sally Morgan, Secretary and Project Manager with the Hope Co-operative and PHD Candidate from Monash Faculty of Education

First aired on The Wire, Monday 26 June 2023

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On the journey to net zero, communities around the world are coming to terms with their inevitable transition away from coal. 

This was the case in Coshocton, Ohio, where a coal-burning power plant was once the backbone of the local community. The plant was demolished in 2020, but in May of this year, the community gathered to pay their respects a funeral in the form of a play. The project was started by Ohio State Universitys School of Environment and Natural Resources, combining social science and fine arts to better understand the significant community impacts of moving away from coal. 

The Wires Mary-Kate Hannagan spoke to Dr Jeffrey Jacquet, Associate Professor of Rural, Environmental and Natural Resource Sociology at Ohio State University to learn more about the project.

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Featured In Story: Dr Jeffrey Jacquet, Associate Professor of Rural, Environmental and Natural Resource Sociology, Ohio State University

First aired on The Wire, Monday 26 June 2023

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Australia has had a complicated history with Indian Ocean territories, with such territories becoming areas for quarantine and detainment of asylum seekers. 

Some detainees, as we learn through harrowing accounts in Rene Pettitt-Schipps new book The Archipelago of Us, are held in centers for years, where they are mistreated, underfed and distressed. 

RTRFMs Danae Gibson chats with award-winning author Rene Pettitt Schipp about the release, her experiences on Christmas Island and the injustice of mandatory detention. 

Pettitt-Schipp remains optimistic for a fairer future.

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Featured In Story: Rene Pettitt Schipp, Award-winning author

First aired on The Wire, Monday 26 June 2023

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Mining experts say the world needs vast quantities of lithium, cobalt, copper, sand and other minerals for a sustainable net-zero world. At the same time, mining companies need to decarbonise their operations. But how can we ensure the demands for these minerals do not translate to environmental damage and negative impact on local communities? 

These are some of the many questions and topics of conversation at the World Mining Congress, held for the first time in Australia from today, Monday 26 June until this Thursday 29 June.  

Over 3,000 mining leaders, technologists, and researchers from 70 countries are meeting at the Congress, in a bid to share knowledge and provide insight on topics including mine closure and land repurposing in different contexts.  

Speaking with The Wires Aryana Mohmood about this Congress is Dr Mike Hood, Emeritus Professor at the University of Queensland and member of the Australian National Organising Committee that led the development of the program of speakers from around the world.

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Featured In Story: Dr Mike Hood, Emeritus Professor at the University of Queensland and member of the Australian National Organising Committee

First aired on The Wire, Monday 26 June 2023

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