Medical ID tag bracelets have gone digital, with the addition of QR codes for the first time in Australia. A simple scan will show extensive patient information and provide health professionals access to critical personal health records in seconds.

Australian MedicAlert Foundation has collaborated with South Australian paramedics, launching the new national QR Code ID service in SA yesterday.

So, what information will be made available to medical professionals with a single scan?

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Featured In Story: Christopher Radbone CEO, Australian MedicAlert Foundation

First aired on The Wire, Thursday 27 July 2023

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A new report between Curtin University and the University of Sydney has investigated the mental health and wellbeing of healthcare workers.

Around 40% of participants say their job is emotionally demanding, while 22% report high levels of work-related burnout. Additionally, workers between the ages of 16-24 report higher rates of poor mental health.

The Wires contributor from RTRFM Fiona Bartholomeaus asked John Curtin Distinguished Professor at the Future of Work Institute, Sharon Parker how the research came about..

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Featured In Story: Sharon Parker John Curtin Distinguished Professor at the Future of Work Institute Curtain University , and

First aired on The Wire, Thursday 27 July 2023

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Researchers say that by 2050 its predicted that no fluent speakers of First Nations languages will remain if language preservation is not tackled head on

With the powerful aim of reclaiming and reinforcing indigenous language First Nations artists along with researchers from Deakin university and University of Melbourne have produced a new album Gunditjmara Alive, celebrating Gunditjmara language through song and music.

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Featured In Story: Dr Vicki Couzens community linguist and proud Keerray Wooroong Gunditjmara woman, and

First aired on The Wire, Thursday 27 July 2023

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This week, the Australian International Documentary Conference will kick off its second Regionality Cairns event for film and documentary makers in remote Australia.

The goal is to provide tools for pitching film ideas and share industry knowledge.

The Wires Eduardo Jordan asked CEO and Creative Director of Australian International Documentary Conference Natasha Gadd, more about the aim of Regionality Cairns

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Featured In Story: Natasha Gadd CEO and Creative Director of Australian International Documentary Conference, and

First aired on The Wire, Thursday 27 July 2023

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The Ozanam Learning Centre (OLC) at Woolloomooloo in Sydney sits right beside the Matthew Talbot hostel and both institutions help people with nowhere else to turn.

Activities Co-Ordinator Omar Abibin has pulled together people who thought they would never be able to join a band or perform a song, and they have written and recorded an album.  The OLC Music Collective are participants of the OLC music program who have formed a band and will launch Alternate Voices at the factory theatre Marrickville tomorrow.

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Produced By: Roderick Chambers

Featured In Story: Omar Abibin OLC Activities Coordinator

First aired on The Wire, Wednesday 26 July 2023

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After leading his Wagner armoured column toward the Kremlin, Yevgeny Prigozhin who appeared to be taking on Vladimir Putin has not been seen.

Radical reversals of positions from both men and the intervention of Belarus president Aleksandr Lukashenko seem to just further deepen the mystery but the question remains : Where is Yevgeny Prigozhin?

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Featured In Story: Associate Professor Matthew Sussex Academic Director at the National Security College ANU

First aired on The Wire, Wednesday 26 July 2023

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A recent study found that the services available to former inmates in Australia struggle to access services that are supposedly made available to them post-release.

The inaccessibility of these services leads to greater recidivism and reincarceration, a social and economic harm to the broader community.

Experts are calling on the government to overhaul the system and emulate systems that have been used overseas.

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Featured In Story: Dr Carla Treloa Scientia Professor Centre for Social Research in Health Social Policy Research Centre University of New South Wales

First aired on The Wire, Wednesday 26 July 2023

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Heatwaves and fires have killed many across Europe, as tourists and locals confront the reality of climate change in real time.

Tourism broadly across the world is set to change as a result of the climate crisis, impacting the habitability of former favorite tourist spots.

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Featured In Story: Dr Johanna Loehr Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Griffith Institute for Tourism Griffith University

First aired on The Wire, Wednesday 26 July 2023

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This week National Pain Week kicked off, raising awareness about chronic pain and the treatments to alleviate it.

Most chronic pain issues are related to musculoskeletal conditions such as arthritis.

While there are more treatments for chronic pain, there are still social barriers to manage and live with the condition.

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Featured In Story: Professor Rachelle Buchbinder Director of the Department of Clinical Epidemiology at the Monash University School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine

First aired on The Wire, Tuesday 25 July 2023

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The debate over sugary drinks has resurfaced, with a study showing a tax on sweetened beverages could prevent more than half-a-million dental cavities.

Three Victorian universities collaborated in the study, which found a 10 year tax on sugary drinks would save more than 42 million dollars in tooth decay prevention and millions of dollars more in preventing premature death or disability.

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Featured In Story: Tan Nguyen PhD candidate from Monash School Of Public Health and Preventative Medicine and oral health therapist

First aired on The Wire, Tuesday 25 July 2023

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In Kalgoorlie, Western Australias Indigenous Affairs Minister Tony Buti presented the Goldfields Aboriginal Language Centre with a grant this week.

The Minister presented the centre with almost $130,000 to run the Decolonising Western Australian First Nations Languages Conference in October. 

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Featured In Story: Susan Hanson Manager from the Goldfields Aboriginal Language Centre, and Jack Sullivan Exchange student from Yale University in Australia

First aired on The Wire, Tuesday 25 July 2023

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When a family member or a close friend passes away, its a difficult task to dimension, but its even bigger when a person is killed in different circumstances.

The media often plays a role in sharing the stories of families whose loved ones have been killed, but not all stories are shared equally.

So whats the medias role in this issue?

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Featured In Story: Associate Professor Sarah Wayland Discipline Lead Social Work Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of New England

First aired on The Wire, Tuesday 25 July 2023

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