A movement is arising, one which plans on abolishing current political and economic systems. The Zeitgeist Movement, which aims to remove the need for a monetary economy, and establish an economic model based upon the communal sharing of global resources. bFm Reporter Adam Jacobson spoke in studio with Coordinators of The New Zealand Zeitgeist Movement, Sam Mentink and Wiri Te-Moni about how the group plans on achieving this, and touched upon upcoming Z-Day events.
In a referendum in the weekend, Turkey chose to grant President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sweeping new powers. The country’s long-standing parliamentary system has been abolished in favour of an executive presidency, which will merge the roles of the president and the prime minister and could potentially keep Erdogan in office until 2029. Ximena speaks to Stephen Hoadley from the University of Auckland’s political studies department about the significance and meaning of the move.
This week, Ximena & Adam cover the historic pay increase for aged care workers, examine the recent re-election of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the sweeping new powers being granted to him; took a closer look at the newly released People’s Mental Health Review and spoke to a key organiser for the March for Science; a movement aiming to celebrate science as pillar of human freedom and prosperity in a world of anti-science politics. They are also joined by AUT's Allan Blackman for Dear Science; talking through controversial topics such as fluoride and alternative medicine.
Earlier this month saw the release of the People's Review of Mental Health, an intiative to gather qualitative data about what life is like for people involved in the mental health system. The review then used the data to make a number of recommendations for the Ministry of Health.
Two groups involved in the People's Review were advocacy group Action Station and the Public Service Assocation, producer Ben speaks to spokespeople from each.
Our weekly Thursday feature State of the States has returned! Jason Leopold has finished up with us, but we have some exciting new correspondents we'll be working with from WNYU News, which is the news department of New York University's radio station. This week, we hear from their news director Jacob Goldfisher, who spoke to our news director Ximena earlier today.
Hundreds of thousands of computers and networks worldwide are currently under attack from a devastating virus. Appropriately named WannaCry, the virus was first detected on Friday May 12th. Shortly after, the worm had gone global, infecting 230 thousand computers across 150 countries, with the highest profile victim being hospitals across Britain's National Health Service. 95bFM’s Adam Jacobson speaks to Professor Clark Thomborson, a cyber security expert at the University of Auckland, to find out the details behind WannaCry and how ransomware functions.
Tess speaks to National MP Jami-Lee Ross about the 2017 budget which was announced yesterday. They discuss healthcare funding, for mental health, and the critical responses to the budget. We also talk about whether the tax cuts target the higher earning income bracket and ignore lower income brackets.
A group who advocates for community mental health support workers has warned there may be an exodus if pay rates do not increase. Platform sez workers in the sector may move to the aged care and disability sectors, who are set to receive a pay increase between 15 to 50 percent on July First as part of a settlement that was reached early this year. Our reporter Katie Doyle spoke to Platforms CEO Marion Blake about the warning and her concerns with the current state of the Mental Health sector.
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