Amanda speaks with Radio Adelaide's Nicole Wedding about Trump's phone call with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Turnbull being found to have donated $1.75 million to election campaign, and a new Australian study says people shouldn't be working more than 39 hours a week if they want to protect their wellbeing.
Yesterday was Waitangi Day, the day we commemorate the signing of New Zealand's founding document the Treaty of Waitangi. Things were relatively quiet this year, although there was the issue of the media being banned from the lower Te Tii Marae, and the Prime Minister Bill English not showing up to Waitangi on the day. On Sunday, Vice New Zealand held a special panel discussion on Waitangi Day. Reporter Sam Smith went along and filed this report.
Amanda speaks with Radio Adelaide's Ineke Mules about Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull calling opposition leader Bill Shorten a ‘sycophant’ and ‘parasite’ who yearns for his own harbourside mansion, Australia pledging to ratify an international torture treaty, and the current heatwave.
This Monday, Prime Minister Bill English made an assertion that employers are struggling to hire New Zealand workers due to a large numbers failing drug tests in their applications. Although he admitted the evidence was anecdotal, he said it partly helped to justify record immigration numbers. 95bFM’s Adam Jacobson speaks to Council of Trade Unions president Richard Wagstaff about the topic.
This week on Dear Science, we have AUT’s Allan Blackman joining us to talk about some of the latest in science news. He talks to Ximena about a new test in Canada that reveals how much urine is really in public pools, a false alarm to evacuate a Hastings school earlier this week, and also about the tragic return of New Zealand prime time television show, Sensing Murder.
Prime Minister Bill English's surprise announcement that National will drop a key policy of the last election drew criticism from across party lines. English claimed increasing life expectancy means, by 2040, retirement at 65 is an luxury New Zealand can no longer afford. bfm producer Ben Goldson speaks to NZ SuperFund's Chief Investment Officer to gain a better understanding of how it all works.
95bFM reporter Amanda Jane Robinson speaks to Green Party co-leader James Shaw about some of Prime Minister Bill English's comments over the past weekend regarding abortion law reform and potentially shortening jail sentences for prisoners who pass literacy programmes.
95bFM reporter, Tess, speaks with Radio Adelaide's Nicole Wedding about changes to the Racial Discrimination Act, former prime minister Tony Abbott's confidence about a push for a postal ballot on same-sex marriage, and staff at one of Australia's busiest airports setting up camp and sleeping at work.
95bFM reporter, Tess, speaks with Radio Adelaide's Nicole Wedding about the impact of Cyclone Debbie, Former Prime minister Julia Gillard being named as the new chair person for mental health support group Beyond Blue, and the thriving quokka population on Rottnest.
This week, Ximena speaks to Andrew about how the Privacy Commissioner John Edwards has slammed the government’s plan to get community groups to hand over clients’ private details, Health Minister Jonathan Coleman’s responsibility in the recent typhoid outbreak, and about how the Prime Minister has ruled out the chance of launching an independent inquiry into the 2010 SAS Afghanistan raid.
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