The Wire with Sara

This day in history goes back to 1967 for the entrance of Israeli troops into the city of Jerusalem in the Six Day War.

On The Wire for Thursday the 6th of June, we present you a large range of topics for your listening and learning; 

For Neighbourhood Watch, we were joined by Zoe Kounadis from Radio Adelaide to talk about the federal police raids on media broadcasters and also talk about the Reserve Bank cutting interest rates to a historic low.

95bFM reporter Isla Christensen also had the chance to talk to exhibition curator Todd Dixon about MOTAT’s new science exhibition.

Child Poverty Action Group Economic spokesperson Susan St John joins Olivia to talk about the shortcomings of the budget in terms of supporting low income families.

Producer Rahul talks to Dr Victoria Plekhanova a taxation expert from Massey University about a digital services tax in New Zealand.

And finally, Olivia talks to scientist Justin Chalker about new research discovering sulfur polymers as environmentally friendly plastic alternatives.

Tune into learn more. 

The government has proposed a digital services tax to collect tax from multinational companies based offshore but doing digital business in New Zealand. Rahul Makam talks with Massey University tax expert Dr Victoria Plekhanova to find out more.