26 June 2024

On FOCAL POINT:

• Paul Brown, from audio described Aotearoa, and Brad Cohen, General Director for New Zealand Opera, with the world's first use of refreshable braille displays for readers to access surtitles for NZ Opera. To find out more go to: https://nzopera.com/whats-on/accessibility/
• Tammy Franks, Greens spokes-person for Disability in South Australia, talked about the amendments to the Disability Inclusion Bill passed last week wee by the SA Upper House.
• Meredith Prain, National Head of Research and Centre of Excellence Deaf Blind, about deafblind awareness week; and the meeting and "yarn bombing" of 3 politicians on the steps of parliament house in Victoria.  Find out more here: https://ableaustralia.org.au/  https://visionaustralia.org/ https://www.chargesyndrome.org.au/ or  https://usherkidsaustralia.com/ and https://deafblindvictoria.com/
• Phil Vandepeer, co-founder and co-presenter for Focal Point, paying a short tribute to the Late Michael Wehr; commenting on deafblind awareness week; the State Budget and more.

Focal Point goes to air every Wednesday night at 7pm in Darwin and Adelaide. 

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