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The weekly radio programme and podcast from Blind Citizens Australia, The united voice of Australians who are blind or vision impaired.

  1. 04/08/2025

    Episode 903 - Future of New Horizons - Broadcast Edition

    This week, John speaks with Vaughn Bennison, president of Blind Citizens Australia and former host of New Horizons. Vaughn outlines the long history of the program including some highlights of his nine-plus years' involvement, and discusses its future. Note, this is the Broadcast version.

    15 min

  2. 04/08/2025

    Episode 903 - Future of New Horizons, full version

    This week, John speaks with Vaughn Bennison, president of Blind Citizens Australia and former host of New Horizons. Vaughn outlines the long history of the program including some highlights of his nine-plus years' involvement with the program, and discusses its future. Note, this is the extended version.

    26 min

  3. 04/01/2025

    Episode 902 - Accessible Workplaces - Part ii

    This week we repeat episode 869 - concluding our two-part discussion of accessible workplaces. This program features Rebecca Clark and Damo McMorrow and comes from the Round Table on Information Access for people with print disabilities.

    15 min

  4. 03/25/2025

    Episode 901 - Repeat of 868

    This week's episode is a repeat of episode 868, focusing on accessible workplaces. This comes from the Round Table on Information Access for people with print disabilities.

    15 min

  5. 03/18/2025

    Episode 900 - the 2025 SPEVI Conference, part ii

    In this episode, we hear the second part of the extended conversation with Ben Clare. Ben continues his review of the recently held SPEVI conference.

    14 min

  6. 03/11/2025

    Episode 899 - SPEVI Conference, 2025

    This week John speaks with Ben Clare. In this first in a two program series, Ben discusses happenings at the conference of South Pacific Educators in Vision Impairment, held in Brisbane in January.

    15 min

  7. 03/04/2025

    Episode 898 - More on Guide Dog refusals

    This week we revisit the topic of Dog Guide refusals in Uber and other rideshare platforms. Paula Hobly recently announced that she had lodged a complaint against Uber with the Federal Court. Paula discusses the problem and what she's done to try to remedy it. We're also joined by Lee Kumutat, National Manager for policy and advocacy with Guide Dogs Australia. How significant is this problem and are there ways to make it easier for blind and vision impaired people who simply want to get to appointments on time?

    15 min

  8. 02/25/2025

    Episode 897 - Face to face Board meeting 2025

    In this week's episode, Graeme speaks with BCA President, Vaughn Bennison, about the recently held face to face meeting of the Board of Blind Citizens Australia. Find out what happened at the meeting and some interesting upcoming events where you might have your say.

    15 min
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The weekly radio programme and podcast from Blind Citizens Australia, The united voice of Australians who are blind or vision impaired.

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  • Creator
    Blind Citizens Australia
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2025
  • Episodes
    327
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2020 . All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    New Horizons