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Our text-to-radio service features readings from all the top Australian and international daily newspapers, magazines and books. They are designed for anyone who lives with print disabilities, or lacks access to published material, or has limited time to read and stay informed.
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Find us on 1224AM and 100.5FM, Newcastle and Lower Hunter on 100.5FM and on digital.
Radio 2RPH operates daily between 6.30am and 11.30pm with BBC World Service broadcast overnight.
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Latest news
Reputations At Risk
Thu, 8 April 2021
In the next episode of People in Profile we feature the high-achieving lawyer about to represent Christian Porter in his defamation case against the ABC – a case that is shaping up to be one of the most keenly watched in recent history. Rebekah Giles is a true survivor whose confidence, commercial savvy, networking, and board work have earned her an unusual and high profile place in the Australian legal world and international recognition for her expertise in reputational risk.
An Accessibility Success Story
Wed, 7 April 2021
Tonight Limelight includes a deep dive into an innovative accessibility initiative that has changed the way we consume music forever. Find out how the Melbourne Digital Concert Hall responded to Covid by creating a new hybrid model, combining live-and-digital, to reach audiences around Australia.
Activated Laughs
Wed, 7 April 2021
Does being born with a disability increase your chances of growing up to be funny? On Activated Arts this week two outstanding comics, Alistair Baldwin and Madeleine Stewart, say it doesn't hurt.
Latest podcasts
A Sparkling New Voice From Bondi Beach
Thu, 1 April 2021
The next New Voices features Robyn Edwards, a social worker who took a year off to ‘explore her creative side’ and ended up writing Blue Wave Bondi. A magic-realism novel set in Bondi the reader luxuriates in descriptions of bright sun, glinting sands, and surf. Joel Dickens is an established artist born in Britain who explores the darker equation of the human condition in his startling abstract works. Is there common ground between these two creative strangers?
Antiques, Herstory, Chapbooks, Crooks and Chessboards
Thu, 11 February 2021
From Brexit to British hallmarking, to glass and enamel manufacturing, pre-chess board games, and how to pull off a museum heist - his stories and a few of hers!
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Tackling abuse and coercive conduct with the NSW Commissioner, Ageing and Disability
Tue, 29 December 2020
On our first episode of Inclusive Agenda, host Vivian Schenker chats with Mr Robert Fitzgerald, Member of the Order of Australia (AM) and The NSW Ageing and Disability Commissioner.
