95bFM: The Monday Wire with Kim Choe

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12:15 Power to the Pharmacists – Annabel Young, Pharmacy Guild CEO
The Government is considering letting pharmacies play a bigger role in the primary healthcare system. Pharmacists say they should be given increased responsibilities as first point of contact for some services, including nicotine replacement and the managing of chronic conditions such as asthma and diabetes. The debate has no doubt been spurred on by the latest flu-scare-that-shall-not-be-named, but will it work in the long term?

12:30 Migrants’ future uncertain after law change – Barry Smedts, Immigration Advisers Authority registrar
A law change coming into effect today requires all immigration consultants to be registered before they can process applications for their clients. So far only 171 of an estimated 1200 consultants have paid the almost-$2000 licence fee, and as a result many migrants have been left wondering what the status of their applications will be now.

12:50 Australiamuscles up – Neil James, AustraliaDefence Association
Australia’s Defence Department has asked the government to find $20 million to purchase extra submarines, warships, and fighter jets – which it says it will need to defend its interests in the Asia Pacific region. Who, or what, are they referring to? And should we be worried? (The Australia Defence Association is an independent, community-based think-tank on defence and national security interests.)

1:20 Speech! Speech! – Gabriel White, New ZealandFilm Archive
The Film Archive has just opened a fascinating-sounding exhibition, which surveys this country’s history through some of its most epic speeches. From Prime Ministers to beauty queens, it features every orator you’d expect – and then some more.

1:40 The Green Desk
Following on from last week’s interview with Andrew Nelson, from Auckland Zoo, today Simon Miller will be talking to Dr Stephanie Shaw, post-graduate resident at the New Zealand Centre for Conservation Medicine at the Zoo. Stephanie recently made some significant breakthroughs in her research on native frogs.

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