Australia's medicine supply chain - how robust is it?

Due to coronavirus, grocery stores have been inundated with demands on their supply chains. As such, various strengths and weaknesses of countries' readiness for a new pandemic have been exposed.

One flow-on consideration in the United States has caused them to re-evaluate their emergency reserve on medicine. How is Australia's medicine manufacturing and distribution structured?

We chatted with Elizabeth De Somer the CEO of Medicines Australia about all things pharmaceutical.

 

Australia's Space Program and all things 'out of this world'

Did you know Australia has a space program? New technologies for a next-generation hybrid rocket for launching small satellites (as soon as 2022) are being developed right here in Queensland.

Gilmour Space Technologies is a private Australian rocket company that develops new capabilities for launching small satellites into Low Earth Orbits.

By 2025, Queensland’s space industry will be recognised as a leading centre in Australasia for launch activities, ground systems, Earth observation, niche manufacturing, robotics and automation for space.

National Day of Action for Refugees - Kangaroo Point June 13/14

Protesters were emotional at a National Day of Action for refugees outside a detention centre in Kangaroo Point yesterday.

They gathered in solidarity with 120 refugees and asylum seekers detained inside Kangaroo Point Central Hotel, who have been protesting their conditions from the hotel balcony for months.

Activists and detainees addressed the crowd through a PA system set up on Main Street.

Revolution in 3D Printing Technology in Medicine

Bella Schwarzenecker speaks with Dr. Michael Wagels, the deputy director of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Princess Alexandra Hospital, about the revolution of 3D printing within the medical field. 

Thanks to this technology, a Brisbane man, Brodie Ellis, has been able to regrow his own bone after a near-fatal accident that left him severely injured.
 

Interview: Sam Watson Jr.

As protests continue in the US following the police killing of unarmed black man George Floyd, a solidarity rally will be held in Brisbane this afternoon.

The Black Lives Matter protest hopes to show solidarity with the US demonstrators, but also highlight the continued injustices Indigenous Australians suffer at the hands of police. Earlier this week, 4ZZZ reporter Lillian Rangiah spoke to Sam Watson Jr, a proud Wanggeriburra and Birra Gubba person and one of the protest organisers.