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Left to right: Breony, Belinda, Adrienne Francis (ABC 666 Canberra Senior Journalist and program host), Sam, Elijah, Ellie. Photo credit Stuart Carnegie camera man and ABC Canberra ‘Emerging Voices 2026’ - a training partnership between Powerd Media, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Canberra and Radio 1RPH. This Canberra program trained five people with disability to improve their storytelling confidence and capacity. The training focused on developing audio storytelling skills and...

Canberra, ACT — Bioptic Drivers Australia (BDA) welcomes the appointment of Tara Cheyne MLA as the new ACT Minister for Transport and looks forward to continuing the Territory’s strong record of evidence-based, inclusive mobility policy and support for bioptic driving. BDA acknowledges the constructive and solutions-focused engagement established with the outgoing Minister, whose support for transparent consultation and functional vision based assessment created a solid foundation for...

Rebecca A. Deffler, Thomas W. Raasch, Bradley E. Dougherty First published: 22 April 2026 https://doi.org/10.1002/ovs2.70022Digital Object Identifier (DOI) More jurisdictions allow bioptic driving than did when previous reviews were published, and more research on performance and safety has been conducted. This review discusses the history of bioptic driving, summarizes the evidence regarding safety, and suggests future directions for research. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002...