Podcast appearances and mentions of sue lewis

Headlines// 7.15: Rathi Barthlote, a Tamil refugee and co-founder of Refugee Women Action for Visa Equality, and Samantha Ratnam, former leader of the Victorian Greens and current Greens Candidate for Wills, speaking at the Remembering Mullivaikkal Rally held at the State Library of Victoria Sunday 19 May to mark the 15th anniversary of the end to the state sponsored genocide against Eelam Tamils in Sri Lanka. Recording by Annie McLoughlin. 7.30: 15-year-old Palestinian, May Mourad, speaking at the Free Palestine Melbourne rally on Sunday 26 May 2024, about Western media perpetuating the dehumanisation of Palestinians and the urgency of standing up, speaking up to fight the Zionist project and join the struggle for a Free Palestine.  7.45: Nacira Guénif, professor at University Paris 8, who researches the French colonial present from a gender, race and class cross-perspective, on the current tensions in Kanaky/New Caledonia, the historical context and decolonial process, and the resistance of the Kanak people.  8:15: Sue Lewis from Vic Forest Alliance, which brings together 38 groups actively protecting native forests across Victoria, on a snap rally held Monday 27 May outside the Victorian Environment Minister's office over concerns native logging has not stopped. SongsStick of Gum - NehmasisSend My Love - Jada Weazel

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Nathalie Farah of Disrupt Wars joined us live from the community picket that's been running weekly on Thursday and Friday mornings outside Heat Treatment Australia in Campbellfield. The picket has been established and maintained into its seventh week by members of the local Hume community in support of Palestine, who are protesting against HTA's role in heat-treating vital components required for Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter given their use by Israel in the genocide of Palestinians. Hume community members have committed to continued action outside HTA until it ends its contracts with weapons manufacturers profiteering off war and genocide.// Dr Sue Lewis, Acting President of the Victorian Forest Alliance, spoke with us about the recent announcement of the impending end of Vic Forests, which is set to wind up in mid-2024 after years of grassroots activism, official inquiries, legal battles and Parliamentary debate about the widespread harm that the entity has caused to Victoria's native forests. With the end of Vic Forests on the near horizon, we discussed the implications of its closure and what comes next for statewide native forest management. Respond to Kinglake Friends of the Forest's urgent call to action against Forest Fire Management Victoria's planned burns by sending an email (details below) or using the template here.// In the spirit of World Social Work Day, which falls on 20 March, we replayed an interview from June 2023 featuring Angelica Ojinnaka-Psillakis talking about the importance of investing in authentic youth voices, youth participation in mental health sectors, and advocacy. Angelica Ojinnaka- Psillakis is a youth development advocate, researcher, and speaker. She served as the 2022 Australian Youth Representative to the United Nations, and is involved in a number of projects and organisations.// Member of Whittlesea for Palestine Logan Balavijendran chats with us about the snap action on Saturday 23 March outside the office of Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs Andrew Giles. The action has been prompted by Australia's decision to cancel the visas of Palestinians escaping genocide,some of which have occurred mid air, leaving several Palestinians stranded with no where to go. Australian families have paid thousands of dollars to bring their loved ones to safety, only to be left scared and worried about where their loved ones will go now. Logan resides in Whittlesea with his Palestinian partner and sons. He has a career spanning education and IT, and is committed to community-building to hold leaders accountable.// Ashleigh Buckett, Principal Solicitor at the National Justice Project, spoke with us about the coronial inquest into the 2016 death of Faysal Ishak Ahmed, a young Sudanese refugee, while he was detained on Manus Island in Australian immigration detention. The inquest, which ran across Monday and Tuesday this week, examined Faysal's access to medical treatment over several months prior to his death, and assessed the circumstances of his delayed medical evacuation to the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, where he passed away. With the United Nations Subcommittee on the prevention of torture making the significant decision to suspend its visit to Australia in late 2022, citing obstructions to its work and a lack of co-operation, the inquest into Mr Ishak Ahmed's death may provide a rare window into the draconian operations of Australia's immigration detention regime.// The image used for this episode was taken by photographer Matt Hrkac. Go support his brilliant independent photojournalism here.// --- Kinglake Friends of the Forest Urgent Call to Action: Stop Planned Burns! We need your help to prevent an imminent and terribly ill-conceived planned burn that will impact greater gliders near Kinglake.We've been surveying for endangered greater gliders and hollow-bearing trees in a beautiful, varied patch of forest in Mt Robertson Rd, Kinglake. In one evening, 13 gliders were detected. Numerous habitat trees with good hollows suggest that many more live here, as well as providing crucial habitat for all sorts of hollow-dependent species. In addition, many habitat trees with fire scarring near their base from 2009 (Black Saturday) were recorded. These scarred trees become more liable to collapse with each subsequent fire. Forest Fire Management Vic has just announced they are going to burn this very patch of forest within the next few days.Here are just some of the reasons that burn HR-MUR-TLG-0008 is a bad idea.We are appalled to think of the impact that this unnecessary fire will have on the resident gliders, other wildlife and flora and on the older trees that survived the last fire because of:the immediate effects of the fire and smokeloss of food supply for gliders as a result of canopy scorchcollapse of den treesthe increase in fire risk in years to come because of the pulse of shrubs that will grow after the burnWe need to listen to the research that tells us that forests need to be protected from fire until they reach maturity when they are least flammable – estimated to be about 4 years from now in Kinglake.We can suppress fire using rapid detection technology available now. Thermal and heat sensing cameras can pick up fires kilometers away if installed in towers at optimum sight distance locations. We need to ensure we have trained remote area firefighters.What can you do?We (and the gliders) would love you to ring or write to any or all of the following, citing burn HR-MUR-TLG-0008.If you ring you'll want to keep it pretty short. You'll probably just speak to someone from admin so make sure you ask that they pass on your message.If you write, you could just copy and paste points 1-3, if you don't want to write your own. Maybe change the wording a bit if you can.The Hon. Steve Dimopoulos, Minister for Environment    tel: 03 862 43101, email:  reception.dimopoulos@ecodev.vic.gov.auTom Goldstraw, Senior Forest & Fire Management Officer – Fuel Management– Murrindindi District tel: 0439 130 146 thomas.goldstraw@delwp.vic.gov.auChris Hardman  Chief Fire Officer | Lead Executive, Forest and Fire Operations Division, DEECA  tel: 0419 563 413   chris.hardman@delwp.vic.gov.auThe Hon Jacinta Allan  Premier of Victoria tel:0396515000  jacinta.allan@parliament.vic.gov.au

In this episode, Jane Proctor, CPMA's Vice President of Policy & Issue Management leads a discussion with CPMA Chair, Colin Chapdelaine, Brian Faulkner of BCfresh and Sue Lewis, CPMA's Vice President of Market Development on the state of the Canadian produce industry.The four share their perspectives on:• Two recent research reports on the enormous contribution of the fresh produce industry to the Canadian economy.• What the industry and the government can do to improve Canadians' health by encouraging the consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables.• Marketing fresh produce to Canadians using tips from the Half Your Plate website.

On this episode we are pleased to welcome CPMA's Sue Lewis and Mike Mauti, Managing Partner of Execulytics Consulting as they discuss the recently released CPMA Canadian Marketplace Annual Report. This report provides a comprehensive overview of the Canadian produce market for 2021. They discuss consumer trends in Canada, the growth of Canadian greenhouse grown and consumer perceptions about organic produce. Mike also uses his crystal ball to look at 2022 and beyond in relation to the growing and retailing of fruits and vegetables in Canada.Play the PodcastThank you to our podcast sponsors, Nature Fresh Farms and Fresh From Florida.                 

HistoQIP is a quality assurance program for histopathology, jointly sponsored by the National Society for Histotechnology and the College of American Pathologists. The primary focus of this program is to improve the quality of histologic preparations routinely performed in the histology laboratory through education. In this CAPcast from the College of American Pathologists, pathologist Dr. Matthew Carr of Western Michigan Pathology Associates and ASCP certified histotechnologist Sue Lewis discuss how the program works and how it can help pathologists, laboratory managers and their staff members improve the quality of their histology laboratory operations. For more information, visit https://nsh.org/content/all-about-histoqip.

To start this latest Business Finance Bulletin podcast, we’re delighted to introduce Sue Lewis as the latest addition to the Business Loan Services team. With 25+ years in the finance sector Sue is a great asset to BLS. Managing finances and cashflow is highly ranked as one of the stressful aspects of running a business. What can you do the relieve yourself of the burden? We share one tip from a recent seminar BLS’s Rob Warlow hosted for Sterling Networks in Worcester. Collaboration between businesses which have the same target market, being small businesses, continues to prove popular. We have news of a tie-up between SagePay and Liberis, the short-term loan provider, which help SagePay clients have quicker access to finance.

Details of how the UK's largest sports retailer Sports Direct pays some of its workers were revealed to MPs this week. The Business Innovation and Skills Committee is looking into working practices at the company. It heard evidence from the Unite union that prepaid debit cards are used to pay some workers from Eastern Europe their wages. They come with a £10 a month fee for workers who are also charged for cash withdrawals and associated texts. Lesley Curwen speaks to Craig James, Chairman of the Prepaid International Forum, a trade association that represents the prepaid card industry. As industry body Energy UK launches a Switch Guarantee which aims to help households change providers in 21 days instead of four to six weeks, Audrey Gallacher, Director of Energy Supply at Energy UK, outlines how they plan to achieve that and Money Box listener Angie shares her switching story. It didn't go to plan... The state pensions of 472,000 British retirees who now live in another EEA country receive a yearly increase. Could that change if the UK votes to leave the EU? We hear from Tom Selby, Senior Analyst with AJ Bell. There's concern from the Financial Services Consumer Panel, which advises the regulator, the FCA, that millions of people will miss out on receiving impartial financial advice after the Money Advice Service closes. MAS was set up in 2010 to provide debt and financial advice. Questions over whether it was delivering value for money were raised in a National Audit Office report. A March 2016 budget announcement confirmed plans to abolish the service and replace it with a smaller advice body. Sue Lewis is Chair of the Financial Services Consumer Panel. Presenter: Lesley Curwen Reporter: Kevin Peachey Producer: Charmaine Cozier Editor: Andrew Smith.

In this episode we will learn about this joint initiative from The Canadian Produce Marketing Association, the Heart and Stroke Foundation, the Canadian Public Health Association and the Canadian Cancer Society to improve fruit and veggie consumption in Canada. Featured are Sue Lewis, Director of Market Development at CPMA; Carol Harrison, a Registered Dietician; and finally Ethan Adeland - Managing Director, Partnerships & Marketing with Food Bloggers of Canada Inc.Download Podcast

Ever wondered what 'Dress for Success' is all about?  Sue Lewis-O'Halloran, Regional director of NZ/Australia Dress for Success shares the story behind the organisation and how they help women around the world. http://www.dressforsuccess.org   Related blogs & podcasts: Podcast #41 Thank You payroll podcast interview with Lani Evans about 'Social Enterprise'   

A lack of trust in the use of patient health information and a general reluctance to share patient information with industry competitors are the biggest obstacles to an open exchange of patient health information, says Gary Austin, a healthcare industry consultant on corporate/product strategy and program management. In spite of these roadblocks, the health plans he's met with support a climate of value-based healthcare choices. Many plans have already invested millions to equip physicians with the capability for e-prescribing, and more will underwrite physicians in the use of electronic medical records in the next few years. He envisions that consumer "smart cards" loaded with patient health information will initially be introduced within individual health systems, and eventually be usable between systems. Austin, Linda Davis, a consultant to the Buyers Health Care Action Group (BHCAG) in Minnesota, Sue Lewis, senior vice president of health and productivity solutions at IncentOne, and Mark Xistris, director of provider relations and health information for The Alliance, examined how their respective organizations are using these four strategies to stay competitive in the fast-growing consumer-driven movement during a May 30, 2007 audio conference, Value-Driven Healthcare in Action: A Four-Pronged Approach to Meet Consumer Transparency, Quality and Access Demands.

A physician practice's measurements reporting efforts will flourish under a "physician champion" to lead the way, notes Linda Davis, a consultant to the Buyers Health Care Action Group (BHCAG) in Minnesota. Once a transparent reporting effort is underway, it can bring about significant cultural change and raise motivation levels in the naturally competitive provider environment, she adds. Aware of the automated vs. manual reporting methods in use, the BHCAG facilitates the reporting effort via its direct data submission process, which accepts data from practices in many formats. Gary Austin, a healthcare industry consultant on corporate/product strategy and program management, Davis, Sue Lewis, senior vice president of health and productivity solutions at IncentOne, and Mark Xistris, director of provider relations and health information for The Alliance, examined how their respective organizations are using these four strategies to stay competitive in the fast-growing consumer-driven movement during a May 30, 2007 audio conference, Value-Driven Healthcare in Action: A Four-Pronged Approach to Meet Consumer Transparency, Quality and Access Demands.

Rewarding members and employees for being savvy medical consumers and shopping is an increasing trend in healthcare, notes Sue Lewis, senior vice president of health and productivity solutions at IncentOne. Companies are leveraging the corporate Intranet, meetings and health fairs to spread the word on incentives to their populations. She has also observed that companies offering consumer-directed health plans are in the best position tax-wise to extend benefits to dependents and retirees. Gary Austin, a healthcare industry consultant on corporate/product strategy and program management, Linda Davis, a consultant to the Buyers Health Care Action Group (BHCAG) in Minnesota,Lewis, and Mark Xistris, director of provider relations and health information for The Alliance, examined how their respective organizations are using these four strategies to stay competitive in the fast-growing consumer-driven movement during a May 30, 2007 audio conference, Value-Driven Healthcare in Action: A Four-Pronged Approach to Meet Consumer Transparency, Quality and Access Demands.

Until patient satisfaction ratings can be evidenced to be linked to outcomes, they should not factor into a provider's quality ratings, says Mark Xistris, director of provider relations and health information for The Alliance, an employer-owned and directed not-for-profit cooperative that helps companies manage the total cost of ensuring the health and well-being of their workforce. His organization, recently named a community leader by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, believes that providers and payors have legitimate concerns about releasing cost information to consumers, who may misinterpret the data without proper guidelines. Gary Austin, a healthcare industry consultant on corporate/product strategy and program management, Linda Davis, a consultant to the Buyers Health Care Action Group (BHCAG) in Minnesota, Sue Lewis, senior vice president of health and productivity solutions at IncentOne, and Xistris, examined how their respective organizations are using these four strategies to stay competitive in the fast-growing consumer-driven movement during a May 30, 2007 audio conference, Value-Driven Healthcare in Action: A Four-Pronged Approach to Meet Consumer Transparency, Quality and Access Demands.