The Australian Bite
Archive for March, 2011
Archery, fencing & quotas for company boards
17 March 2011
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This week on the Australian Bite, fun and hard work in the bush. We meet the Mallee Sunset Field Archers, who not only like to shoot arrows, but also throw knives and axes! And we head up to northen New South Wales, where young volunteers have been fixing fences damaged in January’s floods. We also look at the ongoing debate about whether a quota system should be imposed to get more women on Australian company boards.
Sailing with a disability, & tough times for Queensland fishing communities
11 March 2011
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This week on the Australian Bite, we hear how some Queensland fishing communities are having tough times in the wake of cylcone Yasi. Mark Durnan tells us why being in a wheelchair hasn’t stopped him from learning to sail, and we find out why so many young women are taking to farming – outnumbering new male students at a Victorian agricultural college.
Cricket, life & concerns over very cheap milk
3 March 2011
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This week on the Australian Bite, milk in Australia has never been cheaper, with the two major supermarket chains slogging it out in a price war. But what about the dairy farmers? Also on the program, the police take on a team of international students in a community cricket match, and Olympic Bobsleigher Jeremy Rolleston, talks about his new book, A Life that Counts
