The Australian Bite
Archive for the ‘ ACT’ Category
Wombats, cakes and women on boards
5 November 2009
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This week on the Australian Bite, reporter Sarina Locke heads out to Braidwood, near Canberra, to find out why wombats are a hot topic of debate. Former Qantas director Margaret Jackson gives us her take on suggestions by the Federal sex discrimination commissioner, Elizabeth Broderick that companies should set voluntary targets to boost the number of women sitting on their boards. And we catch up with the final year bakery students at Charles Darwin University in the Northern Territory, as they prepare thirty cakes each for the end of year exams. Yum!
Sports science – the competition behind the scenes
18 September 2009
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Sports science helps athletes like Olympic silver medallist Sally McLellan achieve their best
Behind every successful athlete there’s a team of professionals helping them achieve their peak performance. And this week on the Australian Bite, we drop in on the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra to find out what’s happening in the world of sports science and sports medicine. We also meet some of the dynamic young women who recently attended the Australian Women in Agriculture future leaders’ course. And doped-up kids – there’s disturbing evidence that that some Australian parents are giving marijuana to children as young as six in order to sedate them.
Letters tell the stories of a nation
3 September 2009
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Australia Post has been asking Australians to send in their most interesting, moving, or historically significant letters, in order to document what life has been like for the past 200 years since the postal service began. We’ll hear more about it on this week’s Bite. We’ll also hear from a man who believes that Australia is becoming one of the most Godless nations on earth. And feral camels – they’re wreaking havoc in Central Australia, and we’ll take a look at a new DVD that’s aimed at tackling the problem.
Space, Chinese medicine & outback veggie gardens
13 August 2009
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It’s a real mixed bag on this week’s Bite. You’ll take a tour of Canberra’s Deep Space communication complex, and travel up north to Western Australia’s remote Kimberley region, where the people of Wangkatjungka are out in their gardens growing fresh fruit and vegetables. You’ll also hear about new rules regarding the practice of Chinese medicine and acupuncture in Australia.
