The Australian Bite
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Swimming with crocodiles & Aboriginal Sydney
16 December 2010
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This week on the Australian Bite, Kaitlyn Sawrey goes crocodile catching in Australia’s tropical north. We take a look at the newly revised edition of the guidebook Aboriginal Sydney. And we meet Melbourne author Maryanne Harris, who has written a children’s book about disability with a strong positive message.
Cane toads, rural doctors & what young Australians care about
2 December 2010
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This week on the Australian Bite, cane toads on the march – we look at the continuing battle against one of Australia’s worst introduced pests We look at a new survey of Australian youth and find out what issues are at the top of their minds. And the Rural Doctors Association’s Medical Student of the year, Heather Hanks, talks about some of the challenges and opportunities for doctors in rural areas.
Great sporting moments & sheep wearing backpacks!
25 November 2010
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This week on the Australian Bite, veteran sports journalist Ian Heads joins me to talk about some of the great moments in Australian sport over the last 200 years. We’ll meet the leader of a group of Indigenous students from Western Australia’s remote Kimberley region as they prepare for a trip to Vietnam. And we’ll hear why sheep are wearing backpacks in rural New South Wales!
Teenage drinking & expat koalas
18 November 2010
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This week on the Bite, we talk koalas with Dr Geoffrey Pye who leads the koala medicine and surgery program at the America’s San Diego Zoo. We’ll hear how young Australians are experiencing overwhelming pressure to drink alcohol with their friends even when they don’t want to. And we drop in on an organic farming project providing much needed employment for people with disabilities in rural New South Wales.
