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Sinking islands, the nuclear debate & train travellers talking
9 December 2010
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This week on the Australian Bite, the nuclear power debate is up and running again in Australia – and a new report investigates possible sites for nuclear power stations. We’ll also hear about at turtle tagging and the effects of rising sea levels in the Torres Strait Islands. And we’ll drop in on the the Southern Crossings project – an art installation and story-sharing project at Melbourne’s Southern Cross train Station.
Students work for change & Sydney Olympics 10 years on
16 September 2010
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This week on the Australian Bite, we meet some leaders of the future – young high school students who are determined to make a difference. We catch up with some students from a remote Central Australian community on their first visit to Australia’s largest city – Sydney – and its many attractions. And we ponder the Olympic legacy as Sydney celebrates the tenth anniversary of its very successful Olympic Games.
Eyesight, truffles and a school in East Timor
9 September 2010
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This week on the Australian Bite, Jennifer Gersbeck, the CEO of Vision 2020 Australia tells us about the importance of eye health, and what Australian organisations are doing to help reduce avoidable blindness in the region. We take a trip to a remote mountain village in East Timor, where a team of Brisbane high school boys have been helping build a primary school. And truffles – they’re an expensive delicacy that’s highly valued in international cuisine, but did you know they’re being grown in Western Australia?
Indigenous recognition and healthy farming
9 July 2010
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On the Australian Bite this week with Jill Scanlon, we look at what NAIDOC Week means to Australia’s indigenous community. We meet Gerard Neesham, the man who figured out that young indigenous men needed an incentive to stay at school – and footy was it. And we hear how organic flaxseed has become more popular for its use as a health oil rather than for its historic use as a fibre in the production of linen.
