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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.
Solar, Nuclear and Little Piggies
29 July 2010
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Solar power tower in construction. SOURCE: Torresol
On The Australian Bite this week, Nadia Hume investigates claims that Australia could operate on 100% renewable energy in ten years. Also, indigenous groups protest over plans to build a nuclear waste dump in their backyard. And pregnant pigs set for more luxurious digs under sweeping changes to the pig industry.
Whales do their bit for carbon reduction
17 June 2010
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On the Australian Bite this week, we’ll hear how a small group of refugees and migrants are blazing a new trail in rural Australia – learning to be jackaroos, or stockmen. Author Robyn Catchlove will tell us about her adventurous life that’s seen her go from professional barramundi fisher to something very different. And we’ll find out how whales in the Southern Ocean are doing their bit for the environment, by reducing carbon emissions.
Celebrations for some, disappointment for others
9 July 2009
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It’s NAIDOC week in Australia, a time to celebrate the history, culture, and achievements of indigenous Australians. And this week on the bite we drop in on the NAIDOC flag raising ceremony at Nambour on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. We also look at how this week’s decision by the Fair Wage Commission to not to increase the minimum wage, will impact upon Australia’s lowest paid workers. And Australian writer and conservationist Sally Henderson, talks about her new memoir, “Ivory Moon” set in a remote desert camp on Namibia’s Skeleton Coast.
