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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.
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.
Aussie Rules, food waste & music of the Torres Strait
3 June 2010
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Australians throw away 3 million tonnes of food every year at a time when a growing number of people are lining up for food aid. This week on the Australian Bite, we’ll hear how two organisations have joined together to rescue food that businesses are thowing away, and deliver it to charities in Sydney. We’ll also have a chat about the place of football and netball in rural community life with mother of fifteen, Marie Clark. And musicologist Karl Neuenfeldt talks about his work recording and researching the music of the Torres Strait islands.
Football, rice & reconciliation
28 May 2010
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Governor General Quentin Bryce watches traditional ceremony as Gregory National Park is handed over to Traditional Owners (Michael Cavanagh)
This week on the Bite, as Australians come together for Reconciliation Week we take a trip toGregory National Park in the the Northern Territory, which has just been renamed Jutpurra following its handback to traditional owners. We meet a PhD student who’s working on adding zinc to rice, and with World Cup fever heating up, football commentator and former socceroo Craig Foster gives his views on the game as it’s played in Australia.
