The Australian Bite
Archive for the ‘ health’ Category
Junk food teens & the work of invisible women
17 February 2011
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One in four Australian teenagers is overweight or obese, and experts have described the situation as a chronic disease time bomb. But some young people just don’t care – as we find out on this week’s Australian Bite. We also look at the difficulties faced by the many thousands of Australian women who are caring for elderly, sick or disabled family members, and hear the charming story of Nellie – the cow who’s escaped the butcher’s knife twice.
Some music therapy to kick off the Bite’s Summer season
30 December 2010
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This week we kick off a five week series of summer programs on the Australian Bite, starting with a conversation between Richard Aedy and Australia’s first indigenous music therapist, Getano Bann.
Street art, good works and desert desserts
11 November 2010
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This week on the Australian Bite, we travel to Alice Springs for a cooking competition with an outback twist. We talk to one of the founders of Vietnam Vision – an Australian organisation doing great work restoring vision to cataract sufferers in Vietnam and Cambodia. And we”ll meet indigenous street artist Reko Rennie, whose art expores themes such as identity, law and justice, and tradition.
Unfair pay, remote food & dressing up statues
21 October 2010
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This week on the Australian Bite, we’ll hear about the challenges involved in getting good healthy food into remote communities. We’ll take a look at why women working in Australia’s financial industry are generally paid way less than men. And we meet two women who have been dressing up some of Sydney’s public statues in colourful costumes – and telling their stories through art.
