The Australian Bite
Archive for the ‘ indigenous’ Category
Archery, fencing & quotas for company boards
17 March 2011
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This week on the Australian Bite, fun and hard work in the bush. We meet the Mallee Sunset Field Archers, who not only like to shoot arrows, but also throw knives and axes! And we head up to northen New South Wales, where young volunteers have been fixing fences damaged in January’s floods. We also look at the ongoing debate about whether a quota system should be imposed to get more women on Australian company boards.
Trouble in Alice & a python for a passenger
24 February 2011
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This week on the Australian Bite, some German tourists get closer than they want to to nature, when a python hitches a ride in their car. We hear how alcohol – driven violence is causing big problems in the outback town of Alice Springs. And wilderness adventures with a difference, we hear about the work of Wild Mob, which takes volunteer teams into the bush, combining amazing sights with wilderness conservation work.
Life on the mission & reclaiming multiculturalism
21 January 2011
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This week on the Australian Bite summer series, we’ll meet indigenous author Marie Munkara – whose award-winning debut novel Every Secret Thing chronicles life on a remote Catholic Mission. And we’ll hear why Australians are being urged to “reclaim multiculturalism.”
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.
