The Australian Bite
Archive for the ‘ Queensland’ Category
Connecting with culture & counting koalas
1 July 2010
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On the Australian Bite this week we travel to remote Western Australia where a local initiative called the Yiriman Project is making a big difference to the indigenous community. We hear how sexual harassment is unfortunately alive and well in Australian workplaces. And we meet one of the people behind a new website that allows the public to plot koala sightings by simply clicking on a map.
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.
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.
A bridge, a horse and a tricky question of law
7 May 2010
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Brisbane's Kurilpa Bridge
This week on the Bite we take a walk on Brisbane’s very striking and innovative new foot and bicycle bridge with architect Michael Rayner. We meet the owner of Noddy, the world’s tallest horse. And sex offenders and Australian law – should states have the right to keep offenders in jail after they’ve served their sentence? The United Nations says no.
