The Australian Bite
Archive for the ‘ Western Australia’ 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.
Mining, comedy and a welcome to country
29 April 2010
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This week on the Australian Bite, aboriginal elder Richard Walley explains the significance of the Welcome to Country ceremony performed at a growing number of public events in Australia. We talk to journalist Kathy Marks who has written a very interesting essay on the history of mining in Australia and how it has shaped the way we think, and meet Nazeem Hussein, from the comedy duo, “Fear of a Brown Planet.”
The desert gets a drenching
15 April 2010
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This week on the Australian Bite, we take a trip to the central Australian desert following recent drenching rains. Australian author and filmmaker Malla Nunn talks about the inspiration for her new crime fiction novel, set in 1950′s South Africa. And we hear about a homeshare program that pairs up elderley or disabled homeowners with people looking for affordable accomodation.
Support for International Students & trekking solo to the Pole
11 February 2010
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This week on the Australian Bite we drop in at the opening of the new International Student Care Centre in Melbourne – the first of its kind in Australia. We visit a test farm in Tasmania that’s growing a whole range of grains not normally found in Australia, including Ethiopia’s staple grain teff. And destination North Pole - Western Australian adventurer Tom Smitheringale tell us why he’s setting off to pull a 160 kilogram sled for 70 days across the Arctic ice - all on his own.
