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Gum trees & an alphabet book of African stories
6 January 2011
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it’s all about books on this week’s Australian Bite. Michael Cathcart chats to the author of a fascinating book on the Australian eucalypt, or gum tree. And we meet two of the women behind A is for Aunty and Z is for Zigni – an alphabet book of of stories written by a group of refugee and migrant women from the horn of Africa, who now live in Flemington – an inner suburb of Melbourne.
Asylum seekers, Green votes & locusts set to swarm
26 August 2010
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This week on the Bite, it’s been called a greenslide – the largest vote for the Greens in Australia’s electoral history. But with the Greens not only winning their first lower house seat, but also soon to hold the balance of power in the Senate, Irene Scott talkes a look at the opportunities and possible pitfalls they’ll face. Also, asylum seekers – calls have been made for a bipartisan approach to addressing this very divisive issue. And locusts – farmers in many parts of Australia are bracing themselves for what’s expected to be one of the worst locust plagues in recent history.
Celebrations for some, disappointment for others
9 July 2009
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It’s NAIDOC week in Australia, a time to celebrate the history, culture, and achievements of indigenous Australians. And this week on the bite we drop in on the NAIDOC flag raising ceremony at Nambour on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. We also look at how this week’s decision by the Fair Wage Commission to not to increase the minimum wage, will impact upon Australia’s lowest paid workers. And Australian writer and conservationist Sally Henderson, talks about her new memoir, “Ivory Moon” set in a remote desert camp on Namibia’s Skeleton Coast.
