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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.
Indigenous recognition and healthy farming
9 July 2010
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On the Australian Bite this week with Jill Scanlon, we look at what NAIDOC Week means to Australia’s indigenous community. We meet Gerard Neesham, the man who figured out that young indigenous men needed an incentive to stay at school – and footy was it. And we hear how organic flaxseed has become more popular for its use as a health oil rather than for its historic use as a fibre in the production of linen.
Marysville lunch a step on the road to recovery
26 March 2010
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Marysville after the Black Saturday fires
This week the Australian Bite travels to Marysville, a Victorian town virtually razed to the ground in last year’s bushfires. A year on, the mood is positive as the locals and visitors get together to celebrate an outdoor lunch as part of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival. We also hear about the new “Asia Literacy Ambassadors” program that’s just been launched in secondary schools, and go asparagus picking in the wee small hours of the morning.
Solar power, jackaroos & a story of East Timor
18 February 2010
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This week on the Australian Bite, solar power – we’ll hear some thoughts on why it’s not really taken off in Australia. I’ll be chatting with Steven Horne the author of a new Australian novel – a thriller set in East Timor. And we’ll meet some young people doing a jackaroo training course in Dubbo, New South Wales.
