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Pine trees, polling and sleep-deprived teens
19 August 2010
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This week on the Australian Bite, Australian teenagers – are they getting enough sleep, and if not, why? We travel to the remote Northern Territory community of Gunbalanya, as a mobile polling booth comes to visit. And we’ll meet a Tasmanian botanist who has been travelling the world collecting the seeds of endangered conifers.
Potoroos, soldiers & Indigenous politicians
12 August 2010
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Not one of these seats in Australia's House of Representatives is currently occupied by an Indigenous Australian
This week on the Australian Bite, we’ll look at why only two Aboriginal people have been elected to Federal Parliament even though it has existed for more than 100 years – and we’ll meet a couple of the five indigenous candidates contesting this month’s Federal election. We’ll hear the remarkable story of a small number of Australian Special Forces troops, and their exploits in Timor in world war two, and enjoy a good news story about a native Aussie marsupial – the long-nosed potoroo.
A boost for aid & a world champion thrower
20 May 2010
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Dani Samuels is the youngest ever World Champion discus thrower
This week on the Australian Bite we look at the increase to the Australian aid program following the recent Federal Budget. We meet the author of a new book that celebrates the close relationship between Australia’s Indigenous and Jewish Communities, and we find out what it takes to become a world champion discus thrower with young Australian athlete Dani Samuels.
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.
