The Australian Bite
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Talking about Green Cities
27 February 2010
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This week on the Australian Bite, we drop in on the Green Cities 2010 conference held last week in Melbourne. We’ll meet Romilly Madew, Chief Executive of the Green Building Council, who’ll tell us exactly what a Green City is, and how Australian cities are moving along the path to becoming more sustainable. Engineer and sustainability consultant Shane Esmore will tell us how the experts can measure the carbon footprint of buildings, and where things are heading with more environmentally friendly building materials. And environmental consultant Brenda Kingston will talk about the importance of indoor environmental quality.
Breast cancer, body image and boys having a blast!
29 October 2009
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Breast Cancer month is just wrapping up – a month of public education campaigns and fundraising for breast cancer research. So on this week’s Australian Bite we hear from breast cancer survivor, former Federal Government Minister, and Chair of the National Breast Cancer Foundation, Ros Kelly, about some of the issues and research to do with this major health issue that affects one in 11 women in Australia. We also catch up with the recommendations of the government’s National Advisory Group on Body Image, and then head up to the Ellendale Diamond mine in Western Australia, where there’s a whole lot of noise going on.
