The Australian Bite
Posts Tagged ‘ football’
New book turns heat on footballers behaving badly
7 October 2010
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This week on the Australian Bite, we meet doctor and crime fiction author Kathryn Fox, whose new book Death Mask is set against a background of sex, violence and football stars. We also hear how Tasmanian expertise in growing pyrethrum is helping subsistence farmers in Papua New Guinea.
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.
Football, rice & reconciliation
28 May 2010
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Governor General Quentin Bryce watches traditional ceremony as Gregory National Park is handed over to Traditional Owners (Michael Cavanagh)
This week on the Bite, as Australians come together for Reconciliation Week we take a trip toGregory National Park in the the Northern Territory, which has just been renamed Jutpurra following its handback to traditional owners. We meet a PhD student who’s working on adding zinc to rice, and with World Cup fever heating up, football commentator and former socceroo Craig Foster gives his views on the game as it’s played in Australia.
Fillies, birds and football
28 March 2009
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Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata) photo by kookr (Flickr)
It’s fillies, birds and footy on this week’s Australian Bite. The AFL season has just kicked off, and we meet a team of very talented footballers from the Tiwi Islands, 80k north of Darwin, where its not all about winning – its as much about community. We also talk to one of the editors of a new book that looks at the relationship between Australian birds, people and environment. And we drop in on the small drought affected town of Ardlethan, which last weekend celebrated 5o years of its annual picnic races.
