The Australian Bite
Posts Tagged ‘ health’
A shed, an opera & a tame impala
5 August 2010
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This week on the Bite, we drop in on the Dubbo Men’s shed, where men from all walks of life get together for a yarn and a cup of tea. We meet some teenagers who are writing and staging their very own operas. And we travel to Cape Grim in Tasmania, where samples of air are collected and sent all around the world.
Dogs, words and rescuing kids from traffickers
5 March 2010
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This week on the Australian Bite, we’ll hear about a new educational DVD helping people in indigenous communities to keep their dogs healthy and happy. Linguist Kate Burridge will talks about her new book which gives a very entertaining insight into the many peculiarities of the English language as its spoken in Australia. And we’ll meet the President of The Grey Man, an organisation devoted to rescuing trafficked children and women from the sex industry.
When the river runs dry
26 November 2009
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This week on the Australian Bite, what do you do when your river’s about to run dry? We meet two rural Australians who are facing that prospect. With World AIDS Day coming up this Tuesday 1st December, we take a look at how rural health services are coping with the growing number of people with HIV who are living in regional areas. And finally we meet the policeman who decided to spend his long service leave break in a very unusual way – shearing sheep!
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.
