The Australian Bite
Posts Tagged ‘ indigenous’
Archery, fencing & quotas for company boards
17 March 2011
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This week on the Australian Bite, fun and hard work in the bush. We meet the Mallee Sunset Field Archers, who not only like to shoot arrows, but also throw knives and axes! And we head up to northen New South Wales, where young volunteers have been fixing fences damaged in January’s floods. We also look at the ongoing debate about whether a quota system should be imposed to get more women on Australian company boards.
Trouble in Alice & a python for a passenger
24 February 2011
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This week on the Australian Bite, some German tourists get closer than they want to to nature, when a python hitches a ride in their car. We hear how alcohol – driven violence is causing big problems in the outback town of Alice Springs. And wilderness adventures with a difference, we hear about the work of Wild Mob, which takes volunteer teams into the bush, combining amazing sights with wilderness conservation work.
Swimming with crocodiles & Aboriginal Sydney
16 December 2010
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This week on the Australian Bite, Kaitlyn Sawrey goes crocodile catching in Australia’s tropical north. We take a look at the newly revised edition of the guidebook Aboriginal Sydney. And we meet Melbourne author Maryanne Harris, who has written a children’s book about disability with a strong positive message.
Great sporting moments & sheep wearing backpacks!
25 November 2010
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This week on the Australian Bite, veteran sports journalist Ian Heads joins me to talk about some of the great moments in Australian sport over the last 200 years. We’ll meet the leader of a group of Indigenous students from Western Australia’s remote Kimberley region as they prepare for a trip to Vietnam. And we’ll hear why sheep are wearing backpacks in rural New South Wales!
