The Australian Bite
Posts Tagged ‘ Melbourne’
Bollywood, booze & icebergs
10 June 2010
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Australians have a reputation for being partial to a drink or two – but this week on the Bite we’ll find out why local experts are calling for greater regulation of alcohol sales and marketing. We’ll also meet the producer of the new Bollywood movie that’s been filming in Melbourne. Crook: – It’s Good to be Bad is a love story set against the backdrop of last year’s attacks on Indians in Australia. And we’ll take a trip to Antarctica with sound artist Philip Samartzsis and find out what an iceberg sounds like underwater.
Hoon drivers & a fair go for older workers
11 March 2010
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This week on the Australian Bite, they’re young, reckless and think they’re indestructible . . . . we head out to Melbourne’s Northern suburbs, where its kids versus cops in a big police crackdown on hotted-up cars and illegal drag racing. We’ll hear why older Australians are finding it tough when it comes to getting a job. And finger lime anyone? We find out about a delicious Australian native fruit.
Support for International Students & trekking solo to the Pole
11 February 2010
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This week on the Australian Bite we drop in at the opening of the new International Student Care Centre in Melbourne – the first of its kind in Australia. We visit a test farm in Tasmania that’s growing a whole range of grains not normally found in Australia, including Ethiopia’s staple grain teff. And destination North Pole - Western Australian adventurer Tom Smitheringale tell us why he’s setting off to pull a 160 kilogram sled for 70 days across the Arctic ice - all on his own.
Platypuses in peril & hip hop indigenous style
10 September 2009
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On this week’s Australian Bite hear how the platypus is coming under threat from yabbie traps. Caitlyn Sawrey travels to the Garama Festival in Arnhem land, and talks to hip hop artists from around the Territory. And sustainable burials – find out how to reduce your carbon footprint when you die – and give something back to the earth.
