The Australian Bite
Posts Tagged ‘ Melbourne’
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.
To climb, or not to climb?
6 August 2009
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Uluru is one of Australia’s most popular and spectacular tourist attractions. But should people be allowed to climb it? We’ll hear some arguments for and against on this week’s Australian Bite. We’ll also drop in on a new restaurant in Melbourne’s fashionable inner city suburb of Fitzroy, where disadvantaged and indigenous young people are being given a leg-up into the hospitality trade. And finally we’ll meet marathon cyclist Kate Leeming, who’s about to embark on a 20,000 km tour around Africa – all for a good cause.