The Australian Bite
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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.
Netball, food and dancing – a winning combination!
23 July 2009
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Netballer Renae Hallinan from the Melbourne Vixens
This week on the Australian Bite, we meet two of Australia’s top netballers as they prepare for this weekend’s Trans Tasman Trophy Grand Final. We’ll find out about an international online dance competition that could give you the chance to dance at the Sydney Opera House. And we take a look at the reality cooking show that had Australian television viewers glued to their sets.
Melburnians trial shared bike scheme
21 May 2009
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Ben Landau & Ronald Haverman from RMIT University
On this week’s Bite we take a look at a shared bicycle trial that’s taking place right now in Melbourne. We meet the author of a new book that documents the growth and development of Darwin in the decades following the Second World War. And two young dancers from the Queensland Ballet tell us just what it takes to become a professional dancer – and I’m telling you its a long hard road!
Australia faces obesity epidemic
14 May 2009
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A growing number of Australians are overweight or obese
Yes it’s official – Australians are getting fatter. That’s according to the latest National Health Survey which found that almost seventy per cent of adult men and fifty five per cent of adult women are overweight or obese. So this week we hear from obesity expert Dr Tim Gill from Sydney University, and we also visit Burnie in north-west Tasmania to hear about a healthy eating program for kids.
And on a completely different note, we meet Melbourne writer Christos Tsiolkas, whose book “The Slap”, is one of five books shortlisted for this year’s Miles Franklin award – Australia’s premier literary prize.
