The Australian Bite
Posts Tagged ‘ Queensland’
Eyesight, truffles and a school in East Timor
9 September 2010
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This week on the Australian Bite, Jennifer Gersbeck, the CEO of Vision 2020 Australia tells us about the importance of eye health, and what Australian organisations are doing to help reduce avoidable blindness in the region. We take a trip to a remote mountain village in East Timor, where a team of Brisbane high school boys have been helping build a primary school. And truffles – they’re an expensive delicacy that’s highly valued in international cuisine, but did you know they’re being grown in Western Australia?
Connecting with culture & counting koalas
1 July 2010
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On the Australian Bite this week we travel to remote Western Australia where a local initiative called the Yiriman Project is making a big difference to the indigenous community. We hear how sexual harassment is unfortunately alive and well in Australian workplaces. And we meet one of the people behind a new website that allows the public to plot koala sightings by simply clicking on a map.
Whales do their bit for carbon reduction
17 June 2010
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On the Australian Bite this week, we’ll hear how a small group of refugees and migrants are blazing a new trail in rural Australia – learning to be jackaroos, or stockmen. Author Robyn Catchlove will tell us about her adventurous life that’s seen her go from professional barramundi fisher to something very different. And we’ll find out how whales in the Southern Ocean are doing their bit for the environment, by reducing carbon emissions.
A bridge, a horse and a tricky question of law
7 May 2010
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Brisbane's Kurilpa Bridge
This week on the Bite we take a walk on Brisbane’s very striking and innovative new foot and bicycle bridge with architect Michael Rayner. We meet the owner of Noddy, the world’s tallest horse. And sex offenders and Australian law – should states have the right to keep offenders in jail after they’ve served their sentence? The United Nations says no.
