The Australian Bite
Posts Tagged ‘ Tasmania’
New book turns heat on footballers behaving badly
7 October 2010
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This week on the Australian Bite, we meet doctor and crime fiction author Kathryn Fox, whose new book Death Mask is set against a background of sex, violence and football stars. We also hear how Tasmanian expertise in growing pyrethrum is helping subsistence farmers in Papua New Guinea.
Kangaroos, internet scams & a house made of hemp
1 October 2010
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Tasmanian kangaroo by Jon Wiley (Flickr Creative Commons)
This week on The Australian Bite, the Australian Competition and Comsumer commission has been scouring the internet for fake sites and scams, and we find out some of the tricks used by criminals trying to trap you into parting with your money. We also look at a new book on one of Australia’s favourite animals – the kangaroo, and travel to Tasmania where a British doctor is building his dream house – made of hemp.
Pine trees, polling and sleep-deprived teens
19 August 2010
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This week on the Australian Bite, Australian teenagers – are they getting enough sleep, and if not, why? We travel to the remote Northern Territory community of Gunbalanya, as a mobile polling booth comes to visit. And we’ll meet a Tasmanian botanist who has been travelling the world collecting the seeds of endangered conifers.
A shed, an opera & a tame impala
5 August 2010
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This week on the Bite, we drop in on the Dubbo Men’s shed, where men from all walks of life get together for a yarn and a cup of tea. We meet some teenagers who are writing and staging their very own operas. And we travel to Cape Grim in Tasmania, where samples of air are collected and sent all around the world.
