The Australian Bite
Posts Tagged ‘ Victoria’
Aboriginal group takes complaint to UN
21 February 2009
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Prescribed Area sign in Australia's Northern Territory. Photo by manniac aka Manfred Renner
This week on the Bite, we hear why a group of Northern Territory Aboriginal people are taking a complaint against the Australian Government to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. And we take a look at a travelling exhibition featuring the work of one of Australia’s best known photographers, the late Max Dupain, best known for his picture of “The Sunbaker”.
Victoria’s Bushfire Disaster
14 February 2009
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Rural Victoria, in Australia’s south east, has just endured the worst bushfire tragedy in the country’s history. On this week’s Australian Bite we hear from Victorian State Premier John Brumby who has been visiting fire-ravaged communities. And two prominent Australian climate scientists ponder the link between climate change and natural disasters.
