Questions for discussion

Gun control1. Discuss the Gun control story with another student. Record the main points of

your discussion.2. What did the Prime Minister do in response to the Port Arthur tragedy in

1996?3. Australia has some of the strictest gun laws in the world. True or false?4. Many people in America see owning a gun as a ___________.5. What percentage of households in America have a gun

a. 10%b. 20%c. 45%

6. What is the Second Amendment in the American Constitution?7. How have guns changed since the Second Amendment was written?8. What has happened to gun sales since the Colorado shooting?9. Do you think stricter gun ownership laws are needed? Explain your answer.10. How has your thinking changed since watching the BtN story?

` Should the US have stricter rules on gun ownership?’ Vote in the BtN online poll http://www.abc.net.au/btn/

Olympic TV1. BtN is allowed to show vision of the Olympic Games. True or false?2. Complete the following sentence: `TV stations only get the right to show the

Olympics if they…’3. Which TV stations have the rights to show the Olympics?4. How do TV stations with the rights to the Olympics make money?5. Which event does the ABC have the rights to?6. What is the ABC news allowed to show?7. Why is only official merchandise allowed to be sold during the Olympics?8. What can happen if people display the Olympic rings?9. Why is sponsorship important to the Olympics? 10. What do you understand more clearly since watching the Olympic TV story?

Post a message on the Behind the News Guestbook http://www.abc.net.au/btn/

Globesity1. In your own words, describe the obesity problem in developing countries.2. Give one reason why people in Mexico drink more soft drink per person than

any other country.3. About how much does soft drink cost in Mexico?4. What has contributed to the obesity problem in China?

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5. What is the Nestle boat and what impact is it having on some Brazilians’ diet?6. What obesity related illness are Indian people being diagnosed with?7. Why are Indian people at a greater risk of getting this illness?8. What impact is the obesity epidemic having on kids?9. What do you think are the contributing factors to obesity in developing

countries?10. What are some solutions to the problem?

What influences the food choices people make? Think about cultural/family background, money available, education, time available.

Cashless society1. Briefly summarise the BtN story.2. Before notes and coins were invented, what was used to pay for things?3. What less valuable things were used to make money?4. When were credit cards and EFTPOS first used in Australia?5. What is `tap and pay’ technology?6. How are mobile phones being used for `tap and pay’?7. Why are some people concerned about the digital transfer of money?8. What is the most common way to pay for things?9. What are the advantages and disadvantages of a cashless society?10. Do you think we will eventually become a cashless society? Explain your

answer.

Test your knowledge in the Cash quiz. Go to the BtN website and follow the links.

Kids and cattle1. Retell the story in your own words.2. What competition are Emily and her friends competing in?3. Which cattle station does Emily come from

a. Bungaroob. Bundaleerc. Bunbury

4. How is a heifer different to a cow?5. What things will be judged in the competition?6. What is it important to do when leading the animals?7. Why is there a shortage of people working on the land?8. How are the kids’ skills and knowledge tested in the competition?9. Illustrate an aspect of the Kids and cattle story.10. Name three facts you learnt watching the story.

How do you think more people could be encouraged to work in the cattle industry?

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Gun controlFocus Questions

1. Discuss the Gun control story with another student. Record the main points of your discussion.

2. What did the Prime Minister do in response to the Port Arthur tragedy in 1996?

3. Australia has some of the strictest gun laws in the world. True or false?4. Many people in America see owning a gun as a ___________.5. What percentage of households in America have a gun

a. 10%b. 20%c. 45%

6. What is the Second Amendment in the American Constitution?7. How have guns changed since the Second Amendment was written?8. What has happened to gun sales since the Colorado shooting?9. Do you think stricter gun ownership laws are needed? Explain your answer.10. How has your thinking changed since watching the BtN story?

Gun control debate

Ask students what they think is meant by `gun control’ and `gun rights’.

What do supporters of each side of the debate believe?

Ask students to research and record the following:

Supporters of gun control believe…

Supporters of gun rights believe…

Some issues to consider when investigating the debate:Tougher background checks and longer waiting periods for those wanting to purchase gunsCompulsory child safety locks on gunsA person right to protect themselvesRestricting the use and sale of guns is against the rights of all Americans

Mini Debate

Should the U.S. have stricter rules on gun ownership?

Working in pairs, students will prepare a one - two minute speech for a mini debate on the topic of gun control. One person will speak for the affirmative (supporting the idea that the United States should have stricter rules on gun ownership) and the other will speak for the negative (speaking against the idea of greater gun control).

Before students begin to construct their argument, ask them to record what they already know about the topic and what they would like to find out. Students then research the topic to gain a greater understanding of the issue. Ask students to list

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Learning Area

Society and Environment, English

Key learning

Students will research arguments for gun control and gun rights and participate in a mini debate.

their arguments in point form on paper (without their partner seeing them). When they have done this, ask them to choose the five best points that will form the basis for their debate.

Students will write in point form, their debate on cards that fit into the palm of their hand. Their debate needs to have an introduction (introducing the topic), middle (three main points) and a conclusion (restating their position)

Students practise their speech and then present the mini debate to other students.

ReflectionAsk students to think about how difficult it was to think of arguments to support their case. Do they think they could have created a stronger argument if they were speaking for the opposing view?

Further investigation

Tell us what you think on the Behind the News Guestbook. Include one or two points from your argument.

8 Related Research Links

CBBC Newsround – Gun debatehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_2350000/newsid_2358200/2358225.stm

BBC Scotland – Gun control debatehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/ms/usa/casestudies/guncontrol/index.shtml

BBC – Newsbeat’s guide to US gun lawshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/18950937

Behind the News - Upsetting news documenthttp://www.abc.net.au/btn/resources/story/UpsettingNews.pdf

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Globesity

Focus Questions

1. In your own words, describe the obesity problem in developing countries.2. Give one reason why people in Mexico drink more soft drink per person than

any other country.3. About how much does soft drink cost in Mexico?4. What has contributed to the obesity problem in China?5. What is the Nestle boat and what impact is it having on some Brazilians’ diet?6. What obesity related illness are Indian people being diagnosed with?7. Why are Indian people at a greater risk of getting this illness?8. What impact is the obesity epidemic having on kids?9. What do you think are the contributing factors to obesity in developing

countries?10. What are some solutions to the problem?

Globesity

Please consider the sensitive nature of this topic when discussing the issue of obesity with students.

Watch the BtN story Globesity and summarise the story in your own words. Watch the story again and listen carefully. Circle each of the following words as you hear them. Record any unfamiliar words.

obesity Western world developing countries

malnourished processed foods epidemic

Ask students to write what they think is the meaning of each word (including unfamiliar words). Swap definitions with a partner and ask them to add to or change the definition. Check these against the dictionary definition. Ask students to write their own sentences using the key words.

Students choose one or more of the following activities to complete:

On a map of the world, locate the developing countries that featured in the BtN Globesity story.

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Learning Area

Health and Physical Education

Key learning

Students will investigate factors that contribute to obesity and the health risks such as type 2 diabetes.

What things contribute to obesity? Consider factors such as changes to diet, lifestyle and advertising. What do you believe were the biggest contributing factors to obesity in the BtN story?

What influences the food choices people make? Think about cultural/family background, money available, education, time available.

What are the health risks associated with obesity? Choose one of the problems such as type 2 diabetes and explain what the disease is, signs and symptoms, health consequences, tips for preventing the onset of the disease and how the disease is treated and managed.

Think about your own diet and lifestyle choices by completing the survey at the following website http://www3.health.nsw.gov.au/cihfap/form/surveyform.cfm Name three changes you are going to make to improve your health.

8 Related Research Links

ABC Foreign Correspondent – Fat’s new frontierhttp://www.abc.net.au/foreign/content/2012/s3547707.htm

Child and Youth Health – Obesityhttp://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetailsKids.aspx?p=335&np=152&id=2462

World Health Organisation – Obesity and overweighthttp://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs311/en/

Better Health Channel – Obesityhttp://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Obesity

NSW Health – Obesityhttp://www.health.nsw.gov.au/publichealth/healthpromotion/obesity/

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BtN: Episode 20 Transcript 31/7/12

On this week's Behind the News

It's the Olympics BtN style. We'll tell you about the tough rules on who can show the Games.

A big problem getting bigger. What happens when fast food reaches developing countries?

And why new technologies mean our coins and notes could one day disappear.

Hi I'm Nathan Bazley, welcome to Behind the News. Also on the show today we check out a competition where kids show off their skills at handling cattle! Before all that.

Gun ControlReporter: Nathan Bazley

INTRO: More than a week ago, the world was rocked by news of a horrible shooting in a movie theatre in America. 12 people were killed and 58 wounded. But while the alleged killer has been arrested, attention has now turned to his accomplices in the crime some very high powered weapons. Should people be allowed to own guns like that? The answer for many Americans might surprise you.

KID: We need to stop this from happening again.

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NATHAN BAZLEY, REPORTER: It's a natural response to a horrible event, to want to learn from something so sad. But stopping people before they commit these crimes can be difficult. So attention often falls on the tools they use to carry them out; guns.

It might surprise you to learn that before most of you were born, Australia had its own tragic moment like America is experiencing now. It happened at Port Arthur in Tasmania in 1996. 35 people were killed. The public's sights fell onto the guns that made the attack possible. And the Prime Minister of the day did something about it. He banned the weapons used in the attack.

Hundreds of thousands of them were handed in voluntarily and in return, the owners were compensated. All of those weapons were destroyed. That left Australia with some of the strictest gun laws in the world.

JOHN HOWARD: It means that this country, through its governments, has decided not to go down the American path.

But how is the American path any different? Well here, owning a gun is seen by many as a right.

CHARLTON HESTON, FORMER NRA PRESIDENT: From my cold dead hands!

NRA AD: Never fight if you can avoid it. But if you must fight, don't lose.

It's estimated around 100 million people in the US have a gun. That's about 45 percent of all households. In Australia, it's closer to 5 percent. You can buy guns at the

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supermarket and as this documentary famously showed, even get one free when you open a bank account. And any one that dares to speak up against it faces this.

NRA AD: Don't let Barratt recall your gun rights!

The National Rifle Association, or NRA, is one of the most powerful groups in America. And their aim is to protect the Second Amendment to the American constitution; the right to bear arms.

But arms have changed a lot since then. When the Second Amendment was written, the most lethal gun available was a musket. In the time it takes to reload one, a semi-automatic weapon can shoot up to 15 bullets. An automatic weapon can shoot up to 255. Both of those types of weapons are banned in Australia. But in most states of America, you can pick up either with little trouble. And that's exactly what one young guy did in Colorado.

WITNESS: He was shooting for, like, about a minute and a half, two minutes. I felt like it was going on forever. He shot, he shot, shot, reloaded, keep on. He kept on shooting.

Now, some people here have started speaking up for some form of gun control.

CHARLES RAMSEY, PHILADELPHIA POLICE COMMISSIONER: I don't know why people need to have assault weapons. There needs to be reasonable gun control put in place.

MICHAEL MOORE: This is not the America I'm going to live in. This is too great a country to let this happen again.

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But considering gun sales have soared 40 percent since the attack, it seems America is still unwilling to bite the bullet on gun control.

Online Poll

OK let's make that our poll this week.

The question is:

Should the US have stricter rules on gun ownership?

To vote just head to our website.

The Wire

New figures show the number of asylum seekers arriving in Australia by boat is higher this year than any before. Six-thousand, seven hundred and sixty five asylum seekers have arrived by boat this year. This breaks the previous record set in 2010.

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There have been big protests in Japan. People are unhappy with the government's decision to reopen two nuclear power plants. Up to ten thousand protesters formed a human chain around the parliament building.

All of Japan's 50 nuclear reactors were shut down last year after a nuclear disaster at the Fukushima power plant.

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And an 11 year old boy has gone on a joy ride flying from the UK to Italy without a passport or a ticket. The boy was able to get past several security checks by tagging on to another family.

“The boy was mixed in with a large number of children and other family members, clearly our staff didn't count the right number of children versus the right number of boarding cards."

He wasn't noticed until the flight was already on its way to Rome. He was flown straight back to his worried mum in London.

Olympic TVReporter: Sarah Larsen

INTRO: For the next few weeks the news is going to be full of stories from the Olympic Games over in London. But unfortunately you won't see much of the action here on BtN. That's not because we don't like sport it's because there are restrictions on the pictures we're allowed to show. And it's not just TV that's affected. Sarah finds out about the business behind the games.

SARAH LARSEN, REPORTER: It's the most watched sporting event in the world. A chance to see the best athletes performing feats of strength, speed, accuracy and agility, right there on your TV screen. Unless, of course, you're watching BtN.

REPORTER: Hey!

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Yep, it's Olympics time. And for us here at BtN that means coming up with different ways of showing what's going on in London, whether it's with toys or you guys. Because, as big as the Olympics are, you won't see them on every channel.

TV stations only get the right to show the Olympics if they pay for it. And they pay a lot. Channel Nine and Foxtel forked out 120 million dollars to be able to play the London games in Australia.

They see it as an investment. Lots of people tune in to the Games, which means lots of people watching ads which earn the TV stations lots of money. But for the channels that don't have rights reporting on the games is a tricky business.

The ABC is funded by taxpayers so it can't afford to spend hundreds of millions on the Olympics. It does buy rights to the Paralympics, which are broadcast after the games but in the meantime there are tight restrictions on what it can show.

The news is allowed to report on the games but it's only allowed to show a little bit of vision and it can only do it three times a day.

That means a lot of programs miss out including BtN. It's not just TV stations that are restricted. Companies pay a lot of money to be official Olympic sponsors. So they're the only ones allowed to link themselves to the Games.

All merchandise has to be official and anyone selling souvenirs without permission can get into big trouble. Even the Olympic rings are off limits, as Muriel Butler found out when she knitted a display for a craft-shop window. She had to cover it up when the torch relay went through.

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JILL BAKER-TOPLIS, MURIEL BUTLER'S DAUGHTER: I thought it was absolutely disgraceful. We're all worried that we're going to get sued here, because we've got 'Olympic' mentioned in the window.

Even using words like London," "summer" or "gold," along with "Games" or "2012" can get you into trouble, although some businesses are finding ways around the rules with some interesting changes to the logo and spelling.

There are also restrictions on social networking. People with tickets to the games have been warned not to share vision of the events on the internet. Some say the rules have gone too far and they're stopping ordinary people from getting involved in the Olympic spirit.

But putting on an event this big is really expensive and others point out that without sponsorship the games probably wouldn't exist. For most athletes and spectators the Olympics isn't about money, it's about a different type of gold and coming together to celebrate the best in sport and that's worth watching, however you can.

Presenter: OK, let's have our first quiz of the day.

Quiz 1

The question is:

Which of these events is in the modern pentathlon?

High Jump

Show Jumping

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110 metre hurdles

Answer: Show Jumping

The other 4 events are pistol shooting, freestyle swimming, fencing, and a cross-country run. It's a strange mix isn't it? OK, now onto a story about the food we eat.

GlobesityReporter: Nathan Bazley

INTRO: There was a time when some developing countries struggled even to feed their own people. But now some of those same countries are suffering from a different problem - obesity. Let's take a look.

NATHAN BAZLEY, REPORTER: The fast foods we know and love are spreading across the globe. In the past 20 years they've hit developing countries where not so long ago, food was scarce for some people. Where they used to crave a feed, now they're craving fries. Here's a quick world tour of the damage.

It's Mother's Day here in one of the poorest areas of Mexico. Celebrations are underway at a local school, complete with free drinks provided by Coke. In fact, for the kids at this school they don't get water in class, they get soft drink. This is just one of the reasons that Mexicans drink more soft drink per person than any other country on earth. But how can people from such a poor area afford a luxury, like soft drink? Well it's always kept affordable - 70 cents for 2 litres in this area.

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What do you do with your spare time? Well in China, kids are signing up to classes like this. But they don't just go for an hour. They stay in camps like this for months or even years. China is a big country with an increasingly big problem. Fast food chains have been opening up, in a place that used to be closed off to the outside world. That means foods high in both sugar and fat are now taking the place of traditional healthier meals. That's a recipe for problems.

This is the Nestle boat, a floating shop that visits all the small villages up and down the Amazon, in Brazil. It brings with it all the chocolate, biscuits and other processed foods you could want. And it visits many of the poorest areas of Brazil, to make sure they don't miss out. Convenient, but far from healthy.

Here in this diabetes clinic, they're seeing more and more Indian people diagnosed with the obesity related illness. Research suggests that because their bodies aren't used to a high fat, high sugar diet, diabetes is an even bigger risk. Half a billion people here are poor and hungry. But as with many developing countries, they are now joined by a growing group of obese people too.

Two opposite problems living right next to each other. So there you have it, a world tour of the new frontier for the obesity epidemic. Of course, western countries are still the overweight champions of the world. But the rate at which these developing countries are catching up has researchers worried.

The most worrying thing though, is who's having to shoulder this weight of unhealthy temptation. In most cases, it's kids. A growing problem among the world's smallest people. So how did it get this way?

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Cashless SocietyReporter: James Bartold

INTRO: It's hard to imagine a world where money doesn't exist. But some people think that the coins and notes that we call 'money' will eventually disappear. That's because the way we pay for things is changing. Here's James to explain.

JAMES BARTOLD, REPORTER: No matter how you like to pay for things, you'd have a pretty tough time trying to buy anything in the world without money.

We use it wherever we go to buy all kinds of different things. But over time how we pay for things has changed quite a bit. Back in the old days, money was all about trading precious metals like gold and silver for things you wanted to buy. But it was an expensive way to make money so they started making it out of less valuable things like copper and nickel and paper and cloth.

Like in the old days we've also found ways to reinvent money. Cash got its first real competitor with the invention of a piece of plastic with a magnetic strip.

EFTPOS and credit cards popped up in Australia 40 years ago and nowadays if you think about it there are very few things you can't buy with card - lunch or even parking metres. And that's got some people saying the old fashioned cash could be on the way out.

REPORTER: What do you have in your wallet at the moment?

VOX 1: Only cards. I don't even have any coins at all.

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VOX 2: Mostly coins and cards.

VOX 3: Right now we've got 5 dollars stuck in here and a few coins and that's about it.

REPORTER: And why not so much cash?

VOX 3: Credit cards baby, credit cards.

Money is now digital. It's all about quick, fast transfers using the power of technology. And credit card companies are making it even easier with the invention of tap and pay. But it's not just cash that could be waved goodbye. Cards could follow sooner than you might think.

REPORTER: These cards are just the start. The tap and pay technology is now being moved to mobile phones too, turning your phone into a mobile wallet.

Inside your phone is a little chip that stores all your details a lot like a credit card does. All you have to do is press your phone up to an electronic reader. It'll immediately recognise you and you've paid. So no need for cash, cards or a wallet. Just your phone!

But all this money flowing through the digital clouds has some people worried. Some think having all our details on a device could make us easy targets for cyber criminals. But others say there are always fears when new technology comes in.

Cash isn't that safe itself. It can be stolen from banks and unlike with this new technology you can't easily track it if it goes missing! The tap and pay companies are so confident

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in the new technology they're even insuring their clients money. So anything that's lost or stolen will be paid back to you.

Cash isn't out of fashion just yet. It's still the most common way to pay. But with the mobile money train moving so fast. A cashless society will soon be available if you want it!

Quiz 2

OK, let's have a quiz about money.

The question is:

Which of these is a unit of currency in China?

Yuan

Yen

Dong

Answer: Yuan

You'll find Yen in Japan and Dong in Vietnam. OK, enough of all that money talk. Let's move onto some sport now. Here's Tash with this week's Score.

The Score

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Casey Stoner has won the US Moto GP.

“Stoner wins”

Stoner was able to take the lead early in the race. Jorge Lorenzo finished second. Stoner's teammate Dani Pedrosa came third. It was Stoner's fourth victory of the season but he's still 32 points behind Lorenzo in the overall world championship standings.

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Cadel Evans has pulled out of the Olympics. The Aussie cyclist was supposed to race in the Olympic time-trial but says he's too tired. Evans came into the Olympics in bad shape after suffering through the recent Tour de France with a stomach bug.

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And check this out. It's called wheelchair rugby although it's better known as ‘Murderball’. Our Australian team is training hard for the upcoming Paralympics. The Aussies are currently ranked number 2 in the world behind the USA. But they say this year's team is the strongest they've ever had!

Kids & CattleReporter: Sarah Larsen

INTRO: For some kids in the country being able to handle cattle is a way of life. It's also a kind of sport, believe it or not, and there are competitions around the country were young cattle handlers show off their skills. Sarah had a look at a cattle show that's just for kids.

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SARAH LARSEN, REPORTER: They weigh as much as a small car. They're stronger than a rugby player and they can be kind of scary.

But that doesn't stop kids like Emily from getting up close and personal with cattle.

EMILY: You just need to get yourself up quickly and just get on with it.

Emily and her cousins and friends have come here to Bundaleer Stud to get ready for the annual South Australian Junior Heifer Expo.

WILL & FERGUS: I'm Will Southon and I'm Fergus Southon and I'm 10 years old, and I'm 11 years old turning 12 in November.

KATE: I'm Kate Ashby and I live on this property Bundaleer near Gulnare.

TOM: I'm Tom Filmer. I come from a place called Callington not far from Mount Barker.

This four and a half thousand acre property has been in their family for five generations and heifer handling is a bit of a tradition.

In case you were wondering, these are heifers. They're cows that haven't had calves yet.

Each kid has their own heifer that they've been getting ready to put on show in the city. They'll be judged for the quality of their animals and also for the way they lead them.

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MATT ASHBY: Right, listen up everyone. Today we're going to groom our heifers, get 'em looking half presentable and we'll take them for a walk up to the machinery shed.

Cattle shows are a chance for breeders to show off their best livestock. They’re also a way of getting kids involved in the industry.

GRAHAM: And if we don't train you young people when you're going and get the passion early, well we're just running out. They're all going to the mines to work and we're getting short of people to work the land.

In Adelaide, the Bundaleer team are joined by kids from all around the country with heifers of all shapes and sizes.

JESS: This is Jo Mclauchlan’s little Angus Heifer who was unfortunate enough to get stuck with me so we clipped her yesterday and I think she looks a bit funny. I sort of shaved her head and didn't do a very good job so poor thing doesn't know how silly she looks, thank God.

While the look of the animals is important, so are the kids' skills and knowledge. In one event they have to judge the heifers themselves, testing how well they can speak and how well they know cattle.

KID: She has a good behind and a lovely udder structure.

KID: I put the Murray Grey, it was a nice long straight back, feminine head and good pins. Nice 45 degree angle on her neck.

In the ring it's about confidence, style, and understanding your heifer.

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JUDGE: The young lad the junior parader here he really hasn’t put a foot wrong all day. He's got their heifer on a string. The affinity between heifer and handler is amazing and I congratulate him for that.

In the end 9 year old, Lauchy was crowned junior Champion handler; just points ahead of his older sister.

REPORTER: How does it feel Lauchy?

LAUCHY: Feels good to beat my sister.

The Bundaleer kids also picked up their share of ribbons. But win or lose, they say they'll be back next year and the year after that. Carrying on the family tradition and helping to shape the future of Australia's cattle industry.

Closer

That's it for the show. You can jump onto our website if you want to get more info on any of the stories. You can send us your comments and don't forget to vote in this week's poll. I'll see you next time.

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