Australia Talks
Official podcast of the r/Australian subreddit. A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a trivia question.
Episodes
![Two Ticks Town Talk - Broome Part 2, Western Australia (from 23 May 2024 Australia Talks)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/15528451/Australia_Talks_Podcast_Logo_2ya8ji_300x300.jpg)
Sunday May 26, 2024
Sunday May 26, 2024
This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Broome (Part 2) in Western Australia from the 23 May 2024 full podcast of 'Australia Talks'.
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![Australia Talks - 23 May 2024: Future Made in Australia and Gina Rinehart's portrait](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/15528451/Australia_Talks_Podcast_Logo_2ya8ji_300x300.jpg)
Friday May 24, 2024
Friday May 24, 2024
A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions.
Contact us at AustralianSubreddit@proton.me
DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:10:19 - Labor's 'Future Made in Australia' plans
00:34:36 - Two Ticks Town Talk is Broome (Part 2), Western Australia
01:09:53 - Gina Rinehart demands removal of her portrait from the National Gallery
01:25:59 - This week in Australian history 17-23 May
01:39:30 - XXXX bottle top quiz
'Australia Talks' is the official podcast of the r/australian subreddit
Sources:
Future Made in Australia Government paper
Future Made in Australia: $23bn for ‘biggest transformation since Industrial Revolution’
Gina Rinehart demands National Gallery of Australia remove her portrait
National Gallery of Australia - Vincent Namatjira
Aussie Towns
Western Australian Museum - Pearling timeline
Broome Historical Society
Wikipedia - Pearling in Western Australia
National Museum Australia - Japanese divers in Broome
Wikipedia - pinctada maxima
Broome Visitor Centre
Western Australian Museum - Master Pearlers
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
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![Two Ticks Town Talk - Windsor, New South Wales (from 16 May 2024 Australia Talks)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/15528451/Australia_Talks_Podcast_Logo_2ya8ji_300x300.jpg)
Sunday May 19, 2024
Sunday May 19, 2024
This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Windsor, New South Wales from the 16 May 2024 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.
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![Australia Talks - 16 May 2024: Australian Federal Budget and China military confrontation](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/15528451/Australia_Talks_Podcast_Logo_2ya8ji_300x300.jpg)
Friday May 17, 2024
Friday May 17, 2024
A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a trivia question.
DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:09:22 - The 2024 Australian Federal Budget
00:37:25 - Two Ticks Town Talk is Windsor in New South Wales
00:51:45 - China and Australian military confrontation. China accuses Australia of spying
01:18:37 - This week in Australian history 9-16 May
01:31:49 - XXXX bottle top quiz
'Australia Talks' is the official podcast of the r/australian subreddit
Sources:Federal Budget 2024: Winners and Losers
A three-minute guide to what's in the federal budget to help with the cost-of-living crisis
The third Chalmers budget is built on a hope that the government gets more time to fix its long-term problems
Wikipedia - Macquarie Arms hotel
Wikipedia - Windsor, New South Wales
Wikipedia - Hainan Island incident
China changes story on military confrontation, accuses Australia of spying
Anthony Albanese has not spoken with Xi Jinping after Chinese military confrontation in international waters
Australasian Underwater Cultural Heritage Database
Trove
Sydney Morning Herald - From the Archives 1997: Susie’s record swim from Cuba to Florida
SciHi blog - John Tebbutt and the Great Comet of 1861
Sport Australia Hall of Fame - Jimmy Carruthers
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
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![Two Ticks Town Talk - Broome Part 1, Western Australia (from 9 May 2024 Australia Talks)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/15528451/Australia_Talks_Podcast_Logo_2ya8ji_300x300.jpg)
Sunday May 12, 2024
Sunday May 12, 2024
This is the Two Ticks Town Talk episode on Broome, Western Australia (Part 1) from the 9 May 2024 episode of 'Australia Talks'.
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![Australia Talks - 9 May 2024: Macquarie bank going cashless and Radiopharmaceuticals for Australia](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/15528451/Australia_Talks_Podcast_Logo_2ya8ji_300x300.jpg)
Friday May 10, 2024
Friday May 10, 2024
A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a trivia question.
DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:00:00:00 - Introduction
00:10:12 - Macquarie bank is now going cashless
00:36:17 - Two Ticks Town Talk is Broome, Western Australia
00:58:41 - South Australia wants to create a Radiopharmaceuticals industry
01:24:13 - This week in Australian history 2-8 May
01:31:24 - XXXX bottle top quiz
'Australia Talks' is the official podcast of the r/australian subreddit.
Sources:
Macquarie Bank ditches cash at all branches and goes 'completely digital'
Macquarie Bank announces shock move to scrap cash in all branches
From Mines to Medicines. Australia’s Radiopharmaceuticals Future
Aussie Towns
On this day: Stolen dinosaur footprint recovered
The dinosaur track theft that never was
Stolen dinosaur footprint recovered
Wikipedia - Broome
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![Two Ticks Town Talk - Betoota, Queensland (from 2 May 2024 Australia Talks)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/15528451/Australia_Talks_Podcast_Logo_2ya8ji_300x300.jpg)
Sunday May 05, 2024
Two Ticks Town Talk - Betoota, Queensland (from 2 May 2024 Australia Talks)
Sunday May 05, 2024
Sunday May 05, 2024
This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Betoota, Queensland from the full episode of the 2 May 2024 'Australia Talks'.
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![Australia Talks - 2 May 2024: Musk vs eSafety and virus threatening chocolate supply](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/15528451/Australia_Talks_Podcast_Logo_2ya8ji_300x300.jpg)
Friday May 03, 2024
Friday May 03, 2024
A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a trivia question.
DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:00:00:00 - Introduction
00:07:25 - Elon Musk, Albanese and the Australian eSafety Officer
00:25:46 - The Two Ticks Town Talks is Beetoota, Queensland
00:41:55 - The virus threatening Australia's chocolate supply
01:01:22 - This week in Australian history 26-30 Apr and 1 May
01:14:36 - The XXXX bottle top quiz may be difficult to digest
'Australia Talks' is the official podcast of the r/australian subreddit.
Sources:
Elon Musk hits back at Australian court order against X images of stabbing
Destructive virus threatens world's supply of chocolate
Wet weather and disease hit African cocoa farmers, push up prices
Wikipedia - Betoota
The Diamantina
Facebook - Betoota hotel
Outback Queensland
Wikipedia - Australian Anniversaries
#Australian
![Two Ticks Town Talk - Karratha, Western Australia (from 25 April 2024 Australia Talks)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/15528451/Australia_Talks_Podcast_Logo_2ya8ji_300x300.jpg)
Sunday Apr 28, 2024
Sunday Apr 28, 2024
This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Karratha, Western Australia from the 25 April 2024 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.
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![Australia Talks - 25 Apr 2024: ANZAC day, Defence budget and the 'Great Browning'](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/15528451/Australia_Talks_Podcast_Logo_2ya8ji_300x300.jpg)
Friday Apr 26, 2024
Friday Apr 26, 2024
A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a trivia question.
DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:00:00:00 - Introduction and ANZAC day
00:16:09 - $50 billion defence spending increase (and possible impact on new F35 fighter jets)
00:37:15 - Two Ticks Town Talks is Karratha in Western Australia
01:03:08 - The 'Great Browning' spreading along the coast
01:23:51 - This week in Australian history 19-25 Apr
01:40:30 - XXXX bottle top quiz is moist
'Australia Talks' is the official podcast of the r/australian subreddit.
Sources:
Plans for new fighter jets on back burner despite Labor’s $50bn boost to defence spending
Marles unveils $50 billion defence spending increase over next decade
Anger as 'great browning' spreads along 1,000km of Australian coast
The big dry: forests and shrublands are dying in parched Western Australia
Aussie Towns
Wikipedia - Karratha
Wikipedia - Dampier
Wikipedia - Murujuga
Rio Tinto - Dampier salt
BCI Minerals - Mardie salt and potash
Karratha 50th anniversary booklet
CSIRO - Iron ore Hamersley Province, WA
Journal of Australasian Mining History, Vol. 11, October 2013 - The Establishment of Iron Ore Giants: Hamersley Iron and the Mount Newman Mining Company, 1961–1969 by David Lee
Nomination of the For an Engineering Heritage Australia Heritage Recognition Award
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