Australia Talks - 10 Oct 2023: Money being lost to pokies and urgent care clinics not materialising

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 Intro

00:09:28 Billions of dollars being lost to poker machines in Australia

00:29:01 Two Ticks Town Talk is Bright, Victoria

00:48:50 Promised Urgent Care Clinics not materialising

01:13:17 This week in Australian history covers the dates 3rd to 9th October

 01:28:53 The XXXX bottle top question fits in your tuckerbag

 

Sources:

- 'Desperate' Australians losing billions more to pokies during cost-of-living crisis, researcher warns.

- Crown Perth casino royal commission raises questions about how pokie-free WA is

- Less than half of promised urgent care clinics have opened, and most are in Labor seats

- Wikipedia (multiple)

- AussieTowns.com.au

- Visit Bright

- Australian Geographic

- Australian Academy of Science

 

’Australia Talks’ is the official podcast of the r/Australian subreddit.

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