Friday Sep 27, 2024

Australia Talks - 26 Sep 2024: ACCC legal action against Coles and Woolworths & Dental in Medicare

A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions.

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:00 - Croc watch

00:11:34 - ACCC takes legal action against Woolworths and Coles over allegedly misleading price claims
00:33:14 - Two Ticks Town Talk - Thargomindah, Queensland
00:50:33 - Why isn't dental included in Medicare?
01:13:37 - This week in Australian history 20-26 Sep
01:26:25 - XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

ACCC takes legal action against Woolworths and Coles over allegedly misleading pricing claims

Woolworths and Coles sued by ACCC for allegedly misleading shoppers over the price of more than 500 products

Why isn’t dental included in Medicare? It’s time to change this – here’s how

Labor resists internal push for dental in Medicare, saying focus is on strengthening general practice

Aussie Towns - The trivial pursuit question no one gets right

Aussie Towns - The Thargomindah ghost

TrulyAus

Travel Action Matilda Country

Wikipedia - Thargomindah

Aussie Towns - Thargomindah

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries