Australia Talks - 27 Feb 2025: Pseudo nationalisation of steel & ASIO warnings

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

 

Contact us at AustraliaTalksPodcast@proton.me

 

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

 

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:01:04 – Croc Watch

00:15:34 – Industry backs Labor plans for ‘pseudo-nationalisation’ of Whyalla

00:35:39 – Derrinallum, Victoria

00:56:11 – ASIO boss expects more communal violence in worsening security environment in Australia

01:20:06 - This week in Australian history 21-27 Feb

01:27:13 - XXXX bottle top quiz

 

Sources:

 

Even as the tide turned for fur, crocodile leather kept selling in high-end fashion. But for how much longer?

Industry backs Labor plans for 'pseudo-nationalisation' of Whyalla

How Whyalla can be upgraded to green steel and why we need to keep steel production in Australia

BlueScope Steel considers Whyalla takeover while negotiating expert advisory role

ASIO boss expects more communal violence in worsening security environment in Australia

ASIO boss reveals multiple nations plotted to murder critics in Australia

Recent Heritage - Mt Elephant

Forged by fire: Volcanoes in Victoria

Would the volcanoes in Victoria really ever erupt like those in Hawaii?

Australia’s volcanic history is a lot more recent than you think

Wikipedia - Newer Volcanics Province

Victoria’s volcanic history confirms the state’s Aboriginal inhabitation before 34,000 years

Wikipedia - Mount Elephant

Two Ticks Town Talk - Winchelsea, Victoria (from 1 Aug 2024 Australia Talks)

Two Ticks Town Talk - Mt Gambier, South Australia (from 6 Feb 2024 Australia Talks)

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

 

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