Friday Feb 07, 2025
Australia Talks - 6 Feb 2025: Conscription for Australia & AEC fights disinformation
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
00:10:37 – Former Army Chief Peter Leahy tells government to consider conscription to boost service numbers
00:31:50 - Two Ticks Town Talk – Banana, Queensland
00:45:13 – Sovereign citizens, conspiracy theorists and keyboard warriors being targeted by the Australian Electoral Commission this coming federal election
01:07:05 - This week in Australian history 31 Jan & 1-6 Feb
01:17:36 - XXXX bottle top quiz
Sources:
‘National pride’ key to national defence – Peter Leahy
The AEC wants to stop AI and misinformation. But it’s up against a problem that is deep and dark
‘Doing this to ourselves’: misinformation threat is local, Australian Electoral Commission warns
Wikipedia - Banana, Queensland
Queensland Government - Banana
Warialda Pt 2, 7 Dec 2024 (Country Women Association)
Tradie magazine - History of Esky
Redmap - A fish by any other name
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
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