Australia Talks

Two Ticks Town Talk - Centre of Australia, Northern Territory (from 8 Aug Australia Talks 2024)

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on the Centre of Australia, Northern Territory from 8 Aug 2024 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

 

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Australia Talks - 8 Aug 2024: Rex airline enters administration & "Vague" Future Made in Australia plan

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

00:11:03 - Rex, Australia's third largest airline, enters administration

00:31:33 - Two Ticks Town Talk is "The centre of Australia"

00:46:46 - Government's Future Made in Australia plan criticised for 'vague and difficult to interpret' guidelines

01:10:15 - This week in Australian history 2-8 August

01:21:43 - XXXX bottle top quiz

 

'Australia Talks' is the official podcast of the r/australian subreddit.

 

Sources:

Australia’s third largest airline enters voluntary administration

Rex Airlines’ future up in the air amid questions about viability of small airlines in Australia

Rex is in administration, but MacAir founder says all hope not lost for regional airlines

Government's Future Made in Australia plan criticised for 'vague and difficult to interpret' guidelines

Labor-linked union wants Treasury to keep its nose out of funding for industry

Centre of Australia States and Territories

Wikipedia - Centre points of Australia

Image of Centre points of Australia

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

Australia Talks - 23 May 2024: Future Made in Australia and Gina Rinehart's portrait

 

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

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Winchelsea, Victoria from 1 Aug 2024 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

 

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Australia Talks 1 Aug 2024: Power hungry data centres & Collins submarine refurbishments

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

00:08:59 - Power hungry data centres in Australia are scrambling to find enough electricity to meet demand

00:33:34 - Two Ticks Town Talk is Winchelsea, Victoria

00:53:49 - Federal government signs $2.2billion deal to extend the life of the Collins submarine. New AUKUS subs delivery expected to face challenges

01:21:55 - This week in Australian history 26-31 Jul and 1 Aug

01:32:29 - XXXX bottle top quiz

 

'Australia Talks' is the official podcast of the r/australian subreddit

 

Sources:

Goodbye Natick! Microsoft has given up on one of its coolest projects ever — underwater data center pilot canned despite successful outcomes and won't come back

Power-hungry data centres scrambling to find enough electricity to meet demand

Microsoft finds underwater datacenters are reliable, practical and use energy sustainably

Submarine boss predicts AUKUS project will be slow, expensive and suffer setbacks

Federal government signs $2.2 billion deal to extend life of Collins submarines into the 2030s

Australia Talks - 18 Apr 2024: Gilmour Space Eris rocket

Wikipedia - Winchelsea, Victoria

Wikipedia - Thomas Austin (pastoralist)

Wikipedia - Rabbits in Australia

Wikipedia - Acclimatisation Society

Hankering for History

National Geographic

Australian Food Timeline

Aussie Towns

Museums Victoria

Tanggram - The magic of compounding interest

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

 

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Two Ticks Town Talk - Stonehenge, Queensland (from 25 Jul 2024 Australia Talks)

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Stonehenge, Queensland from the 25 Jul 2024 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

 

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Australia Talks - 25 Jul 2024: Crowdstrike outage & Excessive cigarette taxes fuel black market

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

00:12:55 - Crowdstrike outage and impact on Australia

00:34:33 - Two Ticks Town Talk is Stonehenge in Queensland

00:47:28 - Excessively high cigarette taxes are fueling a black market

01:12:11 - This week in Australian history 19-25 July

01:23:27 - XXXX bottle top quiz

 

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

 

Sources:

Mass IT outage affects airlines, hospitals, media and banks

Why global tech meltdowns such as the CrowdStrike outage are the new normal

'Excessively high' cigarette taxes 'fuelling' black market, as retailers fear expansion of tobacco wars

Things to do in Stonehenge

Wikipedia - Stonehenge, Queensland

Wikipedia - Australian Anniversaries

Australian Geographic - On this day: Dick Smith’s around-the-world solo flight

 

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Two Ticks Town Talk - Geraldton, Western Australia (from 18 Jul 2024 Australia Talks)

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Geraldton, Western Australia from the 18 Jul 2024 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

 

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Australia Talks - 18 Jul 2024: Russian spying allegations & paying plasma donors

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

00:16:10 - Russian spying allegations in Australia with two arrested

00:36:06 - Two Ticks Town Talk is Geraldton in Western Australia

00:59:14 - Should plasma donors in Australia be paid?

01:21:42 - This week in Australian history 12-18 July

01:30:57 - XXXX bottle top quiz

 

'Australia Talks' is the official podcast of the r/australian subreddit

 

Sources:

Anthony Albanese tells Moscow to 'back off' after Russian embassy criticises spying allegations

Two Australians charged with spying offences for allegedly conspiring to share ADF secrets with Russia

As Australia's reliance on imported blood plasma grows, the ethics of paid donation are back in focus

Aussie Towns - The genius of Monsignor Hawes

Monsignor John Hawes

Aussie Towns

National Heritage Places - HMAS Sydney II and the HSK Kormoran Shipwreck Sites

Wikipedia - Geraldton

Wikipedia - Houtman Abrohlos

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

 

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