Australia Talks

Two Ticks Town Talk - Windsor, New South Wales (from 16 May 2024 Australia Talks)

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Windsor, New South Wales from the 16 May 2024 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

 

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Australia Talks - 16 May 2024: Australian Federal Budget and China military confrontation

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

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:09:22 - The 2024 Australian Federal Budget

00:37:25 - Two Ticks Town Talk is Windsor in New South Wales

00:51:45 - China and Australian military confrontation. China accuses Australia of spying

01:18:37 - This week in Australian history 9-16 May

01:31:49 - XXXX bottle top quiz

 

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

 

Sources:

Federal Budget 2024: Winners and Losers

A three-minute guide to what's in the federal budget to help with the cost-of-living crisis

The third Chalmers budget is built on a hope that the government gets more time to fix its long-term problems

Wikipedia - Macquarie Arms hotel

Wikipedia - Windsor, New South Wales

Wikipedia - Hainan Island incident

China changes story on military confrontation, accuses Australia of spying

Anthony Albanese has not spoken with Xi Jinping after Chinese military confrontation in international waters

Australasian Underwater Cultural Heritage Database

Trove

Sydney Morning Herald - From the Archives 1997: Susie’s record swim from Cuba to Florida

SciHi blog - John Tebbutt and the Great Comet of 1861

Sport Australia Hall of Fame - Jimmy Carruthers

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

 

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Two Ticks Town Talk - Broome Part 1, Western Australia (from 9 May 2024 Australia Talks)

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk episode on Broome, Western Australia (Part 1) from the 9 May 2024 episode of 'Australia Talks'.

 

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Australia Talks - 9 May 2024: Macquarie bank going cashless and Radiopharmaceuticals for Australia

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

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:10:12 - Macquarie bank is now going cashless

00:36:17 - Two Ticks Town Talk is Broome, Western Australia

00:58:41 - South Australia wants to create a Radiopharmaceuticals industry

01:24:13 - This week in Australian history 2-8 May

01:31:24 - XXXX bottle top quiz

 

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

 

Sources:

Macquarie Bank ditches cash at all branches and goes 'completely digital'

Macquarie Bank announces shock move to scrap cash in all branches

From Mines to Medicines. Australia’s Radiopharmaceuticals Future

Aussie Towns

On this day: Stolen dinosaur footprint recovered

The dinosaur track theft that never was

Stolen dinosaur footprint recovered

Wikipedia - Broome

 

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Two Ticks Town Talk - Betoota, Queensland (from 2 May 2024 Australia Talks)

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Betoota, Queensland from the full episode of the 2 May 2024 'Australia Talks'.

 

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Australia Talks - 2 May 2024: Musk vs eSafety and virus threatening chocolate supply

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

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:07:25 - Elon Musk, Albanese and the Australian eSafety Officer

00:25:46 - The Two Ticks Town Talks is Beetoota, Queensland

00:41:55 - The virus threatening Australia's chocolate supply

01:01:22 - This week in Australian history  26-30 Apr and 1 May

01:14:36 - The XXXX bottle top quiz may be difficult to digest

 

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

 

Sources:

Elon Musk hits back at Australian court order against X images of stabbing

Destructive virus threatens world's supply of chocolate

Wet weather and disease hit African cocoa farmers, push up prices

Wikipedia - Betoota

The Diamantina

Facebook - Betoota hotel

Outback Queensland

Wikipedia - Australian Anniversaries

 

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Two Ticks Town Talk - Karratha, Western Australia (from 25 April 2024 Australia Talks)

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Karratha, Western Australia from the 25 April 2024 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

 

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Australia Talks - 25 Apr 2024: ANZAC day, Defence budget and the 'Great Browning'

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

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 - Introduction and ANZAC day

00:16:09 - $50 billion defence spending increase (and possible impact on new F35 fighter jets)

00:37:15 - Two Ticks Town Talks is Karratha in Western Australia

01:03:08 - The 'Great Browning' spreading along the coast

01:23:51 - This week in Australian history 19-25 Apr

01:40:30 - XXXX bottle top quiz is moist

 

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

 

Sources:

Plans for new fighter jets on back burner despite Labor’s $50bn boost to defence spending

Marles unveils $50 billion defence spending increase over next decade

Anger as 'great browning' spreads along 1,000km of Australian coast

The big dry: forests and shrublands are dying in parched Western Australia

Aussie Towns

Wikipedia - Karratha

Wikipedia - Dampier

Wikipedia - Murujuga

Rio Tinto - Dampier salt

BCI Minerals - Mardie salt and potash

Karratha 50th anniversary booklet

CSIRO - Iron ore Hamersley Province, WA

Journal of Australasian Mining History, Vol. 11, October 2013 - The Establishment of Iron Ore Giants: Hamersley Iron and the Mount Newman Mining Company, 1961–1969 by David Lee

Nomination of the For an Engineering Heritage Australia Heritage Recognition Award

 

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