Australia Talks
A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions.
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Contact - AustraliaTalksPodcast@proton.me
DarkestKnight and Ardeet have a weekly relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a trivia question.
Episodes
Saturday Feb 17, 2024
Saturday Feb 17, 2024
This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Northampton, Western Australia from the 13 Feb 2024 full podcast of 'Australia Talks'.
#Australian
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:13:34 - Allan Fels Price Gouging Report
00:31:29 - Two Ticks Town Talk is Northampton, Western Australia
01:01:54 - The Enhanced Games
01:24:57 - This week in Australian history Feb 8-14 Feb
01:37:32 - XXXX bottle top quiz
#Australian
Sources:
The Enhanced Games – a drugs Olympics where cheaters can prosper
Enhanced Games: drug-friendly sports competition gains prominence even as the backlash grows
'Too high, too often': Price gouging report calls for government to step in
WA's Hutt River Province, Australia's oldest micronation, set to rejoin the Commonwealth
End of an empire: Hutt River to rejoin Australia after 50 years
Official Home Site of the Principality of Hutt River, Homepage!
'Let we forget': How Australia's latest micronation staged a coup that ended in court
Why is Australia ‘micronation central’? And do you still have to pay tax if you secede?
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
Saturday Feb 10, 2024
Saturday Feb 10, 2024
This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Oodnadatta, South Australia from the 12 Sep 2023 episode of 'Australia Talks'
#Australian
Saturday Feb 10, 2024
Saturday Feb 10, 2024
This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Mt Gambier, South Australia from the 6 Feb 2024 episode of 'Australia Talks'.
#Australian
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:11:00 - Calls to bring back conscription to Australia
00:45:27 - Two Ticks Town Talk is Mount Gambier, South Australia
00:59:40 - Inflation appears to be receding
01:11:34 - This week in Australian History cover 1-7 Feb
01:23:30 - The XXXX bottle top quiz
'Australia Talks' is the official podcast of the r/australian subreddit
#Australian
Sources:
Australia must consider bringing back conscription as 'all out war' with Russia looms, expert says
Wikipedia - Blue Lake / Warwar
SouthAustralia.com - Mt Gambier
ABC - RBA board keeps cash rate steady
Australia's inflation falls further than expected as prices rise at slowest pace in almost two years
Wikipedia - Australian Anniversaries
Saturday Feb 03, 2024
Saturday Feb 03, 2024
This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Currie, King Island, Tasmania (from the 20 Sep 2023 episode of 'Australia Talks')
#Australian
Saturday Feb 03, 2024
Saturday Feb 03, 2024
This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Moliagul, Victoria (from the 30 Jan 2024 'Australia Talks' podcast).
#Australian
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:08:15 - Optus outage update
00:13:20 - Labor's Stage 3 Tax Cut changes
00:29:38 - Two Ticks Town Talk is Moliagul, Victoria
00:51:32 - Cyber sanctions used for the first time
01:03:54 - This week in Australian History 24-31 Jan
01:18:21 - The XXXX bottle top quiz
'Australia Talks' is the official podcast of the r/australian subreddit.
#Australian
Sources:
Labor makes bracket creep worse for middle Australia
Stage 3 tax cuts calculator: See how the changes will affect you
Sorry, but Stages 1 and 2 did not make Stage 3 fairer. Only changing Stage 3 did that.
Optus admits 10 times more people affected by triple-0 failures than previously disclosed.
Australia sanctions Russian ciitzen Aleksandr Ermakov over 2022 Medibank cyber-attack
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
Student fires 2 blanks at Prince Charles