Australia Talks

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Airlie Beach (Part 1), Queensland from the 22 Aug 2024 full podcast of 'Australia Talks'.

 

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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

00:09:07 - The Great Barrier Reef is showing record growth with some of the highest numbers recorded

00:33:15 - Two Ticks Town Talk is Airlie Beach, Queensland

00:44:18 - The Australian government is planning a major ID change for every Australian with a new verification system

01:07:53 - This week in Australian history 16-22 August

01:27:28 - XXXX bottle top quiz

 

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

 

Sources:

How the Great Barrier Reef shows record growth AND intense bleaching

New report on Great Barrier Reef shows coral cover increases before onset of serious bleaching, cyclones

Queensland Places

Wikipedia - Airlie Beach

Australia.com guide to Airlie Beach

Major driver's licence change for millions of Aussies with new ID verification system

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

 

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This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Cervantes, Western Australia from the 16 Aug 2024 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

#Australian

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, Vale Jack Karlson the succulent Chinese meal man and Raygun's Olympic performance

00:09:21 - ASIO and Australia's increase terror threat

00:32:04 - Two Ticks Town Talks is Cervantes, Western Australia

00:48:12 -  The influence of the gambling industry on Australian politicians and Albanese's latest watered down approach to gambling advertising

01:14:29 - This week in Australian history 9-15 August

01:23:13 - XXXX bottle top quiz 

 

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

 

Sources:

Jack Karlson, who shot to fame after ‘succulent Chinese meal’ arrest, dies aged 82

YouTube - 'Democracy manifest'

Why is Australia’s Olympic team so large? Or: How did Raygun make it to the Olympics?

‘A total cop-out’ if Albanese government refuses blanket ban on gambling ads, Pocock says

Internal Labor tussle over gambling advertising laws pushes reforms further back

Australian government raises terrorism threat level to ‘probable’ as officials warn risk spans ideologies

ASIO 'stretched' as it faces terror threat that is more complex than a decade ago

Major new collaboration aims to preserve language and culture

Archive to preserve multitude of Indigenous languages

Aussie Towns

Wikipedia - Cervantes, Western Australia

Wikipedia - The Pinnacles (Western Australia)

National Rock Garden - Formation of the Pinnacles

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

YouTube - The Most Unexpected Gold Medal In History - Steven Bradbury | Salt Lake 2002 Winter Olympics

 

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

 

#Australian

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

 

#Australian

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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