Australia Talks

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:10:26 - A social responsibility to visit the Northern Territory?

00:25:14 - Two Ticks Town Talks is Zeehan in Tasmania

00:43:20 - Most Australians don't think climate change is a serious problem

01:03:50 - This Week in Australian History 17 - 23 Oct

01:12:49 - XXXX bottle top question

 

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

 

Sources:

Uluru visitor numbers slump post-COVID in $200 million hit to tourism industry

"Not listening to scientists:" Most Australians don't think climate change is a serious problem

Wikipedia

Aussie Towns

Great Australian Secret

Geoscience Australia

 

#Australian

 

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:09:58 - The Voice referendum results

00:29:39 - Two Ticks Town Talk - Lord Howe Island, New South Wales

00:52:08 - Hemp for building products

01:10:28 - This Week in Australian History 10 - 16 Oct

01:25:12 - The XXXX bottle top question this week quacks

 

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

 

Sources:

Voice referendum updates: Nation votes No to Voice to Parliament, with all six states rejecting change - as it happened

Wikipedia

National Library of Australia (Trove)

Hemp's potential to become major Australian agricultural industry for manufacturing building products

 

#Australian

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 Intro

00:09:28 Billions of dollars being lost to poker machines in Australia

00:29:01 Two Ticks Town Talk is Bright, Victoria

00:48:50 Promised Urgent Care Clinics not materialising

01:13:17 This week in Australian history covers the dates 3rd to 9th October

 01:28:53 The XXXX bottle top question fits in your tuckerbag

 

Sources:

- 'Desperate' Australians losing billions more to pokies during cost-of-living crisis, researcher warns.

- Crown Perth casino royal commission raises questions about how pokie-free WA is

- Less than half of promised urgent care clinics have opened, and most are in Labor seats

- Wikipedia (multiple)

- AussieTowns.com.au

- Visit Bright

- Australian Geographic

- Australian Academy of Science

 

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

#Australian

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:12:23 - Supermarket self serve registers and areas are getting out of hand

00:32:57 - Two Ticks Town Talk is Hermannsburg, Northern Territory

00:54:13 - Australian Greens propose a grocery price freeze in Victoria

01:19:40 - This week in Australian History 28 Sep - 2 Oct

01:27:13 - XXXX bottle top question

 

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

Sources:

Reddit self post

Grocery prices too high? Victorian Greens want to freeze them too (The Age)

Wikipedia

 

#Australian

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:15:06 A recent ABS report that details an alarming increase in the number and cost of prisoners in Australia

00:36:30 Two Ticks Town Talks which is Marble Bar in Western Australia

00:56:23 Critical mineral production in Australia

01:23:46 This week in Australian History, 21-26 Sep

01:41:00 This week's XXXX bottle top question is prickly

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

Sources used in this episode:

New ABS Data Reveals Worrying Rise In Prisoner Numbers

Critical minerals, critical choices: Australia’s role in shaping the green revolution

Critical Minerals Strategy 2023–2030

Aussietowns.com.au

Wikipedia

A Hotspot of Arid Zone Subterranean Biodiversity: The Robe Valley in Western Australia by Bennelongia Environmental Consultants

Environmental Protection Authority of Western Australia

#Australian

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss (with apologies for a few sound issues):

 

00:07:21 - Should Dental be covered by Medicare

00:28:36 - Two Ticks Town Talk of Currie on King Island in Tasmania

00:50:32 - The most and least ethical jobs in Australia

01:16:22 - This week in Australian history 14 to 20 September

01:27:05 - The XXXX bottle top question

 

Sources:

The Australians left with rotting teeth and unable to smile in 'completely unaffordable' dental system

The most and least ethical Aussie jobs

Wikipedia

 

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

 

#Australian

 

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:10:26 The imminent declaration of  El Niño for Australia and a couple of basic survival tips.

00:28:04 The Two Ticks Town Talk is about Oodnadatta in South Australia.

00:49:23 The Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation Bill 2023.

01:12:52 This Week in Australian History covers 7-13 September

01:24:24 The XXXX bottle top question is cryptozoological.

 

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

 

#Australian

 

Sources:

El Niño declaration likely 'weeks away': What you need to know by Joe Atanasio

Examining Australia’s bid to curb online disinformation by Fergus Ryan

Wikipedia

Odyssey Traveller

Aussie Towns

 

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

11:05 - Calls by the leader of the Australian Greens, Adam Bandt, to participate in civil disobedience for climate action. 

34:40 - The Two Ticks Town Talk is Winton in Queensland.

50:33 - The atrociously useless Federal and State whistleblower laws. 

1:07:02 - This week in Australian history covers August 31 to September 6

1:25:20 - The XXXX bottle top question is just not cricket

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

#Australian

 

Sources:

Adam Bandt urges Australians to ‘embrace’ civil disobedience and join climate protests by Adam Morton

 

Australia’s federal whistleblowing laws have not protected anyone since inception, analysis shows by Christopher Knaus