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Sunday Dec 15, 2024
Sunday Dec 15, 2024
This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Eastwood, New South Wales from the 14 Dec 2024 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.
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Saturday Dec 14, 2024
Saturday Dec 14, 2024
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 - Introduction00:09:04 - Missiles launched from Bushmaster vehicles could soon be operated by the Australian army00:28:38 - Two Ticks Town Talk - Eastwood, New South Wales 00:40:58 - How Australian music lost its global relevance01:04:43 - This week in Australian history 6-12 December01:16:01 - XXXX bottle top quiz
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Missiles launched from Bushmaster vehicles could soon be operated by the Australian army
Second-Long-Range Fires Regiment approved
How Australian Music Lost Its Global Relevance
How Marc Fennell untangled one of Australian music’s rise-and-fall mysteries
Australia’s live music crisis is essentially a crisis of confidence. How could we bring it back?
Wikipedia - Granny Smith
Who was the real Granny Smith?
Wikipedia - Eastwood, New South Wales
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
#Australia #Australian
Sunday Dec 08, 2024
Sunday Dec 08, 2024
This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Warialda (Part 2), New South Wales from the 7 Dec 2024 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.
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It's taken 100 years, but the Country Women's Association of NSW is ready for change
Wikipedia - Country Women's Association
Australian Dictionary of Biography - Grace Emily Munro (1879–1964)
#Australia
Saturday Dec 07, 2024
Saturday Dec 07, 2024
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 - Introduction00:09:14 - Why young Australians don't want to join the military: 'war is messed up'00:37:52 - Two Ticks Town Talk - Warialda (Part 2), New South Wales00:55:43 - Australia declines to join UK and US led nuclear energy development pact01:10:05 - This week in Australian history 29-30 Nov 1-5 Dec01:23:44 - XXXX bottle top quiz
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Gen Z is turning away from military service in record numbers. We’re trying to understand why
The continuing decline of the ADF workforce
Albanese government gives firm ‘no’ to joining UK-US agreement to advance nuclear technology
Australia declines to join UK and US-led nuclear energy development pact
Spicy sticky pulled beef flatbread sliders
It's taken 100 years, but the Country Women's Association of NSW is ready for change
Wikipedia - Country Women's Association
Australian Dictionary of Biography - Grace Emily Munro (1879–1964)
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
#Australia
Sunday Dec 01, 2024
Sunday Dec 01, 2024
This is the Two Ticks Town Talk episode on Parkes (Part 2), New South Wales from 28 Nov 2024 Australia Talks.
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Parkes Observatory
Wikipedia - Parkes Observatory
Wikipedia - Parkes, New South Wales
Parkes Telescope picture
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Friday Nov 29, 2024
Friday Nov 29, 2024
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
00:00:51 - Croc watch00:10:35 - Bunnings breached privacy laws by using facial recognition on customers00:40:54 - Two Ticks Town Talk - Parkes (Part 2), New South Wales00:59:35 - Laws to regulate misinformation online abandoned01:19:25 - This week in Australian history 22-28 Nov01:32:44 - XXXX bottle top quiz
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Bunnings breached privacy laws by using facial recognition on customers, Commissioner finds
Bunnings breached privacy of customers by using facial recognition, watchdog finds
Bunnings breached privacy law by scanning customers’ faces – but this loophole lets other shops keep doing it
Parkes Observatory
Wikipedia - Parkes Observatory
Wikipedia - Parkes, New South Wales
Labor dumps misinformation bill after Senate unites against it
Laws to regulate misinformation online abandoned
View from The Hill: Albanese government crumples on misinformation bill and gambling advertising
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
Parkes Telescope picture
#Australian #Australia
Sunday Nov 24, 2024
Sunday Nov 24, 2024
This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Parkes, New South Wales from 22 Nov 2024 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.
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Friday Nov 22, 2024
Friday Nov 22, 2024
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 - Introduction00:06:12 - Australia struggling with an oversupply of solar power00:32:21 - Two Ticks Town Talk - Parkes, New South Wales00:49:12 - Japanese forces expected to join US Marines for military exercises in Australia next year01:07:06 - This week in Australian history 15-21 November01:15:34 - XXXX bottle top quiz
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Japanese forces to join US Marines for military exercises in Australia next year
Japanese troops are set to train alongside Australian and US forces in Darwin
Japanese troops to train with Australia, US militaries in Darwin
Australia struggling with oversupply of solar power
Elvis Lives in Parkes Documentary
Parkes Elvis Festival history
Aussie Towns - Parkes, NSW
Wikipedia - Parkes, NSW
Wikipedia - Parkes Elvis Festival
Wikipedia - Anniversaries
#Australian
Sunday Nov 17, 2024
Sunday Nov 17, 2024
This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Riverton, South Australia from the 12 Nov 2024 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.
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Friday Nov 15, 2024
Friday Nov 15, 2024
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 - Introduction00:08:03 - Banks and social media companies to be fined overs scams under new Australian laws touted as 'strongest in the world'00:33:03 - Two Ticks Town Talk - Riverton, South Australia00:51:59 - 3D printed guns on rise in Australia, with seizures of lethal firearms up across nation01:22:06 - This week in Australian history 8-14 November01:33:55 - XXXX bottle top quiz
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Banks and social media companies to be fined over scams under new Australian laws touted as ‘strongest in world’
Australia’s new scam prevention draft is welcome – but it needs to be broader in scope
3D-printed guns on rise in Australia, with seizures of lethal firearms up across nation
Stash of hidden 3D-printed guns seized in raid on alleged Perth crime figure
‘Gun control is dead and we killed it’: unmasking the lonely incel who designed the world’s most popular 3D-printed firearm
Aussie Towns - Riverton
Wikipedia - Riverton, South Australia
Australia's first political assassination is just as mysterious today as it was a century ago
Trove - Russian runs amok
Sarlines Books - The Riesling Railway by John Wilson
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
#Australia