This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Mintaro, South Australia from the 18 Sep 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

Sources:

Aussietowns - Mintaro, SA

Wikipedia - Mintaro, South Australia

Welcome to Mintaro

Mintaro Slate Quarries

Mintaro Slate

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

#Australia #Australian

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

Contact us at AustraliaTalks@proton.me

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:10:21 – Australia and PNG fail to clinch defence agreement, resorting to communique

00:36:27 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Mintaro, South Australia

00:55:51 – Health trends in Australia are not improving across five key measures

01:29:59 – This week in Australian history 12-18 Sep

01:36:33 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

Bower bird nest

Australia and PNG fail to clinch defence agreement, resorting to communique

Anthony Albanese fails to seal defence treaty between Australia and PNG

Australia and Papua New Guinea to 'totally integrate' military in defence treaty, minister says

This report measures our national wellbeing across five key areas. Health trends are not improving

Measuring what Matters

Mapping Social Cohesion

Aussietowns - Mintaro, SA

Wikipedia - Mintaro, South Australia

Welcome to Mintaro

Mintaro Slate Quarries

Mintaro Slate

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

#Australia #Australian

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Woomera Part 4, South Australia from the 14 Aug 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

Sources:

‘This black smoke rolling through the mulga’: almost 70 years on, it’s time to remember the atomic tests at Emu Field

Wikipedia - British nuclear tests at Maralinga

Wikipedia - Operation Totem

The story of Australia’s ‘atomic tank’

Two Ticks Town Talk on Woomera Part 3, South Australia from the 14 Aug 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

#Australia #Australian

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

Contact us at AustraliaTalks@proton.me

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:08:59 – Nauru deportation deal set to cost Australia $2.5 billion over 30 years

00:33:43 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Woomera Part 4, South Australia

00:57:49 – Agriculture, fisheries and forestry in Australia set to be worth record $101 billion

01:16:23 – This week in Australian history 5-11 Sep

01:27:42 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

Australian government criticised over ‘disgraceful’ $400m deal to deport foreign-born former detainees to Nauru

Nauru deportation deal set to cost Australia $2.5 billion over 30 years

By sending non-visa holders to Nauru, Australia is shifting its responsibilities

Government moves to bolster powers to deport non-citizens to Nauru

Agriculture, fisheries and forestry in Australia set to be worth record $101 billion

$95 billion spring in the step for agriculture

Australia-European Union Free Trade Agreement fact sheet

‘This black smoke rolling through the mulga’: almost 70 years on, it’s time to remember the atomic tests at Emu Field

Wikipedia - British nuclear tests at Maralinga

Wikipedia - Operation Totem

The story of Australia’s ‘atomic tank’

Two Ticks Town Talk on Woomera Part 3, South Australia from the 14 Aug 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

#Australia #Australian

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Borroloola, Northern Territory from the 4 Sep 2025 full episode of Australia Talks.

Sources:

Aussietowns.com - Borroloola, NT

Borroloola and the Gulf Region

Wikipedia - Borroloola

Wikipedia - Cape Crawford

Mirror - Limmen National Park

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

#Australia #Australian

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

Contact us at AustraliaTalks@proton.me

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:09:48 – Labor's expanded low deposit homebuyer scheme set to drive up the prices by as much as $90,000

00:30:54 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Borroloola, Northern Territory

00:50:57 – Plug-in hybrids are taking over EV sales. It wasn't meant to happen this way

01:25:10 – This week in Australian history 29-31 Aug & 1-4 Sep

01:33:43 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

Labor’s first home buyers scheme a ‘backwards step’ likely to push prices higher, experts warn

Five per cent first homebuyer deposit scheme to begin in October

Labor’s expanded low deposit homebuyer scheme set to drive up the prices by as much as $90,000

Plug-in hybrids are taking over EV sales. It wasn't meant to happen this way

Euro 6e: Changes to the European Union light-duty vehicle type-approval procedure

Aussietowns.com - Borroloola, NT

Borroloola and the Gulf Region

Wikipedia - Borroloola

Wikipedia - Cape Crawford

Mirror - Limmen National Park

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

#Australia #Australian

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Woomera Part 3, South Australia from the 14 Aug 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

Sources:

Wikipedia - High Explosive research

Wikipedia - Operation Hurricane

Mirror - Operation Hurricane

Wikipedia - Operation Mosaic

Wikipedia - McClelland Royal Commission

Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Woomera (Part 2), South Australia from the 14 Aug 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

#Australia #Australian

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

Contact us at AustraliaTalks@proton.me

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:01:06– Croc watch

00:12:50 – Chevron boss’s gripe about Australia: be more like the US or the Middle East

00:35:40 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Woomera Part 3, South Australia

01:04:05 – Australia blames Iran for antisemitic arson attacks, expels envoy

01:25:16 – This week in Australian history 22-28 Aug

01:33:35 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

Tourist shares harrowing story after waking up to crocodile bite at beach: 'The force of a sledgehammer'

Tourist speaks out after crocodile bit him on the feet while he slept on a Queensland beach

What we know about Iran's involvement in antisemitic attacks in Australia

Iran's alleged sponsoring of antisemitic attacks in Australia may be a 'power projection exercise'

Australia blames Iran for antisemitic arson attacks, expels envoy

Chevron boss’s gripe about Australia: be more like the US or the Middle East

Chevron delivers gas warning to Labor with Australian investment souring

Wikipedia - High Explosive research

Wikipedia - Operation Hurricane

Mirror - Operation Hurricane

Wikipedia - Operation Mosaic

Wikipedia - McClelland Royal Commission

Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Woomera (Part 2), South Australia from the 14 Aug 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

#Australia #Australian