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  • Australia Talks - 24 Jul 2025: Voting for 16yr olds & SA's algal bloom
    Jul 25 2025

    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

    00:01:24 – Croc watch: Dickhead of the month

    00:20:11 – Independent MP to push a lowering of Australian’s voting age after UK decision

    00:46:58 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Woomera, South Australia

    01:08:20 – South Australian’s toxic algal bloom is twice the size of the ACT, has killed 12,000 animals and is filling even the experts with dread

    01:36:27 – This week in Australian history 18-27 July

    01:46:31 - XXXX bottle top quiz

    Sources:

    Voting age to be lowered to 16 by next general election

    Independent MP to push a lowering of Australia's voting age after UK decision

    Should Australia lower the voting age to 16 like the UK? We asked 5 experts

    SA’s toxic algal bloom is twice the size of the ACT, has killed 13,800 animals and is filling even the experts with dread

    Federal funding to assist SA to deal with algal bloom, but no national disaster declaration

    South Australian government calls for Commonwealth to support fishers as algal bloom continues

    Algal bloom fears grow as video shows dead fish in 'neon green' waters near Ardrossan

    Wikipedia - Karenia mikimotoi

    SA Gov - Algal bloom

    RAAF Woomera Range Complex

    Wikipedia - Woomera, South Australia

    Aussietowns - Woomera, SA

    Wikipedia - British nuclear tests at Maralinga

    Woomera Heritage and Visitor Information Centre

    Anger erupts after Canadian tourist's 'disgusting' stunt with juvenile crocodile

    Canadian influencer slammed for dangerous crocodile act

    Fatso the Fat-Arsed Wombat

    Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

    #Australia #Australian

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    1 h et 56 min
  • Two Ticks Town Talk - Burra, South Australia (from 17 Jul 2025 Australia Talks)
    Jul 19 2025

    This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Burra, South Australia from the 17 Jul 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

    Sources:

    Wikipedia - Burra Charter

    Aussietowns - Burra, SA

    How Essington Lewis pulled off an industrial miracle

    Wikipedia - Essington Lewis

    Essington Lewis (1881–1961)

    Wikipedia - Breaker Morant (film)

    Wikipedia - Burra, South Australia

    Sir John Stanley Storey (1896–1955)

    Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

    #Australia #Australian

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    28 min
  • Australia Talks - 17 July 2025: No free speech in Victoria & Palantir in Aus
    Jul 18 2025

    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

    00:07:57 – Victoria's draconian new anti-protest laws will have a chilling effect on free speech -- and won't keep anyone safe

    00:33:40 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Burra, South Australia

    01:01:13 –From ICE to Coles: Controversial US tech company Palantir's links to Australia spark backlash

    01:31:00 – This week in Australian history 11-17 July

    01:39:99 - XXXX bottle top quiz

    Sources:

    From ICE to Coles: Controversial US tech company Palantir’s links to Australia spark backlash

    A/HRC/59/23: From economy of occupation to economy of genocide - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (Advance edited version)

    Solving the supermarket: Why Coles just hired US defence contractor Palantir

    Victoria’s draconian new anti-protest laws will have a chilling effect on free speech — and won’t keep anyone safe

    Victoria launches anti-hate taskforce

    Police charge man over Melbourne synagogue fire amid condemnation of antisemitism

    Victorian government announces new police taskforce in wake of 'sickening' antisemitic attacks

    Wikipedia - Burra Charter

    Aussietowns - Burra, SA

    How Essington Lewis pulled off an industrial miracle

    Wikipedia - Essington Lewis

    Essington Lewis (1881–1961)

    Wikipedia - Breaker Morant (film)

    Wikipedia - Burra, South Australia

    Sir John Stanley Storey (1896–1955)

    Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

    #Australia #Australian #Victoria

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    1 h et 45 min
  • Two Ticks Town Talk - Acland, Queensland (from 10 Jul 2025 Australia Talks)
    Jul 12 2025

    This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Acland, Queensland from the 10 Jul 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

    Sources:

    Wikipedia - Acland, Queensland

    The coal mine's neighbour: Remembering Acland before its ghost town status

    The last man in Acland: How mining turned a booming community into a ghost town

    Aussietowns - Oakey QLD

    Trove

    New Acland Coal

    Two Ticks Town Talk on Camden, New South Wales from the 22 May 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'

    #Australia #Australian

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    20 min
  • Australia Talks - 10 Jul 2025: AI fooling renters & Age verification for net searches
    Jul 11 2025

    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

    00:11:05 – Calls for an Australia wide crackdown on real estate ads using artificial intelligence to hide faults and falsely lure in renters

    00:32:19 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Acland, Queensland

    00:51:49 – Age verification is coming to search engines in Australia

    01:22:45 – This week in Australian history 4-10 July

    01:38:48 - XXXX bottle top quiz

    Sources:

    Calls for Australia-wide crackdown on real estate ads that use AI to hide faults and lure in renters

    Residential Tenancies Amendment

    NSW real estate agents banned from photoshopping slums

    Age verification is coming to search engines in Australia

    Australians to face age checks from search engines

    Australians will soon need their age checked to log into online search tools – here’s why

    Schedule 3 – Internet Search

    Wikipedia - Acland, Queensland

    The coal mine's neighbour: Remembering Acland before its ghost town status

    The last man in Acland: How mining turned a booming community into a ghost town

    Aussietowns - Oakey QLD

    Trove

    New Acland Coal

    Two Ticks Town Talk on Camden, New South Wales from the 22 May 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'

    Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

    #Australia #Australian

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    1 h et 48 min
  • Two Ticks Town Talk - Marrabel, South Australia (from 3 Jul 2025 Australia Talks)
    Jul 5 2025

    This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Marrabel, South Australia from the 3 Jul 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

    Sources:

    Wikipedia - Marrabel, South Australia

    APRA Rodeo Event list

    South Australia, Marrabel Rodeo Bull Ride

    2024 Marrabel PBR Bull Ride

    Monument Australia - Curio

    Trove - 1946 newspaper article

    #Australia #Australian

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    26 min
  • Australia Talks - 3 Jul 2025: Deeper NATO collaboration & Bunnings EV chargers
    Jul 4 2025

    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

    00:12:38 – Australia deepens collaboration with NATO and takes further action to hold Russia to account. Also to deploy 100 soldiers to help keep Ukrain in its bloody ware against Russian aggression

    00:30:02 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Marrabel, South Australia

    00:55:45 – Australian government loans $100 million to Bunnings and Officeworks stores

    01:16:15 – This week in Australian history 27-30 June and 1-3 July

    01:26:49 - XXXX bottle top quiz

    Sources:

    RAAF Wedgetail arrives in Europe

    Australia deepens collaboration with NATO and takes further action to hold Russia to account

    Wedgetail returns from support operations in Europe

    Australian government loans $100m to install EV chargers and solar panels at Bunnings and Officeworks stores

    Corporate giant that has already reached 100 pct renewables gets $100m from CEFC to add more solar

    Wikipedia - Marrabel, South Australia

    APRA Rodeo Event list

    South Australia, Marrabel Rodeo Bull Ride

    2024 Marrabel PBR Bull Ride

    Monument Australia - Curio

    Trove - 1946 newspaper article

    Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

    #Australia #Australian

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    1 h et 37 min
  • Two Ticks Town Talk - ACT Part 2, Australian Capital Territory (from 26 Jun 2025 Australia Talks)
    Jun 28 2025

    This is the Two Ticks Town Talk ACT Part 2, Australian Capital Territory segment from the 26 Jun 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

    Sources:

    Wikipedia - Jervis Bay territory

    Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915 (Cth)

    Museum of Australian Democracy

    Booderee National Park

    Jervis Bay Nuclear Power Plant

    Jervis Bay

    Jervis Bay - picture 1

    Jervis Bay - Picture 2

    Two Ticks Town Talk on Camden, New South Wales from the 22 May 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'

    Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Marree, South Australia from the 3 Jan 2024 episode of the 'Australia Talks' podcast.

    #Australia #Australian

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    29 min