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

Contact us at AustraliaTalks@proton.me

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 – Introduction

00:10:41 – Excise duty rates for alcohol

00:29:55 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Tantanoola, South Australia

00:49:50 – The risks of bird flu to Australia

01:06:00 – This week in Australian history 7-13 August

01:20:12 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

If we scrap the 'beer tax' for five years, will pub culture and live music thrive again? - ABC News

Excise duty rates for alcohol | Australian Taxation Office

Australians brace for alcohol tax hike blow

Australia confirms first mass death of seabirds from H5N1 bird flu | Reuters

Threat to thousands of Australian birds and animals outlined as bird flu spreads - ABC News

Understanding the risk to native species - DCCEEW

National risk scores for H5 bird flu for native birds and mammals

Everything you need to know about Australia's bird flu surge - ABC News

I feel deep sadness about bird flu and environmental loss. Is this normal?

Tantanoola, South Australia - Wikipedia

Questions remain over Tantanoola tiger 130 years after it was shot dead - ABC News

Tantanoola Tiger: The mystery of murderous Australian animal | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site for latest headlines

Tantanoola | Wattle Range Council

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

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