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

00:11:15 – Licencing e-bikes in Queensland

00:37:37 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Shepparton, Victoria

00:58:33 – Taxing sugary drinks

01:30:19 – This week in Australian history 28-31 August & 1-3 Sep

01:40:56 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

E-Bike rules in Queensland - qld.gov.au

Driver's licence mandatory to ride e-bikes and e-scooters, under 16s banned from riding solo under new Queensland laws - ABC News

Push for new e-bike laws in Queensland after 13yo left fighting for life in horror crash | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site for latest headlines

Sugar tax on drinks may improve oral health in Australia, study suggests - ABC News

Impact of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax on dental caries, periodontitis and edentulism in Australia: a modelling study | BMJ Public Health

Estimated effects of food taxes and subsidies on health, economics, and equity in Australia: a modelling study - The Lancet Public Health

77% of Australians want government intervention as common drinks found to have more than double recommended sugar limit - Food For Health Alliance

D. Parliamentary Budget Office costing: 20% tax on sugar sweetened beverages – Parliament of Australia

Sugar tax could improve oral health - Griffith News

Case for a tax on sweetened sugary drinks | Obesity Evidence Hub

Shepparton, VIC - Aussie Towns

Goulburn Valley - Wikipedia

Shepparton - Wikipedia

Shepparton | Victorian Places

RiverConnect in Action - RiverConnect

History of Shepparton: A Cultural Journey - ToMelbourne.com

Australian manufacturing icon Furphy marks 150-year milestone in Shepparton - ABC News

History - Furphy Story

John Monash's engineering to 1914. Shepparton Bridge.

John Monash - Wikipedia

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

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