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

00:09:10 – Australia's grand social media experiment is finally live. Teens say nothing has changed

00:33:58 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Jamberoo, New South Wales

00:49:50 – The tiny clue that reveals if an animal has been illegally smuggled

01:09:48 – This week in Australian history 5-11 Dec

01:22:35 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

Australia's grand social media experiment is finally live. Teens say nothing has changed

Kids locked out of social media apps after Australia's world-first ban

Australia’s teen social media ban: How day one unfolded — and the world’s response

The social media ban is just the start of Australia’s forthcoming restrictions – and teens have legitimate concerns

The tiny clue that reveals if an animal has been illegally smuggled

Stable isotope analysis successfully identifies wild-caught individuals of threatened Asian freshwater turtles in illegal trade

The ecological drivers and consequences of wildlife trade

First Nations Kiama

Kevin Richardson and Geoff Boxsell changed the way we spread

Wikipedia - Jamberoo

Aussietowns - Jamberoo, New South Wales

Dairy 'disrupter' wins science award for inventing spreadable butter in 1970s

The Old Jamberoo Dairy Coop

1992 Margarine outsells butter three to one

Margarine vs butter: how what we spread on our toast became a weapon of class war

Aboriginal people and place

Wikipedia - Margarine

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

Wikipedia - Perentie

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