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  • Australia Talks - 7 Jul 2025: ASIO espionage warnings & Albo's YouTube backflip
    2025/08/08

    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

    00:14:28 – ASIO disrupted 24 'major' espionage operations in three years, spy chief reveals

    00:46:58 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Halls Creek (Part 1), Western Australia

    01:09:56 – Albanese government backflip on YouTube social media ban is one of Olympic proportions

    01:37:34 – This week in Australian history 28-31 July & 1-7 Aug

    01:50:45 - XXXX bottle top quiz

    Sources:

    ASIO disrupted 24 'major espionage and foreign interference' operations in three years

    ‘Spying at unprecedented levels’: ASIO boss sounds alarm on espionage threat

    Children to be banned from having YouTube accounts as Albanese government backflips on exemption

    Gen Z grew up on YouTube. They say a ban is a blow to culture and community

    Government backflip on YouTube social media ban is one of Olympic proportions

    Wikipedia - Halls Creek, Western Australia

    Purnululu National Park

    Wikipedia - Purnululu National Park

    Wikipedia - Bungle Bungle range

    Bungle Bungle

    Wikipedia - Wolfe Creek Crater

    Aussietowns - Halls Creek, WA

    Wolfe Creek Crater National Park

    Wolfe Creek Crater: 2nd largest meteorite impact crater in the world!

    Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

    #Australia #Australian

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    1 時間 56 分
  • Two Ticks Town Talk - Silverton, New South Wales (from 2025 Special Episode 1 Australia Talks)
    2025/08/02

    This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Silverton, New South Wales segment from the 2025 Special Episode 1 of 'Australia Talks'.

    Sources:

    Aussie Towns - Silverton, NSW

    Wikipedia - Silverton, NSW

    Movie Locations - Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior

    Wikipedia - The Battle of Broken Hill

    Museums of History NSW - The battle of Broken Hill

    Wikipedia - 1992 in Australia

    #Australia #Australian

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    14 分
  • AustraliaTalks - 2025 Special Episode 1: Dangerous Australian animals and how to survive
    2025/08/01

    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

    00:02:40 – Dangerous Australian animals Part 1

    00:35:27 – Silverton, New South Wales

    00:49:07 – Dangerous Australian animals Part 2

    01:48:55 – This year in Australian history 1992

    02:09:37 - XXXX bottle top quiz

    Sources:

    Australian Museum - Dangerous Australian Animals

    Australian Geographic - Australia’s dangerous animals: the top 30

    St John WA - DRSABCD Action Plan

    Australian Magpies Singing Compilation - one of the most beautiful bird calls

    My Doctor - First aid for bites and stings: Stonefish and other stinging fish

    My Doctor - First aid for bites and stings: Snakes

    Australia Wide First Aid - Shark Attack First Aid

    Australia Wide First Aid - Funnel Web Spider Bites

    Outback Australia Travel Guide - Saltwater Crocodile Attacks In Australia

    NT Government - Crocodile safety

    Aussie Towns - Silverton, NSW

    Wikipedia - Silverton, NSW

    Movie Locations - Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior

    Wikipedia - The Battle of Broken Hill

    Museums of History NSW - The battle of Broken Hill

    Wikipedia - 1992 in Australia

    #Australia #Australian

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    2 時間 17 分
  • Two Ticks Town Talk - Woomera, South Australia (from 24 Jul 2025 Australia Talks)
    2025/07/26

    This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Woomera, South Australia from the 24 Jul 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

    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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    22 分
  • Australia Talks - 24 Jul 2025: Voting for 16yr olds & SA's algal bloom
    2025/07/25

    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 時間 56 分
  • Two Ticks Town Talk - Burra, South Australia (from 17 Jul 2025 Australia Talks)
    2025/07/19

    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 分
  • Australia Talks - 17 July 2025: No free speech in Victoria & Palantir in Aus
    2025/07/18

    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 時間 45 分
  • Two Ticks Town Talk - Acland, Queensland (from 10 Jul 2025 Australia Talks)
    2025/07/12

    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 分