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

00:11:53 – Hunter coal mine’s Green High Court decision

00:38:01 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Deloraine, Tasmania

00:50:10 – Forcibly nationalising Australian supermarkets

01:22:15 – This week in Australian history 9-15 Oct

01:30:30 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

High Court rules in favour of climate group in Hunter Valley coalmine case - ABC News

Muswellbrook mine gets six more years despite High Court stoush | Newcastle Weekly

Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change

World Court climate decision lights match under Australia's fossil fuel industry - ABC News

Max Chandler-Mather pitches Mamdani-style $25bn plan to nationalise 200 Coles and Woolworths supermarkets | Australian Greens | The Guardian

Greens think tank proposes publicly owned supermarkets to challenge Coles-Woolworths 'duopoly' - ABC News

The Green Institute

Fair Go Grocers The plan to smash the supermarket duopoly

I, Pencil by Leonard E. Read

Deloraine, TAS - Aussie Towns

Deloraine | Discover Tasmania

Deloraine, Tasmania – Wikipedia

Australia-Japan Society of Tasmania Inc. - 2026 Hanami Trail

The surprising origin of Tasmania's cherry blossom festival - ABC News

Tommeginne language – Wikipedia

Buckwheat exports to Japan |2024

Soba – Wikipedia

Australia's soba noodle source | SBS Food

Two Ticks Town Talk - Bermagui, New South Wales (from 13 Mar 2025 Australia Talks) | Australia Talks

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

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