Australia Talks
A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a trivia question
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 58 minutes
- Episodes
- 238
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Two Ticks Town Talk - Longreach, Queensland (from 12 Jul 2023 Australia Talks)
This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Longreach, Queensland from the 12 Jul 2023 episode of the 'Australia Talks' podcast.
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Two Ticks Town Talk - Manjimup, Western Australia (from 21 Nov 2023 Australia Talks)
This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Manjimup, Western Australia from the 21 Nov 2023 episode of 'Australia Talks'.
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Australia Talks - 21 Nov 2023:Chinese sonar pulses at HMAS Toowomba and Labor axes infrastructure projects
DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:10:23 - HMAS Toowomba naval divers forced to exit water over Chinese warship sonar pulses
00:49:24 - Two Ticks Town Talk is Manjimup in Western …
Two Ticks Town Talk - Sheffield, Tasmania (from 20 Jun 2023 Australia Talks)
This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Sheffield, Tasmania from the 20 Jun 2023 episode of 'Australia Talks'.
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Two Ticks Town Talk - Sea Lake, Victoria (from 16 Nov 2023 Australia Talks)
This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Sea Lake, Victoria from the 16 Nov 2023 episode of 'Australia Talks'.
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Australia Talks - 16 Nov 2023: Optus outage and Albanese’s meeting with Xi Jinping
DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:05:24 - Optus outage
00:24:28 - Two Ticks Town Talk is Sea Lake in Victoria
00:42:44 - Albanese's meeting with Xi Jinping
00:56:55 - This…
Two Ticks Town Talk - Coober Pedy, South Australia (from 28 Jun 2023 Australia Talks)
This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Coober Pedy, South Australia from the 28 Jun episode of 'Australia Talks'.
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Two Ticks Town Talk - Laura, Queensland (from 7 Nov 2023 Australia Talks)
This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Laura, Queensland from the 7 Nov 2023 episode of 'Australia Talks'.
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Australia Talks - 7 Nov 2023: Golden visas and the Shonky awards
Join DarkestKnight and Ardeet as they discuss:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:09:29 - Is it time for Australia to scrap the Golden visas?
00:24:06 - The Two Ticks Town Talks is Laura in Queensland
00:45:02 - T…
Australia Talks - 2 Nov 2023: Corrupt pork barrelling and migrant intake already a record
Join DarkestKnight and Ardeet as they discuss:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:11:18 - More than 80% of Australians believe pork barrelling is a form of corruption
00:22:53 - The Two Ticks Town Talks is …
Australia Talks - 18 Oct 2023: Visiting the Northern Territory and Climate Change is not serious
DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:10:26 - A social responsibility to visit the Northern Territory?
00:25:14 - Two Ticks Town Talks is Zeehan in Tasmania
00:43:20 - Most Australia…
Australia Talks - 17 Oct 2023: Voice referendum results and Hemp for building products
DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:09:58 - The Voice referendum results
00:29:39 - Two Ticks Town Talk - Lord Howe Island, New South Wales
00:52:08 - Hemp for building products
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Australia Talks - 10 Oct 2023: Money being lost to pokies and urgent care clinics not materialising
DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:
00:00:00 Intro
00:09:28 Billions of dollars being lost to poker machines in Australia
00:29:01 Two Ticks Town Talk is Bright, Victoria
00:48:50 Promised Urgent Care…
Australia Talks - 3 Oct 2023: Self serve registers get out of hand and a grocery price freeze
DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:
00:12:23 - Supermarket self serve registers and areas are getting out of hand
00:32:57 - Two Ticks Town Talk is Hermannsburg, Northern Territory
00:54:13 - Australi…
Australia Talks - 27 Sep 2023: Rise and cost of Prisoners, Critical mineral production
DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:
00:15:06 A recent ABS report that details an alarming increase in the number and cost of prisoners in Australia
00:36:30 Two Ticks Town Talks which is Marble Bar in…
Australia Talks - 20 Sep 2023: Dental coverage in Medicare and least ethical jobs
DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss (with apologies for a few sound issues):
00:07:21 - Should Dental be covered by Medicare
00:28:36 - Two Ticks Town Talk of Currie on King Island in Tasmania
00:50:3…
Australia Talks - 12 Sep 2023: El Niño for Australia and the Combatting Misinformation Bill
DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:
00:10:26 The imminent declaration of El Niño for Australia and a couple of basic survival tips.
00:28:04 The Two Ticks Town Talk is about Oodnadatta in South Austra…
Australia Talks - 5 Sep 2023: Adam Bandt encourages civil disobedience and useless whistleblower laws
DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:
11:05 - Calls by the leader of the Australian Greens, Adam Bandt, to participate in civil disobedience for climate action.
34:40 - The Two Ticks Town Talk is Winton…
Australia Talks - 28 Aug 2023: The Intergenerational Report and Australia as a cashless society
DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss some aspects of the 2023 Intergenerational Report and Australia's seemingly unstoppable move to a cashless society.
Our 'Two Ticks Town Talk' this week is Nhill in Vi…
Australia Talks - 21 Aug 2023: Greens looking to gain ground in QLD, Time to end native logging?
DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss the move by the Greens to increase their seats in the upcoming Queensland state election.
We also discuss the pros and cons of ending native logging.
The 'Two Tick…