Australia Talks - 4 Sep 2025: Homebuyers scheme to increase prices & Plug in hybrids winning

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DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:09:48 – Labor's expanded low deposit homebuyer scheme set to drive up the prices by as much as $90,000

00:30:54 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Borroloola, Northern Territory

00:50:57 – Plug-in hybrids are taking over EV sales. It wasn't meant to happen this way

01:25:10 – This week in Australian history 29-31 Aug & 1-4 Sep

01:33:43 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

Labor’s first home buyers scheme a ‘backwards step’ likely to push prices higher, experts warn

Five per cent first homebuyer deposit scheme to begin in October

Labor’s expanded low deposit homebuyer scheme set to drive up the prices by as much as $90,000

Plug-in hybrids are taking over EV sales. It wasn't meant to happen this way

Euro 6e: Changes to the European Union light-duty vehicle type-approval procedure

Aussietowns.com - Borroloola, NT

Borroloola and the Gulf Region

Wikipedia - Borroloola

Wikipedia - Cape Crawford

Mirror - Limmen National Park

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

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