Australia Talks - 6 Feb 2025: Conscription for Australia & AEC fights disinformation

Author: DK and Ardeet
Published: Fri 07 Feb 2025
Episode Link: https://AustraliaTalks.podbean.com/e/australia-talks-6-feb-2025-conscription-for-australia-aec-fights-disinformation/

A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions.

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:10:37 – Former Army Chief Peter Leahy tells government to consider conscription to boost service numbers

00:31:50 - Two Ticks Town Talk – Banana, Queensland

00:45:13 – Sovereign citizens, conspiracy theorists and keyboard warriors being targeted by the Australian Electoral Commission this coming federal election

01:07:05 - This week in Australian history 31 Jan & 1-6 Feb

01:17:36 - XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

‘National pride’ key to national defence – Peter Leahy

Former Army chief Peter Leahy tells government to consider return of conscription to bolster service numbers

The AEC wants to stop AI and misinformation. But it’s up against a problem that is deep and dark

‘Doing this to ourselves’: misinformation threat is local, Australian Electoral Commission warns

AngloAmerican

Wikipedia - Banana, Queensland

Wikipedia - Dawson coal mine

Trove - Rannes

Queensland Government - Banana