Australia Talks – Details, episodes & analysis

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Riverton, South Australia from the 12 Nov 2024 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

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

Contact us at AustraliaTalksPodcast@proton.me

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 - Introduction 00:08:03 - Banks and social media companies to be fined overs scams under new Australian laws touted as 'strongest in the world' 00:33:03 - Two Ticks Town Talk - Riverton, South Australia 00:51:59 - 3D printed guns on rise in Australia, with seizures of lethal firearms up across nation 01:22:06 - This week in Australian history 8-14 November 01:33:55 - XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

Banks and social media companies to be fined over scams under new Australian laws touted as ‘strongest in world’

Australia’s new scam prevention draft is welcome – but it needs to be broader in scope

3D-printed guns on rise in Australia, with seizures of lethal firearms up across nation

Stash of hidden 3D-printed guns seized in raid on alleged Perth crime figure

‘Gun control is dead and we killed it’: unmasking the lonely incel who designed the world’s most popular 3D-printed firearm

Aussie Towns - Riverton

Wikipedia - Riverton, South Australia

Australia's first political assassination is just as mysterious today as it was a century ago

Trove - Russian runs amok

Sarlines Books - The Riesling Railway by John Wilson

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

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This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Bourke, New South Wales from the 10 Oct 2024 full episode of Australia Talks.

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DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:09:04 - More than half of NSW apartment buildings have defects

00:29:11 - Two Ticks Town Talk is Exmouth in Western Australia

01:08:39 - Labor orders review of Bureau of Meteorology warning systems

01:21:26 - This week in Australian history 27 Dec - 5 Jan

01:39:53 - XXXX bottle top quiz

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'Australia Talks' is the official podcast of the r/australian subreddit. Sources:

Labor orders review of weather warning systems after criticism of Bureau of Meteorology

More than half of NSW strata buildings have defects, new research reveals

AussieTowns.com.au

Wikipedia - Naval Communications Station Harold E. Holt

Wikipedia - Exmouth

Wikipedia - Operation Potshot

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Denham, Western Australia from the 21 Aug 2023 episode of the 'Australia Talks' podcast.

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This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Marree, South Australia from the 3 Jan 2024 episode of the 'Australia Talks' podcast.

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DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss: 00:00:00 - Introduction

00:09:00 - Top Stories of 2023 part 1

00:26:56 - Two Ticks Town Talk is Marree, South Australia

00:56:09 - Top Stories of 2023 part 2

01:21:58 - This week in Australian history 19-26 December

01:33:35 - XXXX bottle top quiz

'Australia Talks' is the official podcast of the r/australian subreddit.

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Sources:

Wikipedia - Marree

Wikipedia - Marree Man

Aussietowns.com.au

The Mysterious Marree Man of Outback Australia: Largest Geoglyph in the World

The Marree Man: an outback enigma

Wikipedia - History

How a low-level category cyclone caused Cairns' largest flood in more than a century

At least nine killed after severe storms batter eastern Australia

WorldPride was weeks of glittery fun – but what did it do for Sydney?

Partying v politics: has Sydney WorldPride found the right balance?

2023 in Australia

Coronation of Charles III and Camilla

Barbie

A year of extremes: the news in 2023

Here were your most read ABC News stories in 2023

Erin Patterson faces court after police lay murder charges over mushroom meal

More than 10 million customers were affected by the Optus outage. Here's how it played out

Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin resigns 'in the best interest of Optus' following nationwide outage

Clare Nowland: family sues NSW government after 95-year-old allegedly Tasered in nursing home

The Titan submersible mystery unfolded in unimaginable horror but for those on board, it was over in a moment

Daniel Andrews resigns as premier of Victoria

Ten people die in Hunter Valley bus crash, 25 others taken to hospital

'I have given it my all': Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk resigns

Alan Joyce quits immediately as Qantas CEO following tough week for airline

Will Alan Joyce receive his full exit bonus from Qantas or will the board make a change? Here's what we know

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Cloncurry, Queensland from the 8 Aug 2023 episode of the 'Australia Talks' podcast.

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Tennant Creek, Northern Territory from the 4 Jul 2023 episode of the 'Australia Talks' podcast.

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Merry Christmas from DarkestKnight and Ardeet.

We're taking this week off to celebrate Christmas with our family and wish you a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Spectacular New Year.

We'd love to hear how you're celebrating Christmas this year. Let us know on the r/australian subreddit.We'll be back in the first week of the New Year. Keep safe and embrace life.

Sources:

'We Wish You a Merry Christmas xmas background short music 30 second' - Maksym Dudchyk

'Jingle Bells Orchestra_56sec' - Grand_Project

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