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

00:07:53 – Fuel security

00:35:37 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Leeton, New South Wales

00:55:22 – Pauline Hanson’s ABC plan

01:22:21 – This week in Australian history 27-31 March & 1-2 April

01:32:25 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

Labor to use new fuel security powers to underwrite extra shipments to Australia

Securing Australia’s future fuel supply and critical minerals strategic reserve | Minister for Trade and Tourism

Labor cuts fuel excise for three months, saving Australians 26c a litre on petrol and diesel

Minimum stockholding obligation (MSO) for liquid fuels: statistics - DCCEEW

Pauline Hanson’s plan to ‘defund’ ABC, introduce subscriptions

‘Defund it’: One Nation leader Pauline Hanson calls for ABC to be stripped of taxpayer funding and go subscriber-based

ABC Transparency portal

What would – and should – happen to the ABC under the next federal government?

Wikipedia - Leeton, New South Wales

Wikipedia - Riverina

Wikipedia - Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area

About Leeton | Visit Leeton

A complete guide to Leeton, NSW - Australian Geographic

Wikipedia - Murrumbidgee River

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

#Australia #Australian

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Gawler Ranges from the 22 Mar 2026 full episode of 'Australia Talks' with your hosts DK and Ardeet.

Sources:

Gawler Ranges National Park - Gawler Ranges

Gawler Ranges - Wikipedia

Gawler Ranges… - National Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia

Gawler Ranges National Park Management Plan 2017

Gawler Ranges National Park

#Australia #Australian

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

00:00:53 – Croc watch

00:15:10 – Police drones in Australia

00:40:32 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Gawler Ranges, South Australia

01:04:29 – $1B medical research fund unused

01:21:11 – This week in Australian history 20-26 March

01:31:19 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

Catching Sweetheart: Australia’s Most Notorious Boat-Flipping Crocodile | Part 1 Documentary

Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory

Sweetheart the crocodile was famous for attacking fishing boats. But was another croc to blame?

Australia sitting on over $1 billion of unused medical research funding as scientists abandon the field

Sydney police are using drones to chase suspects 500km away. Is a vulnerable town being targeted?

NSW Police’s drone trial: questions of risk, governance and resilience

Police commissioner claims drones over Moree will not be used for surveillance

Gawler Ranges National Park - Gawler Ranges

Gawler Ranges - Wikipedia

Gawler Ranges… - National Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia

Gawler Ranges National Park Management Plan 2017

Gawler Ranges National Park

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

#Australia #Australian