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

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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

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Kiama, New South Wales from the 19 Mar 2026 full episode of 'Australia Talks' with your hosts DK and Ardeet.

Sources:

Aussietowns - Kiama, NSW

Kiama baker Les Warby was jailed for baking bread at weekends

Wikipedia - Kiama New South Wales

Wikipedia - Kiama blowhole

NSW Legislation - Bread Act 1969 No 54

#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

00:08:34 – Australian fuel supply issues and challenges

00:43:04 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Kiama, New South Wales

00:57:44 – Has Australia joined the Iran war?

01:27:16 – This week in Australian history 13-19 March

01:37:41 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

Australia to release nearly 20% of fuel stockpile as Bowen insists country ‘nowhere near’ running out

Minimum stockholding obligation (MSO) for liquid fuels: statistics

Australia has never been more vulnerable to an energy crisis

Fuel rationing a chance in Australia if war continues to trim global oil supplies, experts say

Trump says he doesn't 'need or desire' Australia's help in outburst over Strait of Hormuz

Federal politics: Australia will not send navy ship to Strait of Hormuz, minister says — as it happened

With the Wedgetail deployment, Australia is now part of the Iran War

Taylor urges Australia to back Trump on securing Strait of Hormuz

Australian facilities damaged in Iranian attack on Middle East air base

Australia is sending an aircraft and personnel to the Middle East. Does this mean we are entering the war

Aussietowns - Kiama, NSW

Kiama baker Les Warby was jailed for baking bread at weekends

Wikipedia - Kiama New South Wales

Wikipedia - Kiama blowhole

NSW Legislation - Bread Act 1969 No 54

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

#Australia #Australian

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Streaky Bay, South Australia from the 12 Mar 2026 full episode of 'Australia Talks' with your hosts DK and Ardeet.

Sources:

Wikipedia - Streaky Bay, South Australia

Streaky Bay - Our History

Wikipedia - Murphy's Haystacks

Murphy's Haystacks

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, Incorporated

Streaky Bay, South Australia

#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

00:12:58 – Fortnightly rubbish collection ‘inevitable’ as waste costs mount

00:37:48 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Streaky Bay, South Australia

01:01:29 – Australia can’t easily reduce its military dependence on the US, but with Canada, we can mitigate risk

01:31:16 – This week in Australian history 6-12 March

01:40:08 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

Fortnightly rubbish collection ‘inevitable’ as waste costs mount

Council bin collection changes blamed for ‘revolting tide’ of maggots and flies

Australia can’t easily reduce its military dependence on the US, but with Canada, we can mitigate risk

Anthony Albanese confirms Australian navy personnel on US submarine that sank Iranian vessel

National security is getting more complex, and Australia needs a plan

A regional maritime forum can create sweeter cooperation in Southeast Asia

Wikipedia - Streaky Bay, South Australia

Streaky Bay - Our History

Wikipedia - Murphy's Haystacks

Murphy's Haystacks

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, Incorporated

Streaky Bay, South Australia

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

#Australia #Australian

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Moruya, New South Wales from the 5 Mar 2026 full episode of 'Australia Talks' with your hosts DK and Ardeet.

Sources:

Aussietowns - Moruya

John Gilmore, Quarry Manager

Moruya granite and the Harbour Bridge

The Significant Legacy of Moruya Granite

‘Quarry Scotties’: the story of the Sydney Harbour Bridge’s forgotten migrant workers

Moruya: a source of stone

Granite Town: Honoring a Legacy Carved in Stone

Moruya Granite Quarry

Monument Australia - Moruya Granite

Wikipedia - Moruya, New South Wales

#Australia #Australian