This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Christmas Island, Christmas Island Territory from the 18 Dec 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

Sources:

Wikipedia - Christmas Island

Christmas Island

The birds of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean: A review

North West Point Immigration Detention Centre

Christmas Island - A natural wonder

Guide to Christmas Island

#Australia #Australian

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

Contact us at AustraliaTalks@proton.me

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:10:23 – US plans to order foreign tourists, including Australians, to disclose social media histories

00:36:34 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Christmas Island, Territory of Christmas Island

01:06:04 – Australia’s senior politicians can claim ‘unlimited’ travel expenses for their spouse, watchdog rules say

01:29:31 – This week in Australian history 5-11 Dec

01:41:24 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

US plans to order foreign tourists, including Australians, to disclose social media histories

Tech workers face new H-1B scrutiny as Trump targets ‘censorship’

U.S. Visa Services

‘The whole thing disgusts me’: Australians ditch US travel as new rules require social media to be declared

Australia’s senior politicians can claim ‘unlimited’ travel expenses for their spouse, watchdog rules say

Attorney-General Michelle Rowland to repay family travel expenses after independent review

Trade Minister Don Farrell flies family using $90,000 of taxpayer funds

Wikipedia - Christmas Island

Christmas Island

The birds of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean: A review

North West Point Immigration Detention Centre

Christmas Island - A natural wonder

Guide to Christmas Island

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

#Australia #Australian

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Jamberoo, New South Wales from the 11 Dec 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

Sources:

First Nations Kiama

Kevin Richardson and Geoff Boxsell changed the way we spread

Wikipedia - Jamberoo

Aussietowns - Jamberoo, New South Wales

Dairy 'disrupter' wins science award for inventing spreadable butter in 1970s

The Old Jamberoo Dairy Coop

1992 Margarine outsells butter three to one

Margarine vs butter: how what we spread on our toast became a weapon of class war

Aboriginal people and place

Wikipedia - Margarine

#Australia #Australian

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

Contact us at AustraliaTalks@proton.me

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:09:10 – Australia's grand social media experiment is finally live. Teens say nothing has changed

00:33:58 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Jamberoo, New South Wales

00:49:50 – The tiny clue that reveals if an animal has been illegally smuggled

01:09:48 – This week in Australian history 5-11 Dec

01:22:35 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

Australia's grand social media experiment is finally live. Teens say nothing has changed

Kids locked out of social media apps after Australia's world-first ban

Australia’s teen social media ban: How day one unfolded — and the world’s response

The social media ban is just the start of Australia’s forthcoming restrictions – and teens have legitimate concerns

The tiny clue that reveals if an animal has been illegally smuggled

Stable isotope analysis successfully identifies wild-caught individuals of threatened Asian freshwater turtles in illegal trade

The ecological drivers and consequences of wildlife trade

First Nations Kiama

Kevin Richardson and Geoff Boxsell changed the way we spread

Wikipedia - Jamberoo

Aussietowns - Jamberoo, New South Wales

Dairy 'disrupter' wins science award for inventing spreadable butter in 1970s

The Old Jamberoo Dairy Coop

1992 Margarine outsells butter three to one

Margarine vs butter: how what we spread on our toast became a weapon of class war

Aboriginal people and place

Wikipedia - Margarine

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

Wikipedia - Perentie

#Australia #Australian

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on the Devils Marbles, Northern Territory from the 4 Dec 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

Sources:

Karlu Karlu / Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve

Wikipedia - Karlu Karlu / Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve

Fact sheet - Karlu Karlu / Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve

Visit Devils Marbles

How were the Devils Marbles formed?

Managing visitors

#Australia #Australian

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

Contact us at AustraliaTalks@proton.me

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:10:22 – Mussels and clams recruited as undercover agents

00:27:49 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Devil’s Marbles, Northern Territory

00:53:55 – TGA says some vitamin B6 to be removed, prescriptions needed after toxicity cases

01:24:03 – This week in Australian history 28-30 Nov & 1-4 Dec

01:36:19 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

Mussels and clams recruited as undercover agents

Water monitoring using cybernetic mussels

TGA says some vitamin B6 to be removed, prescriptions needed after toxicity cases

Vitamin B6 products are set to be restricted. Here’s what you need to know

Vitamin B6

Karlu Karlu / Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve

Wikipedia - Karlu Karlu / Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve

Fact sheet - Karlu Karlu / Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve

Visit Devils Marbles

How were the Devils Marbles formed?

Managing visitors

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

#Australia #Australian

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Stansbury, South Australia from the 27 Nov 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

Sources:

Oyster growing regions

Sydney Rock Oysters

Wikipedia - Stansbury, South Australia

Thomas Holt (Australian politician)

Australian Food Timeline

Tasmanian Aquaculture

Aussietowns - Stansbury, SA

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

#Australia #Australian

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

Contact us at AustraliaTalks@proton.me

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:01:02 – Croc Watch

00:15:15 – Australia has some of highest consumption rates of ultra-processed foods, researchers say

00:46:10 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Stansbury, South Australia

01:11:08 – Judges have become ‘human filters’ as AI in Australian courts reaches ‘unsustainable phase’, chief justice says

01:38:28 – This week in Australian history 21-27 Nov

01:46:13 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

Paleontologists Unearthed Australia's Oldest Known Crocodile Eggshells. The Reptiles' Relatives May Have Hunted From the Trees

Ultra-Processed Foods and Human Health

Ultra-processed foods: time to put health before profit

Australia has some of highest consumption rates of ultra-processed foods, researchers say

Premature Mortality Attributable to Ultraprocessed Food Consumption in 8 Countries

Ultra-processed food is global health threat, experts warn

Many of today’s unhealthy foods were brought to you by Big Tobacco

From AI to declining public trust: Chief Justice Gageler flags urgent challenges for judiciary

Judges have become ‘human filters’ as AI in Australian courts reaches ‘unsustainable phase’, chief justice says

Lawyer caught using AI-generated false citations in court case penalised in Australian first

Oyster growing regions

Sydney Rock Oysters

Wikipedia - Stansbury, South Australia

Thomas Holt (Australian politician)

Australian Food Timeline

Tasmanian Aquaculture

Aussietowns - Stansbury, SA

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

#Australia #Australian