This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Borroloola, Northern Territory from the 4 Sep 2025 full episode of Australia Talks.

Sources:

Aussietowns.com - Borroloola, NT

Borroloola and the Gulf Region

Wikipedia - Borroloola

Wikipedia - Cape Crawford

Mirror - Limmen National Park

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

00:09:48 – Labor's expanded low deposit homebuyer scheme set to drive up the prices by as much as $90,000

00:30:54 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Borroloola, Northern Territory

00:50:57 – Plug-in hybrids are taking over EV sales. It wasn't meant to happen this way

01:25:10 – This week in Australian history 29-31 Aug & 1-4 Sep

01:33:43 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

Labor’s first home buyers scheme a ‘backwards step’ likely to push prices higher, experts warn

Five per cent first homebuyer deposit scheme to begin in October

Labor’s expanded low deposit homebuyer scheme set to drive up the prices by as much as $90,000

Plug-in hybrids are taking over EV sales. It wasn't meant to happen this way

Euro 6e: Changes to the European Union light-duty vehicle type-approval procedure

Aussietowns.com - Borroloola, NT

Borroloola and the Gulf Region

Wikipedia - Borroloola

Wikipedia - Cape Crawford

Mirror - Limmen National Park

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

#Australia #Australian

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Woomera Part 3, South Australia from the 14 Aug 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

Sources:

Wikipedia - High Explosive research

Wikipedia - Operation Hurricane

Mirror - Operation Hurricane

Wikipedia - Operation Mosaic

Wikipedia - McClelland Royal Commission

Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Woomera (Part 2), South Australia from the 14 Aug 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

#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

00:01:06– Croc watch

00:12:50 – Chevron boss’s gripe about Australia: be more like the US or the Middle East

00:35:40 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Woomera Part 3, South Australia

01:04:05 – Australia blames Iran for antisemitic arson attacks, expels envoy

01:25:16 – This week in Australian history 22-28 Aug

01:33:35 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

Tourist shares harrowing story after waking up to crocodile bite at beach: 'The force of a sledgehammer'

Tourist speaks out after crocodile bit him on the feet while he slept on a Queensland beach

What we know about Iran's involvement in antisemitic attacks in Australia

Iran's alleged sponsoring of antisemitic attacks in Australia may be a 'power projection exercise'

Australia blames Iran for antisemitic arson attacks, expels envoy

Chevron boss’s gripe about Australia: be more like the US or the Middle East

Chevron delivers gas warning to Labor with Australian investment souring

Wikipedia - High Explosive research

Wikipedia - Operation Hurricane

Mirror - Operation Hurricane

Wikipedia - Operation Mosaic

Wikipedia - McClelland Royal Commission

Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Woomera (Part 2), South Australia from the 14 Aug 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

#Australia #Australian

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Halls Creek Part 2, Western Australia from the 21 Aug 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

Sources:

Wikipedia - Canning Stock Route

Australia's North West - Canning stock route

Canning Stock Route Road Trip

Key Aboriginal Trade Routes of Ancient Australia

Canning Stock Route art project

This article is more than 9 years old A dark chapter of history is tied up in the name of the Canning electorate

Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Halls Creek (Part 1), Western Australia from the 7 Aug 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

Song lines - Oodnadatta episode

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

00:12:21 – The government has asked for bold proposals. Maybe it’s time to tax the family home.

00:46:52 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Halls Creek Part 2, Western Australia

01:07:12 – $100 billion Nullarbor energy project sparks outrage

01:32:35 – This week in Australian history 15-21 Aug

01:40:58 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

The government has asked for bold proposals. Maybe it’s time to consider taxing the family home

Australia is now a 'home owners' welfare state', and income inequality is worse than we think

Housing, Income Inequality and Progressivity of Taxes and Transfers

Implications of declining home ownership

Tax rates – Australian resident

$100bn Nullarbor energy project sparks outrage

Western Green Energy Hub

Beneath the plains of the Nullarbor lies an underground world formed over millions of years

Western Green Energy Hub proposal would transform the Nullarbor. What are the odds of it going ahead?

Wikipedia - Canning Stock Route

Australia's North West - Canning stock route

Canning Stock Route Road Trip

Key Aboriginal Trade Routes of Ancient Australia

Canning Stock Route art project

This article is more than 9 years old A dark chapter of history is tied up in the name of the Canning electorate

Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Halls Creek (Part 1), Western Australia from the 7 Aug 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

Song lines - Oodnadatta episode

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

#Australia #Australian

This is the Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Woomera (Part 2), South Australia from the 14 Aug 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.

First British atomic bomb test on Montebello Islands – documentary

Operation Hurricane

Wikipedia - Operation Hurricane

Wikipedia - British nuclear tests at Maralinga

Wikipedia - RAAF Woomera range complex

Wikipedia - Montebello Islands

Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Woomera Part 1, South Australia from 24 Jul 2025

#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

00:10:36 – ‘If the reef had a voice, it would sing’: could legal personhood help the Great Barrier Reef?

00:31:32 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Woomera (Part 2), South Australia

00:59:58 – Sydney Uni students will use ChatGPT, so let’s teach them how

01:20:29 – This week in Australian history 8-14 Aug

01:30:39 - XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

Sydney Uni students will use ChatGPT, so let’s teach them how

Sydney Uni - Academic Integrity

‘If the reef had a voice, it would sing’: could legal personhood help the Great Barrier Reef?

World’s biggest coral survey confirms sharp decline in Great Barrier Reef after heatwave

First British atomic bomb test on Montebello Islands – documentary

Operation Hurricane

Wikipedia - Operation Hurricane

Wikipedia - British nuclear tests at Maralinga

Wikipedia - RAAF Woomera range complex

Wikipedia - Montebello Islands

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Woomera Part 1, South Australia from 24 Jul 2025

#Australia #Australian