Australia Talks - 15 Aug 2024: ASIO terror threat & Pollies compromised by gambling
Description
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, Vale Jack Karlson the succulent Chinese meal man and Raygun's Olympic performance
00:09:21 - ASIO and Australia's increase terror threat
00:32:04 - Two Ticks Town Talks is Cervantes, Western Australia
00:48:12 - The influence of the gambling industry on Australian politicians and Albanese's latest watered down approach to gambling advertising
01:14:29 - This week in Australian history 9-15 August
01:23:13 - XXXX bottle top quiz
'Australia Talks' is the official podcast of the r/australian subreddit.
Sources:
Jack Karlson, who shot to fame after ‘succulent Chinese meal’ arrest, dies aged 82
YouTube - 'Democracy manifest'
Why is Australia’s Olympic team so large? Or: How did Raygun make it to the Olympics?
‘A total cop-out’ if Albanese government refuses blanket ban on gambling ads, Pocock says
Internal Labor tussle over gambling advertising laws pushes reforms further back
ASIO 'stretched' as it faces terror threat that is more complex than a decade ago
Major new collaboration aims to preserve language and culture
Archive to preserve multitude of Indigenous languages
Wikipedia - Cervantes, Western Australia
Wikipedia - The Pinnacles (Western Australia)
National Rock Garden - Formation of the Pinnacles
Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries
#Australia
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