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

00:11:34 – Greens propose a plan to license landlords

00:33:08 – Cairns, Queensland

00:45:47 – Dingoes eating feral cats

01:02:26 – This week in Australian history 16-22 Oct

01:13:24 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

Housing and Homelessness Policy | Australian Greens Victoria

Victoria’s three strikes landlord proposal would make life harder for renters

Landlord licence: Victoria Greens’ ‘three strikes’ rental plan | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site for latest headlines

Research shows dingoes in WA's Great Sandy Desert protect native wildlife by eating feral cats - ABC News

Traditional owner-led wartaji (dingo) research in Pirra Country (Great Sandy Desert): a case study from the Nyangumarta Warrarn Indigenous Protected Area | Wildlife Research | ConnectSci

Rock balancing - Wikipedia

Balancing Rocks: Gatz Piles in Cairns | The Travel Tart Blog

Cairns Adventure Tours - The Gatz Balancing Rocks

Two Ticks Town Talk - Cape Otway, Victoria (from 30 Oct 2025 Australia Talks) | Australia Talks

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

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This is the Two Ticks Town Talk on Deloraine, Tasmania from the 15 Oct 2026 full episode of 'Australia Talks' with your hosts DK and Ardeet.

Sources:

Deloraine, TAS - Aussie Towns

Deloraine | Discover Tasmania

Deloraine, Tasmania – Wikipedia

Australia-Japan Society of Tasmania Inc. - 2026 Hanami Trail

The surprising origin of Tasmania's cherry blossom festival - ABC News

Tommeginne language – Wikipedia

Buckwheat exports to Japan |2024

Australia's soba noodle source | SBS Food

Two Ticks Town Talk - Bermagui, New South Wales (from 13 Mar 2025 Australia Talks) |

#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

00:11:53 – Hunter coal mine’s Green High Court decision

00:38:01 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Deloraine, Tasmania

00:50:10 – Forcibly nationalising Australian supermarkets

01:22:15 – This week in Australian history 9-15 Oct

01:30:30 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

High Court rules in favour of climate group in Hunter Valley coalmine case - ABC News

Muswellbrook mine gets six more years despite High Court stoush | Newcastle Weekly

Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change

World Court climate decision lights match under Australia's fossil fuel industry - ABC News

Max Chandler-Mather pitches Mamdani-style $25bn plan to nationalise 200 Coles and Woolworths supermarkets | Australian Greens | The Guardian

Greens think tank proposes publicly owned supermarkets to challenge Coles-Woolworths 'duopoly' - ABC News

The Green Institute

Fair Go Grocers The plan to smash the supermarket duopoly

I, Pencil by Leonard E. Read

Deloraine, TAS - Aussie Towns

Deloraine | Discover Tasmania

Deloraine, Tasmania – Wikipedia

Australia-Japan Society of Tasmania Inc. - 2026 Hanami Trail

The surprising origin of Tasmania's cherry blossom festival - ABC News

Tommeginne language – Wikipedia

Buckwheat exports to Japan |2024

Soba – Wikipedia

Australia's soba noodle source | SBS Food

Two Ticks Town Talk - Bermagui, New South Wales (from 13 Mar 2025 Australia Talks) | Australia Talks

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

#Australian