Australia Talks - 23 May 2024: Future Made in Australia and Gina Rinehart’s portrait

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

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DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:10:19 - Labor's 'Future Made in Australia' plans

00:34:36 - Two Ticks Town Talk is Broome (Part 2), Western Australia

01:09:53 - Gina Rinehart demands removal of her portrait from the National Gallery

01:25:59 - This week in Australian history 17-23 May

01:39:30 - XXXX bottle top quiz

 

'Australia Talks' is the official podcast of the r/australian subreddit

 

Sources:

Future Made in Australia Government paper

Future Made in Australia: $23bn for ‘biggest transformation since Industrial Revolution’

Gina Rinehart demands National Gallery of Australia remove her portrait

National Gallery of Australia - Vincent Namatjira

Aussie Towns

Western Australian Museum - Pearling timeline

Broome Historical Society

Wikipedia - Pearling in Western Australia

National Museum Australia - Japanese divers in Broome

Wikipedia - pinctada maxima

Broome Visitor Centre

Western Australian Museum - Master Pearlers

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

 

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