Australia Talks - 17 Apr 2025: Tariffs benefit Oz & Zombie ants

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

00:06:10 – Donald Trump’s tariff war with China could see Australians pay less for Chinese-made products

00:24:06 – Simpson, Northern Territory

00:41:49 – Zombie ants found in Top End

00:56:20 - This week in Australian history 11-17 Apr

01:05:05 - XXXX bottle top quiz

 

Sources:

 

Donald Trump's tariff war with China could see Australians pay less for Chinese-made products

Will iPhones cost more because of Trump's tariffs on China?

Trump’s crisis is only beginning. It will make you question everything

Zombie ants found in Top End

'A relationship that could horrify Darwin': Mindy Weisberger on the skin-crawling reality of insect zombification

Could fungi actually cause a zombie apocalypse?

Wikipedia - Poeppel Corner

Wikipedia - Simpson, Northern Territory

Wikipedia - Simpson desert

Simpson desert

ABS - Simpson, NT

Munga-Thirri–Simpson Desert National Park

Australia Talks - Birdsville, Queensland 20 Feb 2025

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

 

#Australia #Australian