Australia talks - 19 Jun 2025: NT trials pepper spray & Gen Z would starve if left alone

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

00:08:59 – Northern Territory to trial legal pepper spray for self-defence

00:25:40 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Portsea, Victoria

00:48:44 – Would Gen Z starve if they were left alone?

01:07:31 – This week in Australian history 13-19 June

01:15:20 - XXXX bottle top quiz

 

Sources:

 

Increase in illegal dumping in State forests

NT to trial legal pepper spray for self-defence

Pepper spray could soon be legal in the NT, but lawyers warn misuse could lead to trouble

New research reveals nearly 50 per cent of Gen Z feel unprepared to manage household chores.

Simple tasks Aussies are freaking out over

Welcome to the Happy to Help adulting hub!

The Death of Harold Holt

Mystery of missing PM finally solved

How Australia’s PM went swimming 50 years ago and vanished forever

From the Archives, 1967: Harold Holt vanishes during Portsea swim

Inside the disappearance of Harold Holt — one of the largest search operations in Australian history

Harold Holt's disappearance

Harold Holt's disappearance

Disappearance of Harold Holt

Harold Holt

Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Eugowra, New South Wales from 20 Jun 2024

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

 

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