Australia Talks - 21 Aug 2025: Taxing the family home & Nullarbor energy city

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

00:12:21 – The government has asked for bold proposals. Maybe it’s time to tax the family home.

00:46:52 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Halls Creek Part 2, Western Australia

01:07:12 – $100 billion Nullarbor energy project sparks outrage

01:32:35 – This week in Australian history 15-21 Aug

01:40:58 – XXXX bottle top quiz

 

Sources:

 

The government has asked for bold proposals. Maybe it’s time to consider taxing the family home

Australia is now a 'home owners' welfare state', and income inequality is worse than we think

Housing, Income Inequality and Progressivity of Taxes and Transfers

Implications of declining home ownership

Tax rates – Australian resident

$100bn Nullarbor energy project sparks outrage

Western Green Energy Hub

Beneath the plains of the Nullarbor lies an underground world formed over millions of years

Western Green Energy Hub proposal would transform the Nullarbor. What are the odds of it going ahead?

Wikipedia - Canning Stock Route

Australia's North West - Canning stock route

Canning Stock Route Road Trip

Key Aboriginal Trade Routes of Ancient Australia

Canning Stock Route art project

This article is more than 9 years old A dark chapter of history is tied up in the name of the Canning electorate

Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Halls Creek (Part 1), Western Australia from the 7 Aug 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'. 

Song lines - Oodnadatta episode

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

 

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