Australia Talks - 15 Aug 2024: ASIO terror threat & Pollies compromised by gambling

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, Vale Jack Karlson the succulent Chinese meal man and Raygun's Olympic performance

00:09:21 - ASIO and Australia's increase terror threat

00:32:04 - Two Ticks Town Talks is Cervantes, Western Australia

00:48:12 -  The influence of the gambling industry on Australian politicians and Albanese's latest watered down approach to gambling advertising

01:14:29 - This week in Australian history 9-15 August

01:23:13 - XXXX bottle top quiz 

 

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

 

Sources:

Jack Karlson, who shot to fame after ‘succulent Chinese meal’ arrest, dies aged 82

YouTube - 'Democracy manifest'

Why is Australia’s Olympic team so large? Or: How did Raygun make it to the Olympics?

‘A total cop-out’ if Albanese government refuses blanket ban on gambling ads, Pocock says

Internal Labor tussle over gambling advertising laws pushes reforms further back

Australian government raises terrorism threat level to ‘probable’ as officials warn risk spans ideologies

ASIO 'stretched' as it faces terror threat that is more complex than a decade ago

Major new collaboration aims to preserve language and culture

Archive to preserve multitude of Indigenous languages

Aussie Towns

Wikipedia - Cervantes, Western Australia

Wikipedia - The Pinnacles (Western Australia)

National Rock Garden - Formation of the Pinnacles

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

YouTube - The Most Unexpected Gold Medal In History - Steven Bradbury | Salt Lake 2002 Winter Olympics

 

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