Australia Talks - 18 Jul 2024: Russian spying allegations & paying plasma donors

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

Contact us at AustraliaTalksPodcast@proton.me

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:16:10 - Russian spying allegations in Australia with two arrested

00:36:06 - Two Ticks Town Talk is Geraldton in Western Australia

00:59:14 - Should plasma donors in Australia be paid?

01:21:42 - This week in Australian history 12-18 July

01:30:57 - XXXX bottle top quiz

 

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

 

Sources:

Anthony Albanese tells Moscow to 'back off' after Russian embassy criticises spying allegations

Two Australians charged with spying offences for allegedly conspiring to share ADF secrets with Russia

As Australia's reliance on imported blood plasma grows, the ethics of paid donation are back in focus

Aussie Towns - The genius of Monsignor Hawes

Monsignor John Hawes

Aussie Towns

National Heritage Places - HMAS Sydney II and the HSK Kormoran Shipwreck Sites

Wikipedia - Geraldton

Wikipedia - Houtman Abrohlos

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

 

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