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Australia Talks – 2 Apr 2026: Aussie fuel security & Pauline Hanson’s ABC plan


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

 

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DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

 

00:00:00 – Introduction

00:07:53 – Fuel security

00:35:37 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Leeton, New South Wales

00:55:22 – Pauline Hanson’s ABC plan

01:22:21 – This week in Australian history 27-31 March & 1-2 April

01:32:25 – XXXX bottle top quiz

 

Sources:

Labor to use new fuel security powers to underwrite extra shipments to Australia

Securing Australia’s future fuel supply and critical minerals strategic reserve | Minister for Trade and Tourism

Labor cuts fuel excise for three months, saving Australians 26c a litre on petrol and diesel

Minimum stockholding obligation (MSO) for liquid fuels: statistics - DCCEEW

Pauline Hanson’s plan to ‘defund’ ABC, introduce subscriptions

‘Defund it’: One Nation leader Pauline Hanson calls for ABC to be stripped of taxpayer funding and go subscriber-based 

ABC Transparency portal

What would – and should – happen to the ABC under the next federal government?

Wikipedia - Leeton, New South Wales

Wikipedia - Riverina

Wikipedia - Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area

About Leeton | Visit Leeton

A complete guide to Leeton, NSW - Australian Geographic

Wikipedia - Murrumbidgee River

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

 

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