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

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:16:09 - $50 billion defence spending increase (and possible impact on new F35 fighter jets)

00:37:15 - Two Ticks Town Talks is Karratha in Western Australia

01:03:08 - The 'Great Browning' spreading along the coast

01:23:51 - This week in Australian history 19-25 Apr

01:40:30 - XXXX bottle top quiz is moist

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

Sources:

Plans for new fighter jets on back burner despite Labor’s $50bn boost to defence spending

Marles unveils $50 billion defence spending increase over next decade

Anger as 'great browning' spreads along 1,000km of Australian coast

The big dry: forests and shrublands are dying in parched Western Australia

Aussie Towns

Wikipedia - Karratha

Wikipedia - Dampier

Wikipedia - Murujuga

Rio Tinto - Dampier salt

BCI Minerals - Mardie salt and potash

Karratha 50th anniversary booklet

CSIRO - Iron ore Hamersley Province, WA

Journal of Australasian Mining History, Vol. 11, October 2013 - The Establishment of Iron Ore Giants: Hamersley Iron and the Mount Newman Mining Company, 1961–1969 by David Lee

Nomination of the For an Engineering Heritage Australia Heritage Recognition Award

#Australian