Australia Talks – 12 Feb 2026: Albo selling Defence properties & Bunnings allowed to use facial recognition

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.   Contact us at [email protected]   DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:   00:00:00 – Introduction 00:07:35 – Albanese government fire sale of Defence properties 00:36:57 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Mount Coolum, Queensland 00:53:59 – Bunnings given green light to use facial recognition tech on customers to combat crime 01:23:12 – This week in Australian history 6-12 February 01:33:01 – XXXX bottle top quiz   Sources: National Defence: Defence Strategic Review 2023 Government eyes off fire sale of historic defence properties around Australia  Albanese government to sell off $3bn worth of historic defence sites amid push to free up space for new homes Bunnings decision may open door to facial recognition surveillance free-for-all Bunnings Group Limited and Privacy Commissioner (Guidance and Appeals Panel) [2026] ARTA 130 (4 February 2026) PRIVACY ACT 1988 - SECT 16A Bunnings given green light to use facial recognition tech on customers to combat crime 'Worth the squeeze': Bunnings vows to minimise store crime after approval to use facial recognition technology Wikipedia - Mount Coolum, Queensland Trove - Mt Coolun Ore samples go to Melbourne Trove - No uranium at Mount Coolum  Climb Mount Coolum  Wikipedia - Laccolith Mount Coolum National Park Coolum Advertiser Australia's nuclear age & the unsettling truth about Mt Coolum Australia's nuclear age & the unsettling truth about Mt Coolum Australia Talks - 28 Nov 2024: Bunnings breaches privacy Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries   #Australia #Australian