Australia Talks - 15 Jan 2026: Victorian bushfires & Underfunded Aussie Arts

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 00:12:31 – Victorian bushfires 00:31:15 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Rainbow Beach, Queensland 00:52:55 – A nation of rich cowards’: Australia needs its dreamers but the arts are underfunded, undervalued and despised 01:18:03 – This week in Australian history 9-15 January 01:30:53 – XXXX bottle top quiz   Sources: One person dead as PM visits bushfire-ravaged towns with 300 structures destroyed and 350,000 hectares burned Tens of thousands of livestock confirmed dead as Victorians return to bushfire-ravaged communities  Victoria's bushfires more than five times the size of Singapore January 2026 Victorian bushfires Vic Emergency Services Australia - Victoria Bushfires, January 2026 A nation of rich cowards’: Australia needs its dreamers but the arts are underfunded, undervalued and despised Ben Quilty  Wikipedia - Rainbow beach, Queensland  History of Cooloola Rainbow Beach Coloured Sands Legend Welcome to Rainbow Beach and Gympie Gympie regional memories Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries   #Australia #Australian