Australia Talks - 16 Oct 2025: ADF gamer ads & Parliament expanding

A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions.   Contact us at [email protected]   DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:   00:00:00 - Introduction 00:06:20 – ADF targets popular games like FIFA to recruit young Australians with shiny ads 00:26:06 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Coonabarabran, New South Wales 00:42:48 – Australia's parliament is likely to grow for the first time in 40 years 01:05:42 – This week in Australian history 10-16 Oct 01:13:08 – XXXX bottle top quiz   Sources:   Australia's parliament is likely to grow for the first time in 40 years Parliamentary Budget Office - Increasing the size of Federal Parliament A larger parliament makes sense but that's why Albanese wants one ADF targets popular games like FIFA to recruit young Australians with shiny ads TikTok and online games driving surge in Defence Force recruitment Australian Defence Force recruitment to be opened to foreign citizens, causes government confusion Aussietowns - Coonabarabran, NSW Wikipedia - Anglo-Australian Telescope Wikipedia - Siding Spring Observatory Wikipedia - Warrumbungles Wikipedia - Coonabarabran Donna the astronomer Wikipedia - Coonabarabran Milroy observatory Welcome to the Anglo-Australian Telescope Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Bermagui, New South Wales from the 13 Mar 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks'.  Two Ticks Town Talk segment on Woomera (1 of 6), South Australia from the 24 Jul 2025 full episode of 'Australia Talks' Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries   #Australia #Australian