Australia Talks – 21 May 2026: 1 in 3 adults are illiterate & ISIS brides in Australia

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 00:10:21 – 1 in 3 adults are illiterate 00:32:25 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Sandy Island, Australia 00:49:10 – ISIS brides in Australia 01:11:23 – This week in Australian history 15-21 May 01:22:39 – XXXX bottle top quiz   Sources: More than 1 in 3 Australian adults are functionally illiterate. How can we fix this? Survey Participant Information - Survey of Adult Skills in Australia Introduction to a multi-tiered system of supports | Australian Education Research Organisation Read Write Now The Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation | ALNF Adult Learning Australia Ltd - ala.asn.au ACAL Australian Council for Adult Literacy | supporting literacy and numeracy education for adults Welcome to the Reading Writing Hotline - Reading Writing Hotline Three ISIS-linked women arrested after arriving back in Australia from Syria via Doha - ABC News More ISIS-linked women and children set to return to Australia - ABC News ISIS brides' arrest in Australia prompts anger in Syrian camp - ABC News Hansard - House of Representatives 23/11/2022 Parliament of Australia The disappearing Sandy Island - Scientist may have the answer. Sandy Island, New Caledonia - Wikipedia South Pacific Sandy Island 'proven not to exist' - BBC News Sandy Island does exist - on a 1908 chart This floating pumice raft in the Pacific could help save the Great Barrier Reef 8209721222_740033147e_o.jpg 2,000×1,366 pixels Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries   #Australia #Australian