Australia Talks - 24 Apr 2025: Australian neighbours' defence decisions & Gambling industry pays out pollies

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 00:00:15 – Croc watch 00:06:09 – Catchup 00:11:30 – Australian neighbours’ defence decisions (Indonesia and Timor-Leste) 00:35:59 – Geraldton Part 2, Western Australia 00:57:22 – Australian PM, policticians took $147,000 of match tickets while weighing sports betting ban 01:14:11 – This week in Australian history 18-24 April 01:23:51 - XXXX bottle top quiz   Sources:   Australia PM, politicians took $147,000 of match tickets while weighing sports betting ban Register of Members' Interests – 47th Parliament Timor-Leste open to participating in Chinese military exercises Canberra confirms Indonesia won't host Russian planes at air force base Russia responds to claims it sought access to Indonesian air base National museum Australia - Wreck of the Batavia Australian National Maritime Museum - The Batavia shipwreck disaster Wikipedia - Batavia (1628 ship) Western Australian Museum - Batavia's history Australian Geographic - The wallaby that drinks sea water State Library of Western Australia - Francisco Pelsaert's journal Geraldton Part 1, Western Australia Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries   #Australia #Australian