Australia Talks - 6 Feb 2025: Conscription for Australia & AEC fights disinformation

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 00:10:37 – Former Army Chief Peter Leahy tells government to consider conscription to boost service numbers 00:31:50 - Two Ticks Town Talk – Banana, Queensland 00:45:13 – Sovereign citizens, conspiracy theorists and keyboard warriors being targeted by the Australian Electoral Commission this coming federal election 01:07:05 - This week in Australian history 31 Jan & 1-6 Feb 01:17:36 - XXXX bottle top quiz   Sources: ‘National pride’ key to national defence – Peter Leahy Former Army chief Peter Leahy tells government to consider return of conscription to bolster service numbers The AEC wants to stop AI and misinformation. But it’s up against a problem that is deep and dark ‘Doing this to ourselves’: misinformation threat is local, Australian Electoral Commission warns AngloAmerican Wikipedia - Banana, Queensland Wikipedia - Dawson coal mine Trove - Rannes Queensland Government - Banana Warialda Pt 2, 7 Dec 2024 (Country Women Association) AEC - Stop and consider Tradie magazine - History of Esky Wikipedia - Esky Redmap - A fish by any other name Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries   #Australia #Australian