# Australia Talks - 22 Apr 2026: New warship and Defence budget & Homegrown biofuels

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Podcast: [Australia Talks](https://stenobird.com/podcast/australia-talks-6388992)
Published: 2026-04-24T03:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://AustraliaTalks.podbean.com/e/australia-talks-22-apr-2026-new-warship-and-defence-budget-homegrown-biofuels/
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Duration seconds: 6976

## Resource

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 AustraliaTalks@proton.me DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss: 00:00:00 – Introduction 00:10:14 – New warship and Defence budget 00:37:27 – Two Ticks Town Talk – HMQS Gayundah, Queensland 01:08:50 – Homegrown biofuels 01:29:46 – This week in Australian history 17-23 April 01:42:16 – XXXX bottle top quiz Sources: Australia, Japan sign contracts to start $7 billion warship deal | Reuters Defence spending to lift by $53 billion over the next decade as government warns of 'intensifying' risks - ABC News Japan, Australia sign deal for first three Mogami frigate warships - ABC News General purpose frigate | Royal Australian Navy 2026 National Defence Strategy and 2026 Integrated Investment Program | About | Defence Biofuels could bolster Australia's fuel security but right now, we're exporting what we need to make them - ABC News CEFC Refined Ambitions LCLF Opportunities Investment Insight - Clean Energy Finance Corporation Ethanol fuel - Wikipedia Colonial navies of Australia - Wikipedia HMQS Gayundah - Wikipedia HMQS Gayundah – The gunboats Gayundah, Paluma & Queensland's colonial navy. HMAS Gayundah | Sea Power Centre H.M.Q.S. Gayundah | Moreton Bay Our Story HMQS "Gayundah" - Conduct Unbecoming - 1888 - Naval Historical Society of Australia Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries #Australia #Australian

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