{"podcast":{"title":"Australia Talks","slug":"australia-talks-6388992","podcast_index_feed_id":6388992,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/australiatalks/feed.xml","website_url":"https://AustraliaTalks.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/15528451/IMG_1041.jpeg","author":"DK and Ardeet","episode_count":318,"summary":"A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a trivia question","last_synced_at":"2026-06-14T14:20:10.091463+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/australia-talks-6388992"},"episode":{"title":"Australia Talks – 2 Apr 2026: Aussie fuel security & Pauline Hanson’s ABC plan","slug":"australia-talks-2-apr-2026-aussie-fuel-security-pauline-hanson-s-abc-plan","published_at":"2026-04-03T02:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/australia-talks-6388992/australia-talks-2-apr-2026-aussie-fuel-security-pauline-hanson-s-abc-plan","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/australia-talks-6388992","url":"https://AustraliaTalks.podbean.com/e/australia-talks-%e2%80%93-2-apr-2026-aussie-fuel-security-pauline-hanson-s-abc-plan/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/bz723d2q79wfuhax/AUD_AustraliaTalks2026040270mlw.mp3","summary":"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 00:07:53 – Fuel security 00:35:37 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Leeton, New South Wales 00:55:22 – Pauline Hanson’s ABC plan 01:22:21 – This week in Australian history 27-31 March & 1-2 April 01:32:25 – XXXX bottle top quiz Sources: Labor to use new fuel security powers to underwrite extra shipments to Australia Securing Australia’s future fuel supply and critical minerals strategic reserve | Minister for Trade and Tourism Labor cuts fuel excise for three months, saving Australians 26c a litre on petrol and diesel Minimum stockholding obligation (MSO) for liquid fuels: statistics - DCCEEW Pauline Hanson’s plan to ‘defund’ ABC, introduce subscriptions ‘Defund it’: One Nation leader Pauline Hanson calls for ABC to be stripped of taxpayer funding and go subscriber-based ABC Transparency portal What would – and should – happen to the ABC under the next federal government? Wikipedia - Leeton, New South Wales Wikipedia - Riverina Wikipedia - Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area About Leeton | Visit Leeton A complete guide to Leeton, NSW - Australian Geographic Wikipedia - Murrumbidgee River Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries #Australia #Australian","meta_description":"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. Co…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6302,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/australia-talks-6388992/episodes/australia-talks-2-apr-2026-aussie-fuel-security-pauline-hanson-s-abc-plan/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/australia-talks-6388992/australia-talks-2-apr-2026-aussie-fuel-security-pauline-hanson-s-abc-plan.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}