Australia Talks – 11 Jun 2026: Defence strategy with NZ and the Solomon Islands + our driverless future

About this episode

The episode discusses Australia's defence strategy with New Zealand and the Solomon Islands, explores the future of driverless technology, and features a segment on Sorrento, Victoria.

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 00:07:33 – Defence strategy with NZ and the Solomon Islands 00:27:30 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Sorrento (Part 2), Victoria 00:47:56 – Australia's driverless future 01:20:30 – This week in Australian history 5-11 June 01:31:59 – XXXX bottle top quiz Sources: Solomon Islands agrees to treaty negotiation with Australia - ABC News Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says New Zealand friendship is important to endure volatile world - ABC News Driverless taxi service Waymo could soon be coming to Sydney streets | 7NEWS Tesla to release most advanced version of its FSD Supervised in Australia Autonomous taxis will come to Australia, if this tech giant has its way Two Ticks Town Talk – Sorrento, Victoria (from 28 May 2026 Australia Talks) | Australia Talks William Buckley (convict) - Wikipedia Wadawurrung - Wikipedia William Buckley's escape | Ergo 29 Jan 1935 - COLONY OF VICTORIA - Trove Biography - William Buckley - Australian Dictionary of…

People in this episode

Hosts: DK, Ardeet

Topics covered

• defence strategy
• driverless technology
• Australian history
• Sorrento
• international relations

Keywords

• defence strategy
• driverless future
• Sorrento
• New Zealand
• Solomon Islands
• Australian history
• trivia

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: William Buckley

Places: New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Sorrento, Victoria

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