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🎙️ Hey Blurtstars!

We’ve got a jam-packed episode for you today, so let’s dive right in!

📖 Homework

• On our last podcast, S6 Ep 201, we asked about countries that have compulsory voting. There are over 20 countries that have compulsory voting. Not all of them are enforced.

  • Wikipedia | Compulsory voting

🌍 Blurt Around The World

• Heard of magic mushrooms? What about toxic ones?

  • ABC News | Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial: Sole surviving lunch guest Ian Wilkinson gives evidence — as it happened

  • ABC Listen Podcast | Mushroom Case Daily

• You've heard of a bull in a china shop, but on a scooter?

  • UPI | Wandering bull takes parked scooter for a joyride

🗳️Blurt On Politics

• The Kegsta and Wencee recap the Australian federal election, including the winners, losers, and lucky members of parliament.

  • ABC News | Who won the 2025 Australian federal election? What happened to Peter Dutton?

  • ABC News | The suburbs didn’t want what the Coalition was selling

  • ABC News | Nick McKim rules himself out of leadership and calls for 'unity' after Bandt loss

  • ABC News | Labor’s landslide victory obscures a disturbing trend for the major parties

• And a royal roasting of the OLD opposition leader !! Wahey !!

🔍Fun Facts

• Wencee will blurt fun facts about Venice and how it was built.

  • Goparoo Discovery Guild | How was Venice Built

  • Primal Space YouTube | The Crazy Engineering of Venice

  • Engineering Rome | In the Beginning, was a Marsh: The History of Venice’s Foundation and Materials

  • Primal Nebula | How Was Venice Built? The Medieval Engineering Behind Venice

• And The Kegsta gives us some facts about the ex-opposition leader, Peter Dutton.

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