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The place to go for conversations about the news - like the weekend newspaper in audio form. Join Claire Kimball and Kate... more

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Episodes

Weekly Wrap: Biden drops out, wall to wall Olympics, and the Australian birthrate recession

Hosted by the OG team of Claire Kimball and Kate Watson, it's all about helping you stay on top of... more

26 Jul 2024 · 23 minutes
Newsmakers: From Paris to our screens with Murray Shaw - our Olympic newsmaker

Murray Shaw, one of Nine’s Executive Producers for the Olympics, is the guy behind getting the Games from Paris to... more

23 Jul 2024 · 26 minutes
Weekly Wrap: The assassination attempt on Donald Trump, troubles at the CFMEU, and our new socks

Hosted by the OG team of Claire Kimball and Kate Watson, it's all about helping you stay on top of... more

19 Jul 2024 · 30 minutes
Weekly Wrap (US Politics Bonus Ep): Donald Trump shot, the Republican Convention, and Biden's next moves

There was so much US politics news following the assassination attempt on Donald Trump this week that we had to... more

19 Jul 2024 · 23 minutes
Newsmakers: Chris Uhlmann on western values and what’s worth fighting for

Chris Uhlmann began his journalism career at The Canberra Times, eventually joining the ABC and becoming their chief political correspondent.... more

15 Jul 2024 · 42 minutes
Weekly Wrap: A tragic fire in Sydney, Biden's name problem, and the $320 million wedding we can't get enough of

Hosted by the OG team of Claire Kimball and Kate Watson, it's all about helping you stay on top of... more

12 Jul 2024 · 30 minutes
Newsmakers: Nick Shelton on why he built Broadsheet, our go-to city guide

Welcome to our Newsmakers series. We believe quality journalism is essential, and throughout this series, we chat with people who... more

09 Jul 2024 · 33 minutes
Weekly Wrap: It's raining elections, Senator Payman quits Labor, and World Chocolate day...

Hosted by the OG team of Claire Kimball and Kate Watson, it's all about helping you stay on top of... more

05 Jul 2024 · 30 minutes
Trailer: Introducing Newsmakers...

Our first interview with Broadsheet's Nick Shelton drops on Wednesday, 10 July. Sign up to our News Club newsletter here.

02 Jul 2024 · 1 minute
Weekly Wrap: Wall to wall Assange, inflation and federal parliament’s night of nights

Hosted by the OG team of Claire Kimball and Kate Watson, it's all about helping you stay on top of... more

28 Jun 2024 · 29 minutes
Weekly Wrap: A nuclear update, Putin embraces North Korea, and the world's most valuable company

Hosted by the OG team of Claire Kimball and Kate Watson, it's all about helping you stay on top of... more

21 Jun 2024 · 30 minutes
From the archive: The high cost of hosting big sporting events

Support News Club by signing up to our newsletter and following us on Instagram. If you have 2 minutes, we'd... more

17 Jun 2024 · 22 minutes
Weekly Wrap: The Chinese Premier to visit down under, the UK election, and swimming to the Olympics

Hosted by the OG team of Claire Kimball and Kate Watson, it's all about helping you stay on top of... more

14 Jun 2024 · 33 minutes
Weekly Wrap: D-Day anniversary & Ukraine, a Canberra Airport tangle, and that State of Origin hit...

Hosted by the OG team of Claire Kimball and Kate Watson, it's all about helping you stay on top of... more

07 Jun 2024 · 27 minutes
From the archive: Is Joe Biden too old to be president?

Our News Club podcast is getting a revamp. We will be back shortly, but in the meantime, we are re-publishing... more

03 Jun 2024 · 17 minutes
Weekly Wrap: Trump found guilty, the latest from Rafah, and Iceland's election....

Hosted by the OG team of Claire Kimball and Kate Watson, it's all about helping you stay on top of... more

31 May 2024 · 28 minutes
Are magazines back?... With Galah founder Annabelle Hickson

Annabelle Hickson is the founder and editor of Galah Magazine, an independent print magazine that captures regional Australia and the... more

27 May 2024 · 24 minutes
Weekly Wrap: From slop to Telstra job cuts, what the ICC did this week, and a very wet Rishi Sunak...

Hosted by the OG team of Claire Kimball and Kate Watson, it's all about helping you stay on top of... more

24 May 2024 · 24 minutes
The truth about Baby Reindeer

Over 60 million people have watched the massive Netflix hit, Baby Reindeer. Made in the UK, it’s described as a... more

21 May 2024 · 18 minutes
Weekly Wrap: Unpacking the Budget, a global wrap on protests, and happy b'day to us...

Hosted by the OG team of Claire Kimball and Kate Watson, it's all about helping you stay on top of... more

17 May 2024 · 23 minutes
BackTrack's Bernie Shakeshaft on more kids, more towns, more empathy in Aus

With all the news of late about youth crime, gendered violence, and incarceration rates, we have found ourselves asking -... more

13 May 2024 · 30 minutes
Weekly Wrap: The Meh-Gala, Aussie brothers murdered in Mexico, and what to expect in the Federal Budget

Hosted by the OG team of Claire Kimball and Kate Watson, it's all about helping you stay on top of... more

10 May 2024 · 21 minutes
Making and reporting on the Federal Budget with former Managing Director of Nine Publishing James Chessell

With Treasurer Jim Chalmers set to hand down the Federal Budget next week, we thought it would be a good... more

06 May 2024 · 21 minutes
Weekly Wrap: National Cabinet tackles gendered violence, Solomon Island's has a new PM, and it's Eurovision time...

Hosted by the OG team of Claire Kimball and Kate Watson, it's all about helping you stay on top of... more

03 May 2024 · 23 minutes
AFR fashion editor Lauren Sams on faster, faster, faster fashion

This week on News Club, we talk with Lauren Sams, fashion editor at the Australian Financial Review, about the rise... more

29 Apr 2024 · 30 minutes
Weekly Wrap: Musk v eSafety, the US TikTok ban, and a viral baby story

Weekly Wrap is a look at the week in news and what’s coming up. Hosted by the OG team of... more

26 Apr 2024 · 22 minutes
The weighty issue of Ozempic

Ozempic, designed for type-2 diabetes treatment, has garnered widespread attention for its potential to aid weight loss in obese individuals.... more

23 Apr 2024 · 24 minutes
Weekly Wrap: 2 knife attacks in Sydney, Lehrmann loses his case, and a buttery recommendation

Weekly Wrap is a look at the week in news and what’s coming up. Hosted by the OG team of... more

19 Apr 2024 · 25 minutes
Adam Harvey: A foreign correspondent's perspective on the Israel-Gaza war

Adam Harvey is a reporter with ABC TV’s 7.30 and their former Middle East correspondent. We sat down with him... more

15 Apr 2024 · 30 minutes
Weekly Wrap: Wong floats 2-state solution, Trump's abortion issue, and an unfortunate bird update...

Support News Club by signing up to our newsletter and following us on Instagram Links: The most clicked link in Squiz Today... more

12 Apr 2024 · 27 minutes
The business of Bluey

Bluey is one of the most-streamed TV shows in the world. But whilst Bluey is owned and produced by Ludo... more

09 Apr 2024 · 23 minutes
Weekly Wrap: Lehrmann case hears new evidence, Alice has a curfew, and a Bluey kind of movie

Support News Club by signing up to our newsletter and following us on Instagram Links: The most clicked link in Squiz Today... more

05 Apr 2024 · 25 minutes
Interview: Bryce Corbett on teaching the next generation to be media literate

Support News Club by signing up to our newsletter and following us on Instagram Bryce Corbett is the director of Squiz Kids.... more

01 Apr 2024 · 29 minutes
Weekly Wrap: When sports and politics collide, the latest on Donald Trump, and a very big yeehaw

Support News Club by signing up to our newsletter and following us on Instagram If you have 2 minutes, we'd love... more

22 Mar 2024 · 28 minutes
Interview: ITV's Lizzie Robinson from inside a royal newsroom

Support News Club by signing up to our newsletter and following us on Instagram If you have 2 minutes, we'd love... more

21 Mar 2024 · 21 minutes
The Royals and that photo that won't go away...

Support News Club by signing up to our newsletter and following us on Instagram We ummed about this week’s News Club... more

19 Mar 2024 · 20 minutes
Weekly Wrap: State elections, the US TikTok ban, and where's Kate...

Support News Club by signing up to our newsletter and following us on Instagram If you have 2 minutes, we'd love... more

15 Mar 2024 · 23 minutes
Interview: Tim Duggan on Meta and news

Support News Club by signing up to our newsletter and following us on Instagram If you have 2 minutes, we'd love... more

15 Mar 2024 · 29 minutes
Meta's beef with news

Support News Club by signing up to our newsletter and following us on Instagram Meta, the mega US company that owns... more

12 Mar 2024 · 23 minutes
Weekly Wrap: Sam Kerr faces court, tweaks to paid parental leave, and 7 years of The Squiz

Support The Squiz by sharing our newsletters and podcasts with your friends. Weekly Wrap is a look at the week in news and... more

08 Mar 2024 · 27 minutes
Interview: Jamila Rizvi on the gender pay gap

Support News Club by signing up to our newsletter and following us on Instagram Jamila Rizvi is the Deputy Managing... more

08 Mar 2024 · 24 minutes
Perspectives on the gender pay gap

Last week the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) published data from all private sector companies in Australia that employ over... more

05 Mar 2024 · 23 minutes
Weekly Wrap: A private look at the gender pay gap, viva las NRL, and is Kate Middleton ok...

Weekly Wrap is a look at the week in news and what’s coming up. Hosted by the OG team of... more

01 Mar 2024 · 23 minutes
Supermarkets...price gouging or good business?

It’s the BBQ stopper of our time - how much things cost at the supermarket. Throw in six enquiries, headlines... more

27 Feb 2024 · 24 minutes
Interview: Georgie Tunny on Taylor Swift

There isn’t much bigger news so far in 2024 than Taylor Swift. And there isn’t a much bigger fan than... more

22 Feb 2024 · 19 minutes
Is Julian Assange a criminal or journalist?

For more News Club content, follow us on Instagram and sign up to our News Club newsletter. Club Picks: This article... more

20 Feb 2024 · 20 minutes
Weekly Wrap: Albanese proposes, Kanas triumphs, and VIC in the dark

Weekly Wrap is a look at the week in news and what’s coming up. Hosted by the OG team of... more

16 Feb 2024 · 21 minutes
Weekly Wrap: A royal diagnosis, the right to disconnect, and our Grammy's roundup

Weekly Wrap is a look at the week in news and what’s coming up. Hosted by the OG team of... more

09 Feb 2024 · 24 minutes
News Club: The backstory to The Squiz...

Drumroll....We're launching News Club! Before the first episode drops next week, Kate and Claire take a look back at how... more

06 Feb 2024 · 17 minutes
Weekly Wrap: Swifties tackle AI deepfakes, changes to tax cuts, and a Sydney shark attack...

Weekly Wrap is a look at the week in news and what’s coming up. Hosted by the OG team of... more

02 Feb 2024 · 25 minutes
Weekly Wrap is back...

29 Jan 2024 · 1 minute
The Year Ahead with Abbey Gelmi and Georgie Tunny

In our final Year Ahead ep for 2024, Claire and Kate talk with sports journalist Abbey Gelmi and The Project... more

24 Jan 2024 · 21 minutes
The Year Ahead with Helen McCabe

Today, Claire and Kate talk with Helen McCabe, the former editor of Australian Women's Weekly and founder of Future Women.... more

17 Jan 2024 · 22 minutes
We're working on something...

15 Jan 2024 · 1 minute
The Year Ahead with fashion editor Lauren Sams

We're talking with our friends in the news about what stuck with them in 2023 and their predictions for 2024,... more

10 Jan 2024 · 24 minutes
The Year Ahead with Sammy J

We're talking with our friends in the news about what stuck with them in 2023 and their predictions for 2024,... more

03 Jan 2024 · 25 minutes
Weekly Wrap: Our 2023 news wrap, floods and fires in Oz, and a news-y gift exchange

Weekly Wrap is a look at the week in news and what’s coming up. Hosted by the OG team of... more

22 Dec 2023 · 25 minutes
Weekly Wrap: The UN resolution, QLD loses their premier, and what we googled in 2023

Weekly Wrap is a look at the week in news and what’s coming up. Hosted by the OG team of... more

15 Dec 2023 · 22 minutes
Weekly Wrap: A big wrap of Aussie politics, airstrikes in Gaza, and Taylor Swift named 2023 Person of the Year

Weekly Wrap is a look at the week in news and what’s coming up. Hosted by the OG team of... more

08 Dec 2023 · 24 minutes
Shortcuts has a new home...

Looking for your weekly explainer? It's got a new home over on The Squiz Today podcast feed. Just search 'Squiz... more

04 Dec 2023 · 1 minute
Weekly Wrap: Bruce Lehrmann v. Network Ten, Aussie journos pen a letter, and a tunnelling hero

Weekly Wrap is a look at the week in news and what’s coming up. Hosted by the OG team of... more

01 Dec 2023 · 26 minutes
Weekly Wrap Nov 25, 2023: The ceasefire in Israel-Gaza, Open AI's rollercoaster week, and Jeff Bezos's cowboy hat

25 November 2023: Weekly Wrap is a look at the week in news and what’s coming up. Hosted by the... more

30 Nov 2023 · 28 minutes
Weekly Wrap, Nov 18, 2023: Navigating antisemitism and Islamophobia, David Cameron's surprise return to UK politics, and the Robbie William doco

18 November, 2023 - Weekly Wrap is a look at the week in news and what’s coming up. Hosted by... more

30 Nov 2023 · 26 minutes
Weekly Wrap Nov 11, 2023: Optus outage stops the nation, Maxwell's record innings, and Albanese's China visit.

11 November, 2023: Weekly Wrap is a look at the week in news and what’s coming up. Hosted by the... more

30 Nov 2023 · 25 minutes
Weekly Wrap Nov 4, 2023: Vale Matthew Perry, the Israel-Hamas propaganda war, and Albanese's visit to China

November 4, 2023: Weekly Wrap is a look at the week in news, and what’s coming up. Hosted by the... more

30 Nov 2023 · 24 minutes
Your Shortcut to... what's going down at COP28

World leaders will be gathering in Dubai for COP28, the annual United Nations conference on climate change. It's the biggest... more

27 Nov 2023 · 15 minutes
How Far We've Come: Giving a Gonski...

Welcome to season 2 of How Far We've Come, our short series on the big moments that have shaped Australia,... more

25 Nov 2023 · 14 minutes
How Far We've Come: Put your pencils down... It's NAPLAN

Welcome to season 2 of How Far We've Come, our short series on the big moments that have shaped Australia,... more

22 Nov 2023 · 13 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Sam Altman and OpenAI

Internal troubles at OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, have led to its high profile CEO Sam Altman being sacked – followed... more

20 Nov 2023 · 14 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the business of Taylor Swift (Part 2)

In our last Squiz Shortcut, we talked about the road Taylor Swift has taken to the top. In Part 2,... more

14 Nov 2023 · 14 minutes
How Far We've Come: The HECS chronicles

Welcome to season 2 of How Far We've Come, our short series on the big moments that have shaped Australia,... more

11 Nov 2023 · 12 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the business of Taylor Swift (Part 1)

Taylor Swift is a pop icon… Not only has her new music been lauded by the critics, she’s on a... more

06 Nov 2023 · 15 minutes
How Far We've Come: The tale of free and compulsory schooling

Welcome to season 2 of How Far We've Come, our short series on the big moments that have shaped Australia,... more

04 Nov 2023 · 12 minutes
How Far We've Come: Learning and earning with TAFE

Welcome to season 2 of How Far We've Come, our short series on the big moments that have shaped Australia,... more

04 Nov 2023 · 13 minutes
TRAILER: News Club

Hosted by the OG Squiz team, Kate Watson and Claire Kimball, News Club is the place to go for conversations about... more

31 Oct 2023 · 1 minute
Your Shortcut to... Lebanon and Hezbollah

As the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza continues to unfold, one major question is whether Israel’s northern neighbour... more

30 Oct 2023 · 12 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Sam Bankman-Fried

Sam Bankman-Fried is on trial, accused of one of the biggest frauds in American history. In this episode we look... more

23 Oct 2023 · 11 minutes
Weekly Wrap, 21 October: The fallout in Israel-Gaza, unpacking the Voice referendum results, and some top linen tips...

Introducing the Weekly Wrap - the week in news, and what’s coming up. Hosted by the OG team of Claire... more

20 Oct 2023 · 25 minutes
A quick hello from us...

We'd be over the moon if you could complete our survey. You can fill it out here.

19 Oct 2023 · 1 minute
Your Shortcut to... the Voice results

The votes are in, and so is the analysis. In this Squiz Shortcut, we break down the geography of the... more

18 Oct 2023 · 13 minutes
ASK THE SQUIZ: Answering your questions about the Voice

Want opinion-free, agenda-free information on the Voice and the Referendum? We've got you covered with our resource centre here. If... more

11 Oct 2023 · 12 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Israel at War

Hamas militants launched a huge attack against the state of Israel in the latest in a long history of conflicts... more

10 Oct 2023 · 12 minutes
ASK THE SQUIZ: Answering your questions about the Voice

Want opinion-free, agenda-free information on the Voice and the Referendum? We've got you covered with our resource centre here. If... more

04 Oct 2023 · 13 minutes
Your Shortcut to... New Zealand's Election

New Zealand is heading to a general election on the 14th of October, in a vote that’s predicted to see... more

03 Oct 2023 · 11 minutes
ASK THE SQUIZ: Answering your questions about the Voice

In this episode we cover questions about the wording of the proposal, how other nations have done constitutional recognition, and... more

27 Sep 2023 · 12 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Rupert Murdoch's empire

Rupert Murdoch has named his successor: his eldest son Lachlan Murdoch. The announcement comes as Rupert gets set to step... more

25 Sep 2023 · 16 minutes
ASK THE SQUIZ: Answering your questions about the Voice

In this episode we cover the issue of campaign funding, who will represent the Voice, and how to postal vote... more

20 Sep 2023 · 11 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Noel Pearson

The referendum on enshrining an Indigenous Voice to Parliament into Australia’s constitution is coming at us rather quickly, so in... more

19 Sep 2023 · 14 minutes
ASK THE SQUIZ: Answering your questions about the Voice

In this episode we cover the issue of legal challenges, existing Indigenous bodies, and get into the nuts and bolts... more

13 Sep 2023 · 12 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the earthquake in Morocco

A powerful earthquake hit Morocco over the weekend, with the death toll quickly climbing over 2,000. As the search and... more

11 Sep 2023 · 10 minutes
ASK THE SQUIZ (Voice Referendum) - Ep1

In this episode we cover questions about improving Indigenous outcomes, how risky is constitutional change, and the ticks and crosses... more

06 Sep 2023 · 12 minutes
Your Shortcut to... India's G20 Summit

The G20 is meeting this weekend in New Delhi, India, and its a big opportunity for international leaders. So in... more

05 Sep 2023 · 10 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the Voice referendum

The date is finally locked in - we now know Australians will be voting on 14 October to decide if... more

30 Aug 2023 · 15 minutes
Your Shortcut to... picking US presidential candidates

The next US presidential election is more than a year away, but the race to find the candidate from the... more

29 Aug 2023 · 11 minutes
Your Shortcut to... women's sport funding

Over the past month, the Matildas have not just brought the country together with their incredible performances - they've also... more

23 Aug 2023 · 12 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the BRICS summit in South Africa

Some powerful nations are holding a summit this week – and no, it’s not the G20, the Quad or APEC…... more

21 Aug 2023 · 9 minutes
Your Shortcut to... political conferences

Over the next few days you're going to be hearing a lot about the Australian Labor Party's national conference –... more

16 Aug 2023 · 13 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the Matildas

The Matildas have had a best-ever World Cup performance, progressing through to the final 4. So we thought now would... more

15 Aug 2023 · 10 minutes
Your Shortcut to... reporting season

It's the most wonderful time of the year if you're a shareholder of a publicly listed company... Following the end... more

09 Aug 2023 · 13 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Trump's Election Indictment

Donald Trump has been charged with serious offences related to a plot to overturn the 2020 election, which he lost... more

08 Aug 2023 · 10 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Wally Lewis and concussions in sport

One of Australia's greatest-ever rugby league players, Wally Lewis, is the latest sports star to speak out about a diagnosis... more

02 Aug 2023 · 11 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the downfall of China's Foreign Minister

China’s foreign minister, Qin Gang, disappeared from public view in June, and after a month of speculation reports surfaced that... more

01 Aug 2023 · 9 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the future of the Commonwealth Games

It's been just over a week since Victoria pulled the pin on hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games - and the... more

26 Jul 2023 · 11 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Hollywood's strikes

So many of the TV shows and movies we love come out of America, but a writers' and actors' strike... more

25 Jul 2023 · 12 minutes
Your Shortcut to... China's economic slowdown

We've been hearing a drip-feed of worrying economic data coming out of China, and we heard this week that their... more

19 Jul 2023 · 8 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

It's nearly kick-off time for the biggest women's sporting event ever held in Australia, and our own Matildas will be... more

18 Jul 2023 · 12 minutes
Your Shortcut to... NATO and Ukraine's relationship

This week NATO held a summit of its leaders, with big consequences for the war in Ukraine. So in this... more

12 Jul 2023 · 13 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the Robodebt report

Robodebt has been in the news all week, after the Royal Commission dropped its final report into the illegal debt... more

11 Jul 2023 · 11 minutes
Your Shortcut to... shrinking populations

We’ve heard a lot about overpopulation but for some countries including Japan and South Korea, the issue is not too... more

05 Jul 2023 · 14 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Israel's latest strike on Palestinian militants

At the start of this week, Israel launched its most intense airstrikes on the occupied West Bank in nearly two... more

04 Jul 2023 · 9 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Wagner's mutiny in Russia and what it means for Ukraine

All the crazy events in Russia over the past week have left the world wondering what it all means. So... more

28 Jun 2023 · 15 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Yevgeny Prigozhin

The recent turmoil in Russia centers on one man: Yevgeny Prigozhin. With all the talk of private armies and the... more

27 Jun 2023 · 8 minutes
Your Shortcut to... sportswashing

When Saudi Arabia pumped billions of dollars into backing the rival LIV golf tour- there were howls of outrage -... more

21 Jun 2023 · 15 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the Mediterranean migrant ship disaster

More details are emerging about a migrant ship disaster off the coast of Greece, where an estimated 500 passengers are... more

20 Jun 2023 · 8 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the 20th anniversary of podcasting

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the birth of podcasting, so in this Squiz Shortcut, we look at how... more

14 Jun 2023 · 17 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Trump's Second Indictment

Donald Trump has been indicted again, and it’s the first time a former US president has faced federal charges. Those... more

12 Jun 2023 · 10 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Prince Harry vs the British tabloids

Prince Harry has taken the unprecedented move, for a royal, to sue Britain's tabloids for unethical practices that he says... more

07 Jun 2023 · 10 minutes
Your Shortcut to... artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence, or AI, has been getting quite a bit of really bad press lately, with experts warning it could... more

07 Jun 2023 · 16 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the annual whale migration

If you live anywhere along the east or west coast of Australia, chances are you might have heard it's whale... more

31 May 2023 · 16 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Erdoğan's re-election in Turkey

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey's newly re-elected president, has made big promises but has a record of cracking down on dissent... more

30 May 2023 · 9 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Ron DeSantis

Florida Governor, Ron DeSantis, has announced that he wants to become the president of the United States. He’ll go head-to-head... more

25 May 2023 · 10 minutes
Your Shortcut to... what's happening with the US debt ceiling

The US has been in the middle of a crazy political stoush over this thing called the “debt ceiling” for... more

23 May 2023 · 15 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the Sudan crisis

It's been a horrifying time in the African nation of Sudan with foreign nationals including Aussies being evacuated out of... more

17 May 2023 · 15 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Thailand's election

The election in Thailand over the weekend was tipped to be extraordinary, and boy, did it deliver... So in this... more

16 May 2023 · 7 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the 2023 Federal Budget

It's Budget week, and it's been hard to miss the news the Albanese Government has delivered our first surplus in... more

10 May 2023 · 16 minutes
Your Shortcut to... King Charles's coronation

King Charles III will be crowned on Saturday alongside his wife Camilla, the Queen Consort. The coronation is a centuries-old... more

03 May 2023 · 16 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the gig economy

The rise of the gig economy has had a huge impact on how we live so it's no wonder it's... more

26 Apr 2023 · 12 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Australia's rental crisis

For months we’ve been hearing horror stories from the rental market – of landlords jacking up prices by hundreds of... more

19 Apr 2023 · 19 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Donald Trump's indictment

Donald Trump has become the first former US president to face criminal charges after 34 felony charges relating to business... more

12 Apr 2023 · 20 minutes
Ep 1: How Far We’ve Come… The Married Women’s Property Act

The Squiz team is on a long weekend so we thought we’d pop ‘How Far We’ve Come’ into the Shortcuts... more

05 Apr 2023 · 10 minutes
Ep 2: How Far We've Come... A tale as old as time: WWII and the fight for equal pay

The Squiz team is on a long weekend so we thought we’d pop ‘How Far We’ve Come’ into the Shortcuts... more

05 Apr 2023 · 11 minutes
Ep 3: How Far We've Come... The lifting of the Commonwealth Marriage Bar

The Squiz team is on a long weekend so we thought we’d pop ‘How Far We’ve Come’ into the Shortcuts... more

05 Apr 2023 · 11 minutes
Ep 4: How Far We've Come... The introduction of no-fault divorce

The Squiz team is on a long weekend so we thought we’d pop ‘How Far We’ve Come’ into the Shortcuts... more

05 Apr 2023 · 11 minutes
The backstory to Aussie women’s journey to financial equality and what’s left to do

The Squiz team is on a long weekend so we thought we’d pop ‘How Far We’ve Come’ into the Shortcuts... more

05 Apr 2023 · 11 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the banking crisis

In the space of just a few weeks, a handful of big banks have collapsed around the world and many... more

29 Mar 2023 · 17 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the NSW state election

Australia's most populous state heads to the ballot box on Saturday, so in this week's Squiz Shortcut, we take a... more

22 Mar 2023 · 18 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the AUKUS submarine deal

This week, PM Anthony Albanese got together with US President Joe Biden and UK PM Rishi Sunak to unveil one... more

15 Mar 2023 · 19 minutes
Your Shortcut to... defamation laws

Plenty of high-profile people have recently been involved in defamation cases in recent times, like Lisa Wilkinson, Ben Roberts-Smith, and... more

08 Mar 2023 · 18 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Australia's recycling crisis

Plenty of us have a go at recycling - but it turns out a whole lot more than we think... more

01 Mar 2023 · 15 minutes
Your Shortcut to... ChatGPT

Over the past few months, ChatGPT has set the tech world alight with predictions that it will change the internet... more

22 Feb 2023 · 18 minutes
Your Shortcut to... 2023 Sydney WorldPride

Sydneysiders wouldn't be able to miss the fact that the Harbour City is hosting the 2023 WorldPride - the world's... more

15 Feb 2023 · 14 minutes
Your Shortcut to... what's happening in Alice Springs - Part 2

Last week's Squiz Shortcuts episode got across what's been happening in Alice Springs lately and some historical context. In this... more

08 Feb 2023 · 16 minutes
Your Shortcut to... what's happening in Alice Springs - Part 1

Alice Springs has been in the national spotlight for all the wrong reasons over the past couple of weeks after... more

01 Feb 2023 · 14 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Andrew Tate

You might have seen the name Andrew Tate in the news over the summer - and wondered who is this... more

26 Jan 2023 · 14 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the Hunter Biden saga

If all you know about Hunter Biden is that he's the son of President Joe Biden and he's a bit... more

18 Jan 2023 · 13 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the latest on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament

There have been some big developments over the summer break in the Albanese Government's proposal to establish a Voice to... more

11 Jan 2023 · 16 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the forgotten stories of 2022

With 2022 drawing to a close, it got us thinking about what happened to a whole bunch of stories that... more

21 Dec 2022 · 17 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the future of the British royal family

It's been a pretty turbulent couple of weeks for the Royal family, with Prince Harry and Meghan's new Netflix series... more

14 Dec 2022 · 16 minutes
Your Shortcut to... China's COVID protests

China is a country known for quashing any dissent before it makes it anywhere near the media. But recently, anti-lockdown... more

07 Dec 2022 · 16 minutes
Your Shortcut to... moving to the Moon

Alright Squizers, strap yourselves in because we're going to the Moon… Yep, you read that right - US space agency... more

30 Nov 2022 · 15 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the 2022 Victorian election

Victorians head to the ballot box on Saturday and this campaign has been pretty bruising. Premier Daniel Andrews is going... more

23 Nov 2022 · 16 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the Qatar FIFA World Cup

Next week, billions of eyeballs will be on Qatar for the start of the soccer World Cup. This has been... more

16 Nov 2022 · 16 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the 2022 G20 summit

Next week leaders from around the globe will converge on Bali for a meeting of the G20 - which is... more

09 Nov 2022 · 16 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the US midterm election

Next week in the US voters will cast their votes in the midterms, which will elect a whole bunch of... more

02 Nov 2022 · 16 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the Albanese Government's first budget

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has just handed down his first Budget, the first for a Labor Government in nearly 10 years.... more

26 Oct 2022 · 18 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Mahsa Amini and the Iran protests

Mahsa Amini was a 22yo Iranian woman who was arrested by the country’s morality police in mid-September for wearing her... more

19 Oct 2022 · 15 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the 20th anniversary of the 2002 Bali bombings

It was on 12 October 2002 that 202 people including 88 Aussies were killed in a terror attack in Bali.... more

11 Oct 2022 · 15 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Cybersecurity and the Optus data breach

Whether you're an Optus customer or not, you might have heard the news of one of Australia's worst-ever data breaches... more

05 Oct 2022 · 15 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Putin's latest moves in Ukraine

There have been some big developments in the war in Ukraine, and the world's on edge wondering how it's all... more

28 Sep 2022 · 13 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the future of streaming

It wasn't that long ago Netflix was that shiny new thing we all went crazy for, but huge competition from... more

21 Sep 2022 · 16 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Queen Elizabeth and King Charles

It doesn't matter about your age, where you live, or what you were doing last week - it's very likely... more

14 Sep 2022 · 16 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the UK's new prime minister

It's been a bit of a ride in recent months when it comes to politics in the United Kingdom. The... more

07 Sep 2022 · 16 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Australia's worker shortage crisis

Everywhere you turn in Australia people are looking for workers. Businesses are calling it a “crisis” and the new Albanese... more

31 Aug 2022 · 17 minutes
Scott Morrison's multiple ministries

We're currently going through a pretty extraordinary period in Australian politics, with revelations that former PM Scott Morrison secretly appointed... more

24 Aug 2022 · 17 minutes
Your Shortcut to... an update on what's what in Afghanistan

This week marks one year since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan after the United States and its allies left... more

17 Aug 2022 · 16 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Judith Durham and Olivia Newton-John

Judith Durham and Olivia Newton-John were both giants of Australian music and died within one week of each other. They... more

10 Aug 2022 · 16 minutes
Your Shortcut to... a referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament

▲ The Albanese government said it would deliver the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full, and we've now heard... more

03 Aug 2022 · 16 minutes
Your Shortcut to... monkeypox and foot and mouth disease

Two and a half years of COVID has made us all more virus literate, and now there are concerns about... more

27 Jul 2022 · 15 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the new Federal Government and Opposition

It's been 2 months since Anthony Albanese and his Labor team beat the Coalition led by Scott Morrison and Barnaby... more

20 Jul 2022 · 16 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Sri Lanka's collapse

The beautiful and culturally rich nation of Sri Lanka is in economic and political collapse. With its President fleeing the... more

13 Jul 2022 · 14 minutes
Your shortcut to... Australia and our Pacific family

Australia and the Pacific Islands used to go together like cossies and sunscreen, but things have become more complicated and... more

06 Jul 2022 · 15 minutes
Your Shortcut to... overturning Roe v Wade

The US Supreme Court has overturned Roe v Wade, removing American women's constitutional right to have an abortion. It wasn't... more

29 Jun 2022 · 16 minutes
Your shortcut to... building a business: You don't always get it right with Matt Whiley

Figuring out how to start and grow a business can be intimidating, so in this 4-part series, we talk to... more

27 Jun 2022 · 11 minutes
Your Shortcut to... how we're keeping the lights on

One of the biggest news stories going around is what's happening with our energy system, with Oz facing a raft... more

22 Jun 2022 · 16 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the Murugappan family's return to Biloela

Over the past 5 years, the Murugappan family has become the most high-profile asylum seeker case in Australia. Their fight... more

15 Jun 2022 · 14 minutes
Your shortcut to... building a business: Is timing everything? with Collective Closets

Figuring out how to start and grow a business can be intimidating, so in this 4-part series, we talk to... more

13 Jun 2022 · 11 minutes
Your shortcut to... building a business: Levelling up with Tribe Skincare

Figuring out how to start and grow a business can be intimidating, so in this 4-part series, we talk to... more

09 Jun 2022 · 13 minutes
Your Shortcut to... why Boris Johnson's in trouble

UK PM Boris Johnson is a colourful character whose career has ranged from journalist to politician, to world leader. He's... more

08 Jun 2022 · 17 minutes
Your Shortcut to... building a business: You've got an idea with Grumpy Donuts

In the first episode of our new Squiz Shortcut series on building a business, we take a look at the... more

02 Jun 2022 · 15 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the Uluru Statement from the Heart

When Anthony Albanese's claimed victory for Labor in the recent federal election, he acknowledged the traditional owners of the land... more

01 Jun 2022 · 15 minutes
Your Shortcut to... digging into the election result

The 2022 federal election was quite a ride... What we saw was a result that ushers in a change of... more

25 May 2022 · 14 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the life and times of Mike Cannon-Brookes

Mike Cannon-Brookes - the billionaire co-founder of tech company Atlassian - has been making a few headlines recently off the... more

18 May 2022 · 16 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Roe v Wade

A big battle is brewing in America over the future of abortion rights after it was revealed that the Supreme... more

11 May 2022 · 16 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter

The world's richest man, Elon Musk, stunned the business world when he launched a $44 billion takeover bid for social... more

04 May 2022 · 15 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the French election and the future of France

The French have voted to give incumbent President Emmanuel Macron another 5 years in the top job. It was a... more

27 Apr 2022 · 15 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the Russia-China alliance

Before the war in Ukraine and on the eve of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese... more

20 Apr 2022 · 16 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the Queen and the future of the British royal family

This year, Queen Elizabeth II is celebrating her Platinum Jubilee, marking 70 years on the British throne. So in this... more

13 Apr 2022 · 17 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the Solomon Islands and China

The Solomon Islands is poised to sign a controversial security deal that would increase China's military presence in our region,... more

06 Apr 2022 · 16 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the pre-election Budget

The Federal Government handed down its latest Budget this week, including some big-ticket items designed to win your vote in... more

30 Mar 2022 · 14 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Wild weather and climate change

La Niña has hammered eastern Australia during the last couple of summers. Across Queensland and NSW, so many communities have... more

23 Mar 2022 · 15 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Volodymyr Zelensky

Just a few years ago, Volodymyr Zelensky was a comedian and actor playing Ukraine’s president on television. Now, he’s a... more

16 Mar 2022 · 15 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Shane Warne and Rod Marsh

It's been a devastating few days for Australia's cricket community and fans around the world with the deaths of 2... more

06 Mar 2022 · 19 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the West's sanctions on Russia

As Russia pushes forward with its invasion of Ukraine, the West has been using sanctions as a key method of... more

02 Mar 2022 · 13 minutes
Your Shortcut to... NATO and the Ukraine crisis

As you well and truly know, Russia has launched a full-scale assault on Ukraine. To get you across the background... more

23 Feb 2022 · 15 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the Religious Discrimination Laws

It's been a fractious few weeks in politics as we head towards a federal election. And one of the issues... more

16 Feb 2022 · 14 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the crisis in Ukraine

It's a part of Europe that many of us don't know much about, but the crisis in Ukraine has been... more

09 Feb 2022 · 13 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games

It feels like the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were on 2 seconds ago - and they basically were because of COVID... more

02 Feb 2022 · 14 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Tonga and the Ring of Fire

The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai undersea volcano erupted with an enormous force less than a fortnight ago, accompanied by cracking sonic... more

26 Jan 2022 · 12 minutes
Your Shortcut to... calls for Australia to become a republic

This year is Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee, marking 70 years on the British throne. To kick it off, the Australian... more

19 Jan 2022 · 14 minutes
Your Shortcut to... COVID in 2022

It’s a new year, but an old story… COVID is still here, and now the Omicron variant is ripping through... more

12 Jan 2022 · 12 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Desmond Tutu

When one of South Africa's biggest characters - Archbishop Desmond Tutu - died on Boxing Day, he was remembered as... more

05 Jan 2022 · 13 minutes
2021 Year In Review - Part 3 - The Lighter Stuff

In the final episode of our 3-part Year in Review series, we revisit the stories that kept us entertained during... more

30 Dec 2021 · 13 minutes
2021 Year in Review - Part 2 - All Australian

In the 2nd episode of our 3-part Year in Review series, we revisit the big local stories that shaped 2021. You... more

29 Dec 2021 · 15 minutes
2021 Year in Review - Part 1 - Around the World

In the first episode of our 3-part Year in Review series, we revisit the big international stories that shaped 2021. You... more

28 Dec 2021 · 15 minutes
The Great Big Squiz Quiz 2021

It’s a bit of fun, it’s a bit festive, with a lot of laughs. Take a lighter look at year... more

22 Dec 2021 · 28 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Angela Merkel

After 16 years Angela Merkel is no longer Chancellor of Germany. Leading Europe's biggest economy - and in a lot... more

15 Dec 2021 · 13 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the Ashes

It is near-impossible to ignore cricket news during an Aussie summer, and this year will be a big 'un… That's... more

08 Dec 2021 · 13 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Omicron

As much as we wish it wasn't the case, Omicron is here and it's a thing. And there are lots... more

01 Dec 2021 · 11 minutes
Your Shortcut to... China's cultural crackdown

The disappearance of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has us left with a lot of questions… After all, she's not... more

25 Nov 2021 · 13 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Inflation

Inflation is a key piece of the economic puzzle, and it's a hot topic in Oz and across the globe... more

17 Nov 2021 · 13 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Remembrance Day

At 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month was the time in 1918 when the guns on Europe’s... more

10 Nov 2021 · 12 minutes
Your Shortcut to... what's going down at COP26

There's been a lot of buildup to the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow. It's currently underway and the world leaders... more

03 Nov 2021 · 14 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the what's what of summits

With a meeting of G20 nations this week and COP26 taking place next week, there's lots of talk about summits... more

27 Oct 2021 · 13 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the Japanese Imperial Family's woman problem

In Japan, a royal wedding scheduled for 26 October is causing quite the stir. That's because it's the wedding of... more

20 Oct 2021 · 12 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Voluntary Assisted Dying Laws

Just a few weeks ago, Queensland joined Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania in passing voluntary assisted dying laws,... more

13 Oct 2021 · 11 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Anti-corruption Commissions

In a shock to many, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklan not only resigned but bowed out of state politics completely last... more

06 Oct 2021 · 15 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Australia's climate agenda in 2021

As we head towards the end of the year, climate change is going to be the talk of the town.... more

29 Sep 2021 · 14 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Submarines

Australia will join a new security alliance with the United Kingdom and the United States to share their top-secret technology,... more

22 Sep 2021 · 16 minutes
Your Shortcut to... State and territory borders

The closing of our state and territory borders is something most Aussies had never thought possible. But then came COVID-19,... more

15 Sep 2021 · 12 minutes
Your Shortcut to... 9/11

This Saturday will mark the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. Two decades later,... more

08 Sep 2021 · 11 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the ANZUS alliance

This week it's the 70th anniversary of the ANZUS alliance - that's a treaty between Australia, New Zealand, and the... more

01 Sep 2021 · 13 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Australia's vaccines

There are set to be four different vaccines available to Australians in the coming year. If you're anything like us,... more

25 Aug 2021 · 14 minutes
Your Shortcut to... The Paralympics

The Paralympics start next week and after a massive medal haul by the Aussies at the recent Olympics, we're riding... more

22 Aug 2021 · 12 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the Taliban

This week the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. Given the conditions in the country when they last ruled, there are... more

18 Aug 2021 · 12 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Buy Now, Pay Later

Online shopping is a favourite pastime but how we finance it is big business and therefore news. Lately, that news... more

11 Aug 2021 · 12 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the Census

The Census is a massive national survey taken by the Australia Bureau of Statistics - the ABS - that counts... more

04 Aug 2021 · 14 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Elon Musk

Elon Musk is definitely one of a kind - whether it's because of his ambitious business goals or controversial tweets... more

28 Jul 2021 · 14 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the Road to Tokyo

The Games are finally here... Of course we’re talking about the Tokyo Olympics. Delayed last year, it’s been a long... more

21 Jul 2021 · 13 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Afghanistan

The US and its allies are withdrawing the last of their troops from Afghanistan after one of their longest military... more

14 Jul 2021 · 14 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Superannuation

Superannuation, for plenty of us is something that’s just always been a line item on our pay check. Its goes... more

07 Jul 2021 · 15 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the Mouse Plague

Mouse plague - chilling words. For parts of Australia, it's been the reality for thousands of people. They've been battling... more

30 Jun 2021 · 13 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the life and times of Barnaby Joyce

Barnaby Joyce has been in politics for the best part of 16 years. This week, for the second time, he... more

23 Jun 2021 · 13 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Cyberattacks

Cyberattacks are one of those things we all know we are exposed to, and if you follow the news, you... more

16 Jun 2021 · 12 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Concussion and Sport

As evidence builds around the long term impact of repeated head knocks in sport, sporting codes are putting in place... more

09 Jun 2021 · 12 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Belarus

Belarus has been making news lately after a commercial flight was forced to land in the capital Minsk and a... more

02 Jun 2021 · 13 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency, perhaps the most requested Shortcut and one that has taken a little bit of time to wrap our head... more

26 May 2021 · 15 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the Israel-Gaza Conflict

The latest eruptions of long-running tensions between Israel and the Palestinian Territories have prompted the UN to warn of a... more

19 May 2021 · 11 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the 2021 Federal Budget

After what has been one of the most expensive policy years in Australian history, the Federal Government handed down its... more

12 May 2021 · 12 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the Modern-Day Space Race

For thousands of years, people have looked up at the night sky with questions and as technology has advanced so... more

05 May 2021 · 11 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Australia's Gun Laws

It’s the 25th anniversary of the Port Arthur massacre, the worst single-person mass shooting in Australia’s history and a tragedy... more

27 Apr 2021 · 13 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Australia's Vaccine Rollout

The rollout of Australia’s coronavirus vaccination program has had a couple of bumps in the road... There have been challenges... more

21 Apr 2021 · 14 minutes
Your Shortcut to... The life and death of Prince Philip

Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, was described by his wife Queen Elizabeth as “my strength and stay”. He died... more

11 Apr 2021 · 13 minutes
Your Shortcut to... What's happening in Taiwan

The Chinese Government sees Taiwan as a breakaway province that will eventually be part of the country again. While some... more

07 Apr 2021 · 14 minutes
Your Shortcut to... What's going on with property prices

With a global pandemic on our hands and Australia’s first recession in almost 30 years, some analysts thought property prices... more

31 Mar 2021 · 9 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Making the Tokyo Olympics happen

The Tokyo Olympics have already been postponed once and questions about whether they will happen this year have been highly... more

24 Mar 2021 · 13 minutes
Your Shortcut to... China's tightening grip on Hong Kong

It was back in August 2019 when we launched Squiz Shortcuts with our very first topic being Hong Kong and... more

17 Mar 2021 · 11 minutes
Your Shortcut to...freeing Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert

Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert is a 33yo British-Australian who until her arrest in Iran in 2018 was a lecturer in Islamic... more

10 Mar 2021 · 12 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the Royal Commission into Aged Care

Over the past two years, a Royal Commission into aged care quality and safety has heard the harrowing evidence of... more

03 Mar 2021 · 13 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Why Facebook Removed the News

Many Aussies got quite a shock when they woke up on 18 February to find no news content on their... more

24 Feb 2021 · 11 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Crown's Casino Woes

Crown Resorts is in the news after an inquiry launched by NSW's gaming regulator found it unfit to operate a... more

17 Feb 2021 · 13 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the Coup in Myanmar

The coup in Myanmar is the latest flex of military muscle in a nation that is 70 years into a... more

10 Feb 2021 · 14 minutes
Your Shortcut to... What's Happening with the Economy

The coronavirus pandemic is not just a health crisis - it’s also delivered a once-in-100-years economic blow. We talk a... more

03 Feb 2021 · 12 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Biden's Agenda

In the past few months, there's been a bit happening in the United States... Democrat Joe Biden is now the... more

27 Jan 2021 · 14 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the Disappearance of Alibaba's Jack Ma

As the founder and former boss of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, Jack Ma is one of the most powerful people... more

20 Jan 2021 · 11 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Trump's Social Media Ban

After the assault on the US Capitol by Donald Trump supporters last week, Twitter decided to permanently suspend the President's... more

13 Jan 2021 · 14 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Changes to Australia's National Anthem

Discussion about our national anthem Advance Australia Fair was a big part of the start of 2021. That's because our PM... more

06 Jan 2021 · 13 minutes
Year in Review - Part 3 (Sep-Dec)

In the third and final episode of our three-part Year in Review series, we revisit the big local and international... more

30 Dec 2020 · 14 minutes
Year in Review - Part 2 (May-August)

In the second episode of our three-part Year in Review series, we revisit the big local and international stories that... more

29 Dec 2020 · 13 minutes
Year in Review - Part 1 (Jan - April)

In the first episode of our three-part Year in Review series, we revisit the big local and international stories that... more

28 Dec 2020 · 13 minutes
Your Shortcut to... 2020 Catch Up

2020 - it was a big one. In our final Squiz Shortcut for the year, we're aiming to achieve one... more

17 Dec 2020 · 14 minutes
The Great Big Squiz Quiz 2020

It's a bit of fun, it's a bit festive, with a lot of laughs. Take a lighter look at year... more

17 Dec 2020 · 24 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Paying for the News

Australia is set to become the first place in the world where Google and Facebook will have to pay for... more

09 Dec 2020 · 10 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Shark Attacks in Australia

This year, there have so far been eight fatalities from shark attacks - the most in nearly a century -... more

02 Dec 2020 · 13 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Who Owns the Music

Pop star Taylor Swift was MIA from the recent American Music Awards, saying she was busy re-recording all of her... more

25 Nov 2020 · 11 minutes
Your Shortcuts to... Alleged War Crimes in Afghanistan

In this episode of Squiz Shortcuts we dive in to the events leading up to the release of the Brereton... more

19 Nov 2020 · 12 minutes
Your Shortcut to... The US Elections (Part 5): What Went Down

As we come down from a frantic week of wall-to-wall US election talk, this final episode in our shortcut on... more

11 Nov 2020 · 12 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the US Elections (Part 4): Navigating Election Day

In Part 4 of our Squiz Shortcut series in the lead up to the US election, we arm you with... more

02 Nov 2020 · 14 minutes
Your Shortcut to...the US Elections (Part 3): the Policy Debate

If you've been tuning into to news about the US election it would be easy to think the race to... more

28 Oct 2020 · 9 minutes
Your Shortcut to...the US Elections (Part 2): the Presidential Race

In the second episode of our four-part Shortcuts series in the lead up to the US election we tackle the... more

21 Oct 2020 · 9 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the US Elections (Part 1): the Congressional Races

This is the first in our four part series in the lead up to the US Election on 3 November.... more

19 Oct 2020 · 10 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Protests in Thailand

Thailand has a particularly turbulent political history. It's got a lot of beautiful beaches, but it's also got military coups... more

30 Sep 2020 · 10 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Australia's Border Restrictions

The lockdown of our national border along with state and territory borders, have become some of the most contentious issues... more

23 Sep 2020 · 11 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the Australia-China Relationship

It seems like every week, there's a new low in the Australia-China relationship. From trade disputes to diplomatic arguments -... more

16 Sep 2020 · 11 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, is in the news a lot. Whether it's on the diplomatic trail, in dealings... more

09 Sep 2020 · 11 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Aged Care in Australia

"It’s not easy growing old. We avoid thinking and talking about it." That's how the interim report from the Royal... more

02 Sep 2020 · 10 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Mail-in Voting in the US Election

The 2020 US presidential election is happening in November, but with the country still in the grip of COVID-19, there's... more

26 Aug 2020 · 8 minutes
Your Shortcut to... the US Vice Presidential Race

In this episode of Squiz Shortcuts we take a look at the role of the Vice President of America, and... more

19 Aug 2020 · 9 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Vaccines

A vaccine for the coronavirus is being held out as the thing that's going to get the world back on... more

12 Aug 2020 · 11 minutes
Your Shortcut to... Yemen

It's one of the Arab world's poorest countries and in recent years has been devastated by a civil war. Millions... more

05 Aug 2020 · 12 minutes
Your shortcut to... Vaping

It comes up a bit in the news due to concerns about the health effects. In this episode we’ll take you... more

29 Jul 2020 · 8 minutes
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Thailand has a particularly turbulent political history. It's got a lot of beautiful beaches, but it's also got military coups and a... more