Squiz Shortcuts - The backstory to the big news stories
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Squiz Shortcuts
The backstory to the big news stories
Each Shortcut gives you the context to a big news topic - whether that's the situation in Afghanistan, China, the Census, Elon Musk, and so many more.
Your economic wrap for 2023
As we near the end of 2023, we look back at the ups and downs for our economy this year… and we also look forward to predictions for 2024.
Read More...What’s going down at COP28
We look at what COP28 is, what leaders are hoping to achieve, and where Australia is at with our climate policies.
Read More...Sam Altman and OpenAI
Sam Altman – the high-profile CEO of the company behind ChatGPT, OpenAI, was sacked by his board in a move that sent shockwaves around the tech world. It has huge consequences for the development of…
Read More...The business of Taylor Swift (part 2)
We take a look at why her music resonates with such a wide audience, some of her biggest achievements to date, and the breakdown of her $1 billion net worth.
Read More...The business of Taylor Swift (part 1)
We take a look at how she started out, her recovery from a rough 2016, and how she’s rewriting the rules in the music industry…
Read More...Lebanon and Hezbollah
We take a look at the history of Lebanon and its political system, the origins of Hezbollah, and why Israel and the US are worried about a spreading conflict…
Read More...The rise and fall of Sam Bankman-Fried
We break down who SBF is, his rise and fall in the crypto world, and what could happen as he fronts one of the biggest fraud trials in American history.
Read More...The Voice referendum result
We break down how Aussies voted, what lessons everyone’s taking from the result, and where we go from here…
Read More...Israel at war
We’ll get you across what happened, some context to the latest uptick in violence in the region, and how Israel and the world has responded.
Read More...A cracker of a Christmas joke, purchase of an Aussie company, Grand Theft Auto the 6th
The British Museum is ending its year as a Christmas cracker joke after a growing awareness of its ‘borrowed’ display items was followed by the institution having 1,500 items stolen itself. The gag – “Did you hear about the Christmas cake on display in the British Museum? It was Stollen.”
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6 December 2023
10.30am (AEDT) – Men’s Cricket – Prime Minister’s XI v Pakistan – Canberra
12.30pm (AEDT) – Chair of the Net Zero Economy Agency, Greg Combet, will address the National Press Club – Canberra
2.00pm (AEDT) – Women’s Soccer Friendly – Australia v Canada – Vancouver, Canada
National cabinet meeting – Canberra
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