Squiz Shortcuts - The backstory to the big news stories
Interested in the news but sometimes find there's a whole lot of assumed knowledge? We hear you. Squiz Shortcuts is a weekly explainer on news topics, historical events, big personalities, and complex situations.
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Coronavirus
What coronavirus actually is, where it came from, the broader implications, and how we stop the spread….
Read More...Australia Day
What the date marks, how it evolved, the argument for and against moving it, and what our leaders think…
Read More...Harry and Meghan’s ‘new arrangement’
What is a ‘senior royal’, how are the Royal Family funded and what it all means for Harry and Meghan…
Read More...Huawei
It’s the Chinese tech company that’s been banned from rolling out 5G networks here in Australia…
Read More...Bushfires in Australia
It’s defined the Australia summer of 2019/2020…
Read More...2019 Year In Review
We’ve wrapped up the biggest stories from each month in 2019, and pulled out the most clicked items in the Squiz Today email. You’re welcome…
Read More...Impeachment
The word on everyone’s lips…
Read More...The Great Big Squiz Quiz of 2019
It’s fun, it’s festive, with a lot of laughs…
Read More...UPDATED – Brexit (Part 2)
This is all things Brexit since Boris Johnson became Prime Minister….
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