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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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.
China’s cultural crackdown
We cover the rise of Chinese President Xi Jinping and his authority over the Chinese Communist Party and the country, the CCP’s history of cultural crackdowns and what’s happening now, and a few high-profile disappearances.
Read More...Inflation
We’ll look at inflation and what drives it, what happens when it’s too low or too high, and how inflation is playing out now and into next year’s federal election campaign.
Read More...Remembrance Day
We give you a quick guide to WWI and how it ended, how its commemoration was observed after the war, and what it means today.
Read More...What’s going down at COP26
We’ll take you through Australia’s climate change policy, what other nations’ agendas are, and the 2 new pledges countries have made to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Read More...The what’s what of summits
There’s lots of talk about summits of late, so we’ve handpicked a few of the big meetings of world leaders that Australia is involved with each year to give context around each.
Read More...The Japanese Imperial Family’s woman problem
We take you through how Japan’s imperial family works, their public life in Japan, and the background to the wedding that has brought the Japanese royal family back to the fore.
Read More...Anti-corruption commissions
We explain anti-corruption commissions and why they exist, the ongoing debate on why or why not there should be a federal ICAC, and what happened with Gladys Berejiklian.
Read More...Australia’s climate agenda in 2021
We take a look at why this conference is such a big deal, where Oz is at with its climate commitments, and why it’s such a tricky issue.
Read More...The great big halloumi sale, Einstein’s expensive notes, and putting away the movie snacks…
Next time you’re planning on watching a film at the cinema/on your couch, you might want to put away the popcorn. That’s because Dutch researchers say that eating while doing a fun activity could actually make you enjoy it less. Or if it’s a bad movie, maybe you’ll enjoy it more…
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28 November 2021
Independence Day in Albania, Panama, and Mauritania
Hanukkah begins (until 6 December)
Anniversary of women voting in a national election for the first time, in New Zealand’s general election (1893)
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