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.
What’s Happening in Taiwan
We’ll take you through the background on how Taiwan came to be, it’s complicated history with China, and Beijing’s recent moves to take control over it.
Read More...Property Prices in Australia
We go back to the days of 17% interest rates, look at how that period compares to now, and the external things that influence a person’s ability to buy a place to call home.
Read More...Making the Tokyo Olympics Happen
We take you through why the Olympics are such a big deal anyway, the impact of postponing them, and how organisers are now planning to pull it off.
Read More...China’s Tightening Grip on Hong Kong
We step through the complicated history between China and Hong Kong, the territory’s historic protest movement, and where things are at now.
Read More...Freeing Kylie Moore-Gilbert
We explain what hostage diplomacy is, why Moore-Gilbert found herself caught up in it, what happened to her, and how her case was handled by the Australian government.
Read More...The Royal Commission into Aged Care
We take a look at the system itself, why a Royal Commission was called and its findings, and where it goes from here.
Read More...Crown’s Casino Woes
We take a look at the company’s history, its major shareholder James Packer, what came out at that independent inquiry, and what it all means for Crown.
Read More...The Coup in Myanmar
The coup in Myanmar is the latest flex of military muscle in a nation that is 70 years into a fight for democracy. In this episode of Squiz Shortcuts we cover Myanmar’s chequered democratic history, the rise…
Read More...A new detective series, News Club’s chat about fast fashion, and a cozy bake…
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