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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6 April 2020

Infectious Diseases

As the world braces for the impact of COVID-19, we’re going to take a look back at some of the big infectious disease outbreaks of the past. Where they started, their devastating mortality rate, and how they were eventually contained.

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8 March 2020

Note-able Australian Women

Dame Mary Gilmore, Mary Reibey, Edith Cowan, and Dame Nellie Melba are four notable Australian women whose significant achievements are honoured through their inclusion on our currency. So let’s get to know them – who they were, what they achieved, and their legacies.

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Friday Lites - 3 French things we liked this week

A French romance, tips for gourmands, and a recipe for a night in…

For a full French immersion over the next fortnight, we enjoyed Sydney author Vanessa McCausland’s novel Dreaming in French – a beautifully written romantic mystery about a woman who inherits a crumbling villa on the remote Ile de Re.

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S'Quiz Yourself

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Reckon you know what unusual material 2 Aussie blokes made a boat out of? Have a crack at the Squiz Quiz.

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Squiz The Day

27 July 2024

3:30 am (AEST) – Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony (the Games are on until 11 August) and watch on Nine

5.00pm (AEST) – Super Netball preliminary final, West Coast Fever v Melbourne Vixens – Melbourne

7.00pm (AEST) – Olympics: Swimming, the Aussie swimmers begin their heats – Paris

9.45am (AEST) – The winner of the Young Archibald art prize will be announced – Sydney

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