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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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….
Read More...Julian Assange
Who is he and what exactly is WikiLeaks…
Read More...The US-China Trade War
The battle of the big economies…
Read More...Online Mega Sales
How has online shopping changed the face of retailing? And what are the major shopping events that now landmarks on the shopping calendar?
Read More...Islamic State
How Islamic State came to be, the power it had at its peak, and the push to defeat it.
Read More...World Leaders: Erdogan, Bolsonaro, Modi
Who are these worlds leaders we hear about all the time…
Read More...A sweet read, not-your-average meatballs, and a Russian triple-threat…
If you’re still reeling from Electric Fields’ sudden exit from Eurovision, why not cheer yourself up with this cosy article about the history of Australian cakes – which goes back thousands of years to our First Nations people… It’s not all lamingtons and pavlovas ya know…
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Reckon you know what technology the federal and Queensland governments invested close to $1 billion in this week?
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10 May 2024
10.00am (AEST) – Judgement in the case of immigration detainee ASF17 who is fighting a Federal Government deportation order to return him to Iran – Canberra
10.30am (AEST) – Opening arguments to begin in the trial of former Jetstar pilot Greg Lynn charged with murdering campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay in the Vic high country – Melbourne
10.30am (AEST) – The case of Oz’s eSafety Commissioner vs X over a social media take-down order is back in the Federal Court for a hearing – Sydney
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