Squiz Shortcuts - The backstory to the big news stories
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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.
Read More...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.
Read More...The US Elections: Overview
Who can become US President , how the parties elect their candidates, the all-important numbers; and what to watch out for in the 2020 election.
Read More...Education in Australia
How the Australian education system works, where Australia ranks relative to the rest of the world, and the debate about how to lift our game.
Read More...The Rohingya and the Uyghurs
The Rohingya and the Uyghur are two predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities. The UN considers them to be victims of human rights abuses. Here we explain who they are, as well as why and how they’re being persecuted.
Read More...Scott Morrison & Anthony Albanese
The background to the bloke to our Prime Minister, and the bloke who wants to be.
Read More...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...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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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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