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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Huawei
It’s the Chinese tech company that’s been banned from rolling out 5G networks here in Australia…
Read More...Bushfires in Australia
It’s defined the Australia summer of 2019/2020…
Read More...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...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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