Squiz Shortcuts - The backstory to the big news stories
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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.
World Leaders: Erdogan, Bolsonaro, Modi
Who are these worlds leaders we hear about all the time…
Read More...Drought in Australia
How bad is this drought…
Read More...Climate Change
The background to one of the most commonly used phrases in news…
Read More...West Papua
West Papua is seeing an uprising that has led to deadly riots and mass arrests…
Read More...US, Turkey and the Syrian Kurds
The context behind the fallout of the US withdrawal from northeastern Syria…
Read More...Daylight Saving Time
Turns out there’s a history of people messing with time…
Read More...US and Iran
Understand why the relationship between the US and Iran is so significant for the world…
Read More...1MDB
Money, corruption, power, celebrity. This one has it all…
Read More...Brexit (Part 1)
It has more twists and turns than a good soapie, but far fewer good looking people…
Read More...A hairy exhibit, trends from Oz Fashion Week, and Punxsutawney Phil’s now a dad…
The latest exhibit at Victoria’s Heide Museum of Modern Art might be of interest… ‘Hair Pieces’ features work from 38 artists, mostly made up of – you guessed it – human hair. It’s described as “weird”, “creepy”, and “utterly engrossing”. Colour us intrigued…
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16 May 2024
12.00pm (AEST) – The Aussie Badminton team for the Paris Olympics will be announced at the National Championships – Bendigo
From 5.00pm (AEST) – Melbourne City Mission’s Sleep At The ‘G – Melbourne
7.30pm (AEST) – Opposition Leader Peter Dutton to deliver the Budget Reply address – Canberra
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