Squiz Shortcuts

Each week, Squiz Shortcuts gives you the backstory to the big news stories. In the usual Squiz tone, we'll keep it short and sharp, and opinion-free. If you're interested in the news but sometimes find there is a whole lot of assumed knowledge which makes it confusing and time-consuming to get across - Squiz Shortcuts is for you. The Squiz is your shortcut to being informed.

News
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Your Shortcut to... Week 2 of the Aussie federa...
16 min
152
Your Shortcut to... Trump's Liberation Day tariffs
9 min
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Your Shortcut to... The Aussie federal election...
13 min
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Your Shortcut to... Myanmar's civil war
8 min
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Your Shortcut to... the plan for the 2032 Brisb...
9 min
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Your Shortcut to... the fight over salmon farmi...
7 min
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Your Shortcut to... What the PBS is all about
9 min
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Your Shortcut to... Fentanyl and the opioid crisis
8 min
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Your Shortcut to... Former Philippine president...
8 min
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Your Shortcut to... Why the US wants Greenland
9 min
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Your Shortcut to... The West Australian election
9 min
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Your Shortcut to... Bird flu
8 min
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Your Shortcut to... the latest on Ukraine
9 min
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Your Shortcut to... Jannik Sinner's doping ban
8 min
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Your Shortcut to... Belle Gibson
14 min
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Your Shortcut to... Conflict in DR Congo
8 min
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Your Shortcut to... the Waitangi Treaty
8 min
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Your Shortcut to... Donald Trump's Tariffs
8 min
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Your Shortcut to... DeepSeek and the US/China A...
9 min
170
Your Shortcut to... Blake Lively and Justin Bal...
9 min
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Your Shortcut to... Joe Biden's legacy
10 min
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Your Shortcut to... Daniel Duggan
6 min
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Your Shortcut to... Prince Andrew's spy scandal
7 min
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Your Shortcut to... Underlying inflation - unde...
5 min
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Your Shortcut to... Syria's ousted President Ba...
5 min