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.

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Your Shortcut to... the Bali Nine
6 min
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Your Shortcut to... Syria's Civil War
7 min
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Your Shortcut to... AFLW
11 min
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Your Shortcut to... Methanol poisoning
6 min
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Your Shortcut to... Australia's mis and disinfo...
9 min
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Your Shortcut to... Alan Jones's arrest
9 min
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Your Shortcut to... COP29 and combatting climat...
8 min
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Your Shortcut to... Remembrance Day
12 min
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Your Shortcut to... the US Election Part 5: The...
18 min
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Your Shortcut to... The US Election, Part 4: Ge...
22 min
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Your Shortcut to... the US Election Part 3: Int...
19 min
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Your Shortcut to... the US Election Part 2: The...
19 min
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Your Shortcut to... the US Election Part 1: How...
23 min
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Your Shortcut to... Fat Bear Week
13 min
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Your Shortcut to... Israel's spy agency Mossad
12 min
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Your Shortcut to... The Reserve Bank of Australia
12 min
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Your Shortcut to... The Royal Family's wealth
15 min
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Your Shortcut to... PFAS - the 'forever chemicals'
13 min
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Your Shortcut to... The Paris Paralympics
11 min
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Your Shortcut to... The astronauts stranded in ...
11 min
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Your Shortcut to... Tim Walz
12 min
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Your Shortcut to... JD Vance
15 min
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Your Shortcut to... The CFMEU allegations
12 min
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Your Shortcut to... The Paris Olympics
11 min
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Your Shortcut to... Queen Camilla
11 min