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Our dogs... for those of us who've been working at home they've been our best little buds over the last few months.  But what's going to happen to them now we're back at work and they're being left alone for big stretches of time again? Some dogs are new arrivals to their forever home, some are still just puppies and some rescues may have some issues but all may experience some issues with th...

Did you know an Australian, Karm Gilespie, has been sitting in a Chinese jail since 2013? And this week, was sentenced to death for drug trafficking?  Yep, we only just found out too.  What's the story? And what is Karm's fate going to look like while relations between China and Australia are so chilly?  CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Ta...

Last week the Prime Minister was slammed for denying the history of slavery in Australia. He's since apologised for this, but his interview asks the question: how many Australians know about the history of slavery in Australia?  It hasn't, until now, been part of our national conversation.  The Quicky investigates.  Link: Was there slavery in Australia? Yes. It shouldn’t even...

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has always stood up for things she believes in - both publicly and financially.  Over the past few years she's upset LGBTI+ fans and their allies by some strong views on trans women occupying women's spaces.  The Quicky looks into what this means, and how it's affecting trans fans who've grown up reading her books and finding safe spaces within them. ...

How often have you accepted a package from the postie without knowing what's inside it?  For Kelsey, a package she accepted had over a kilo of meth in it and she inadvertently became part of a drug trafficking ring.  The Quicky is looking at how, without as much flying happening around the world due to COVID-19, drug lords are getting creative... with us.  If you want to check if yo...

At the beginning of the pandemic, parents all around the country rejoiced when the Prime Minister announced the Government would be footing the bill for child care. For once, primary carers of small children didn't have to negotiate the complicated and expensive day care system.  This week, it's been announced those days of free child care are coming swiftly to an end, and guess what? So is J...

In the past, when the world has stared down a great trauma, there's been a baby boom afterwards.  Because, in spite of drama and trauma, we can always still have sex right?  Turns out, there probably won't be a baby boom after COVID-19 though, because despite all this at home time together there are several reasons why we're just not getting it on.  The Quicky digs into the reasons...

After a weekend of enormous protest, The Quicky looks at the long relationship between police and Aboriginal people, and whether racial profiling is happening in Australia.  Special guest Stan Grant, takes us through a very complicated and violent history.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer...

For most economies around the world, these past few months have been an exercise in balancing a financial crisis with a public health crisis and for many it will be years until they recover.  So, who's worse off? Is it the Boomers who have seen their super, stocks and savings take a massive hit? Or is the Millennials and younger, who are going to be saddled with an extraordinary debt for year...

With violence breaking out in cities across the US after the death of George Floyd, it's never been a more unsettling time to be an American.  President Donald Trump's speeches and tweets are becoming increasingly undemocratic, and he's been accused from both sides of the political divide of fanning the flames of discontent.  Can America survive another four years of his presidency if he...

When George Floyd pleaded with American policemen to let him breathe, his words had a ghostly echo Australians can't deny. 26-year-old Dunghutti man, David Dungay, died in Long Bay Jail five years ago, telling guards the exact same thing.  Today The Quicky looks at the uprising taking place in the USA in the wake of George Floyd's death and we look at our own shameful past of Aboriginal death...

Today, we get a bunch of our freedoms back. Fifty of us can gather in a pub. We can take a holiday on the coast. We can get our nails done at the salon.  So, why can't we go to the gym? Why can't we get back to the yoga studio?  The Quicky finds out.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer:...

It's been a year since Belgian backpacker Theo Hayez vanished in Byron Bay.  His family and the Byron Bay community galvanised around the cause of trying to find him. Since then, an intricate search has been conducted: on land, online and in journalism.  Where are things at now? Are his family any closer to learning the truth about his disappearance?  Subscribe to The Quicky at... h...

Alan Jones has ruled the Sydney breakfast airwaves for decades, and as a result, has wielded unprecedented political power on issues right across Australia.  After one too many scandals, Alan Jones is hanging up the microphone tomorrow, retiring amid rumours his inflammatory comments became too much for sponsors.  The Quicky reflects on his astonishing career from school teacher to media...

You can see it on the roads, traffic is increasing: lots of people are going back to work in an actual office.  But what if you feel uncomfortable going back into the the workplace? Do you have to if your boss wants you to?  How far away from your colleagues do you need to be?  And, what is the etiquette now around how we all work together? How do we greet each other? Have we said g...

54-year-old Ann Marie Smith's death not only shocked the leafy part of Adelaide where she lived out her final days, but it shocked the entire nation.  Ms Smith, who lived alone with cerebral palsy and was unable to walk or bathe herself. She hadn't been moved or taken to the toilet by her daily carer for an undetermined stretch of time, and was suffering injuries she was unable to recover fro...

Domestic violence can take all shapes and forms. Perhaps the most difficult type of violence in the home to recognise is financial abuse.  What does financial abuse look like? How do you know if it's happening to you?  'Amy' didn't realise it was happening to her, until it was almost too late.  A must listen episode.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-qui...

If you've turned on the internet, checked your instagram or logged in to Facebook in the last few months, you will have seen a conspiracy theory somewhere. And, guess what? There's every chance that conspiracy came from a dark part of the internet called QAnon.  So, who is QAnon? Is it a person? An organisation? Or a church, as some are now starting to believe?  The Quicky investigates w...

Weird dreams are something most people are confessing to (or keeping a secret) during COVID19 lockdowns.  What's at play here? Is it our subconscious working through the trauma of living through a global pandemic? Or is it something simple like, we're all eating too much cheese before bed?  The Quicky looks at our Covid19 dreams, and also how being at home all day has affected our sleep...

The Australian property market has become so overpriced, generations have been left out of it.  With COVID-19 essentially freezing our economy, will the prices actually go down? And if they do, will it allow people previously unable to get into the market, to finally get a foot in the door?  And, that being the case, what will be the availability of money to borrow? Subscribe to The Quic...

You'd be forgiven for thinking that nothing else was happening in the world because of COVID19.  But as it turns out, the world goes on.  In this episode we bring you up to date with the news that's been happening while the attention of the world has been elsewhere.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Exe...

Elon Musk's behaviour has been getting increasingly bizarre. First, there were the tweets demanding America open again. Then, he announced he and singer Grimes had named their baby X Æ A-12. Now, it's been revealed he kept employees in his factories working through lockdown, illegally.  What's his go? And how did he get to be one of the world's richest and most powerful men?  Subsc...

Has COVID19 forced The Queen into retirement? After two of the greatest speeches of her life, The Queen isn't going to be doing public events for a while now. The Quicky looks at the many international and personal crises that have shaped the life and career of Queen Elizabeth II.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy&nbsp...

In September 2018, Kylie Moore-Gilbert was taken into custody in Iran, and put in jail.  The Australian-British Academic, from the University of Melbourne, was charged with espionage and has been in jail ever since. The Iranian government released thousands of inmates during the COVID19 crisis but Kylie wasn't one of them.  Why is she still in jail? Why are the Australian Government not...

The initial COVID19 outbreak hasn't hit Australia as hard as other places around the world, so now we're beginning to see the easing of a few restrictions.  What does this mean for the future of the virus? Will we see a second wave, as some countries have?  And, what did the second waves of other pandemics like Spanish Flu and SARS look like? Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia...