The Quicky

Welcome to The Quicky, getting you up to speed daily.  On top of The Quicky team bringing you a daily deep dive on one topic that has captured your attention along with the morning news headlines, we also update you each afternoon from 5pm with the evening headlines. If you have a topic you would like us to look into further, email thequicky@mamamia.com.au with your story suggestions. CREDITS  Hos...

The cost of living crisis is hitting some Aussies pretty hard.  So when you have some tough financial decisions to make, like whether to buy food or pay the rent, sometimes there's an even harder choice to make that needs to be considered...Can I afford to keep my pet?  In this episode of The Quicky, we look at whether man's best friend and other furry family members are paying the price of the co...

Welcome to The Quicky, getting you up to speed daily.  On top of The Quicky team bringing you a daily deep dive on one topic that has captured your attention along with the morning news headlines, we also update you each afternoon from 5pm with the evening headlines. If you have a topic you would like us to look into further, email thequicky@mamamia.com.au with your story suggestions. CREDITS  Hos...

Breaking up with a romantic partner is hard, breaking up with a friend is harder...but is breaking up with a family member, especially a parent, the hardest relationship to let go of?  With our focus on family before anything and everything, what does it say about you if you've decided to cut off a relationship with family member entirely?  In this episode of The Quicky, we take a look at differen...

Welcome to The Quicky, getting you up to speed daily.  On top of The Quicky team bringing you a daily deep dive on one topic that has captured your attention along with the morning news headlines, we also update you each afternoon from 5pm with the evening headlines. If you have a topic you would like us to look into further, email thequicky@mamamia.com.au with your story suggestions. CREDITS  Hos...

Since it first aired, the hit TV show Succession - which follows the internal power struggles of a rich family and their media empire - has had people speculating over whether the show is based on the Australian media moguls, the Murdochs. But just how much of the script is actually based on the Murdoch family? The final season begins tonight, fans hoping to finally see how this power hungry famil...

Welcome to The Quicky, getting you up to speed daily.  On top of The Quicky team bringing you a daily deep dive on one topic that has captured your attention along with the morning news headlines, we also update you each afternoon from 5pm with the evening headlines. If you have a topic you would like us to look into further, email thequicky@mamamia.com.au with your story suggestions. CREDITS  Hos...

We've been hearing a lot about anti trans rallies happening around the country this week. A British Women's Rights activist has been holding speaking engagements outside Parliament Houses, attracting groups aligned with the material she's sharing. In Melbourne, Neo-Nazi's showed up and shared the space with a local Liberal MP.  So who is this activist? Are her words about spreading hate? Or does s...

Welcome to The Quicky, getting you up to speed daily.  On top of The Quicky team bringing you a daily deep dive on one topic that has captured your attention along with the morning news headlines, we also update you each afternoon from 5pm with the evening headlines. If you have a topic you would like us to look into further, email thequicky@mamamia.com.au with your story suggestions. CREDITS  Hos...

Right now, it's Harmony Week here in Australia, and March 21 marks Harmony Day, a day where businesses, schools and organisations are told to wear orange in celebration of Australia's recognition of diversity and multiculturalism.  The federal government's website labels it as a day which celebrates "our diversity, and brings together Australians from all different backgrounds".  But March 21 is n...

Welcome to The Quicky, getting you up to speed daily.  On top of The Quicky team bringing you a daily deep dive on one topic that has captured your attention along with the morning news headlines, we also update you each afternoon from 5pm with the evening headlines. If you have a topic you would like us to look into further, email thequicky@mamamia.com.au with your story suggestions. CREDITS  Hos...

It has more than 1.5 billion users in more than 150 countries, but Governments all over the world are now cracking down on TikTok, telling their own staff they can't have the app downloaded on their government issued devices due to concerns their data may be being used to spy on them by the Chinese Government.  But do we really need to be concerned?  In this episode of The Quicky, we discover whet...

Welcome to The Quicky, getting you up to speed daily.  On top of The Quicky team bringing you a daily deep dive on one topic that has captured your attention along with the morning news headlines, we also update you each afternoon from 5pm with the evening headlines. If you have a topic you would like us to look into further, email thequicky@mamamia.com.au with your story suggestions. CREDITS  Hos...

Egg donation. It's a life-changing gift. In Australia it is illegal to pay a woman to donate her eggs but some women, like Stefania, do it out of the kindness of their heart. The only problem is, Stefania's husband isn't keen on her doing it.  In this episode of The Quicky, we speak to Stefania about why she wants to donate her eggs. We also speak to a family creation lawyer about what she can leg...

Welcome to The Quicky, getting you up to speed daily.  On top of The Quicky team bringing you a daily deep dive on one topic that has captured your attention along with the morning news headlines, we also update you each afternoon from 5pm with the evening headlines. If you have a topic you would like us to look into further, email thequicky@mamamia.com.au with your story suggestions. CREDITS  Hos...

The US is in a 'banking crisis' with a number of banks going bust and potentially hundreds more on shaky ground. The same has also been happening in Europe over the past few weeks. It's got us wondering, with the global financial systems now being so much more interconnected, could that happen here in Australia?  In todays episode we speak to an expert to find out the likelihood of one of our big...

If you're in New South Wales you're probably aware that there's an election coming up in a week's time.  Running in that election is current Premier Dominic Perrottet, hopeful to be re-elected.  In this bonus episode of The Quicky, we sit down with the Premier and his wife to talk about where they stand on a woman's right to safe pregnancy termination, how politics expects to attract more women wh...

Welcome to The Quicky, getting you up to speed daily.  On top of The Quicky team bringing you a daily deep dive on one topic that has captured your attention along with the morning news headlines, we also update you each afternoon from 5pm with the evening headlines. If you have a topic you would like us to look into further, email thequicky@mamamia.com.au with your story suggestions. CREDITS  Hos...

Last week NRL Rabbitohs player, Latrell Mitchell was allegedly subject to a racial slur from a Sydney Roosters fan during a game.  Tonight, Mitchell is going to step out onto the field again facing thousands of Roosters supporters. Crowds have been issued warnings not to target him again. But how do you prepare yourself to face a crowd of potential hate?  In this episode of The Quicky, we look int...

Welcome to The Quicky, getting you up to speed daily.  On top of The Quicky team bringing you a daily deep dive on one topic that has captured your attention along with the morning news headlines, we also update you each afternoon from 5pm with the evening headlines. If you have a topic you would like us to look into further, email thequicky@mamamia.com.au with your story suggestions. CREDITS  Hos...

Have you been hearing the word AUKUS a lot over the past few days?   You've probably heard it has something to do with submarines and it's costing Australia billions of dollars.  In this episode of The Quicky, we've got your quick and dirty explanation on what exactly AUKUS is and all the things it will do.  Subscribe to Mamamia GET IN TOUCH Feedback? We’re listening! Call the pod phone on 02 8999...

Welcome to The Quicky, getting you up to speed daily.  On top of The Quicky team bringing you a daily deep dive on one topic that has captured your attention along with the morning news headlines, we also update you each afternoon from 5pm with the evening headlines. If you have a topic you would like us to look into further, email thequicky@mamamia.com.au with your story suggestions. CREDITS  Hos...

Australians will soon be asked to vote in a referendum to constitutionally recognise Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people through a First Nations Voice to Parliament.  There's been a great divide since Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced his plan for the Voice. The political debate has those who say the is the change we've needed, and others saying it's not necessary and we already...

Welcome to The Quicky, getting you up to speed daily.  On top of The Quicky team bringing you a daily deep dive on one topic that has captured your attention along with the morning news headlines, we also update you each afternoon from 5pm with the evening headlines. If you have a topic you would like us to look into further, email thequicky@mamamia.com.au with your story suggestions. CREDITS  Hos...

Since November last year between 800-1200 schoolgirls across Iran have been falling ill.  It's a terrifying crisis, and one who don't have answers for yet. There are theories as to why this is happening, from targeted attacks, to mass hysteria. But under it all, is a fear that this is retribution for daring to speak out against the regime.  In this episode of The Quicky, we look into this mysterio...