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On Sunday night a group of 35 wedding guests boarded a bus back to their accommodation after enjoying a night with their friends at a wedding in the New South Wales Hunter Valley.  Police are still trying to piece together exactly what happened next. The crash has taken the lives of ten people, while others are fighting for theirs in hospital.  While the survivors and community try to come to term...

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...

Recently, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino have grabbed attention by revealing their upcoming roles as fathers once again, despite being 79 and 83 years old respectively. There's been a lot of discussion into their age and the implications of their decision to have children at such late stages in their lives. In this episode of The Quicky, we delve into the experiences of children born to older father...

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...

By now, we're all aware that scammers are hitting us wherever they can. June 30 is fast approaching and for some of us, that means a nice little top up of our bank accounts from the ATO. For the scammers, it's a new in to trick people out of their hard earned money.  In this episode of The Quicky, we look at the latest tax scams to keep you protected this end of financial year.  Subscribe to Mamam...

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...

Do you remember being asked what you wanted to be when you grow up? Some kids might say fire fighter, doctor or teacher and some will say they dream of one day heading out to space as an astronaut.  But fast forward 20 years or so and very few of those dreams become a reality...except for in this case, the dream for one of those kids is becoming a reality.  Katherine Bennell-Pegg has just recently...

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...

Do you track your significant others?  For more than a decade now, we've had access to GPS technology that only seemed to exist in movies, but in 2023 it's easy to track someone's phone with or without their knowledge and permission. We can even throw a device into someone's pocket, wallet or car to keep tabs on someone's location.  For some it feels a bit creepy, for others it strays into coerciv...

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 justice Anthony Besanko found in favour of three newspapers when he decided that claims they made about former SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith being a war criminal, were mostly true. So now that a judge in a civil trial has found that to be true, could this lead to a criminal conviction too? Today we look at the case that has brought the Victoria Cross medal winner undone and what that mea...

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...

Kathleen Folbigg was in 2003 found guilty of murdering her four children between 1989 and 1999 But after a team of leading scientific experts placed doubt on her being to blame for the deaths of Caleb, Patrick, Sarah and Laura, Kathleen will now walk free Today we look at how science caught up with the lost lives of Kathleen Folbigg’s children and how this case turned into the Lindy Chamberlain of...

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...

Are breast implants making people sick?  That's the question tens of thousands of women are asking as they suffer from a range of unexplained symptoms after going under the knife for a breast augmentation.  In this episode of The Quicky, we take a look at Breast Implant Illness, what it is, how it happens, and if the changes to laws around plastic surgery in Australia will better prepare women for...

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...

This week, we witnessed yet another triumph in the world of reality TV, this time on SBS's Alone, which saw 10 Aussie's dropped into the Tasmanian wilderness completely isolated, challenged to see how long they could survive. After multiple months, one contestant emerged victorious, claiming a cash reward of $250,000.  But, have you ever wondered what these reality show winners do with their prize...

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 really biting hard as we hit the 6 month mark of 2023.  Grocery prices, rents, interest rates, fuel prices...everything is going up and up and up.  For many Aussies, even those who are employed and earning a wage that, until recently, was able to cover their basic living costs, the current economic climate is stretching their budgets incredibly thin.  So amongst the do...

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...

In a noticeable trend of 2023, yet another man in a high-profile job has made the decision to step away. From football coaches to television hosts, politicians, and players, these men are choosing to step away over the relentless pursuit of professional success at the expense of their personal lives. Have men realised that they too can't have it all?  In this episode of The Quicky, we look at the...

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...

While many Aussies have grown accustomed to the comfort and convenience of working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, some employers are now urging, or even demanding, their staff to return to the office.  In this episode of The Quicky, we take a look at the debate between returning to the office and embracing remote work. We look at why employers want us back at our desks, is it all about ma...

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...

Do you remember when we all queued up to roll up our sleeves to receive the COVID-19 vaccination? We made a commitment to getting the shot, not just to protect ourselves from the impacts of the virus, but also to safeguard our family, friends and strangers around us.  Recently, however, our motivation to get vaccinated has definitely waned. As a result, we are now confronting not only a fifth wave...