News Club

Who can become the President of the USA, how the parties elect their candidates, the all-important numbers; and what to watch out for in the 2020 election ... Squiz Shortcuts is your shortcut to more than the headlines. Sign up to The Squiz - https://www.thesquiz.com.au . Squiz Recommendations: Axios - https://www.axios.com/ . Everything Explained - What Is The Electoral College? https://podcasts....

How Australian kids perform at school is always a hot topic with parents, teachers and taxpayers. We're taking to take a look at how the Australian education system works, where Australia ranks relative to the rest of the world, and the debate about how to lift our game. Take the PISA tests: https://www.oecd.org/pisa/test/ Subscribe to Squiz Kids, our news podcast for 8-12 year olds: www.squizkids...

The Rohingya and the Uyghurs - both groups are considered by the United Nations to be victims of human rights abuses. Here we explain who they are, as well as why and how they're being persecuted. Squiz Recommends: Four Corner documentary : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-axd1Ht_J8 . Cate Blanchett's address to the UN Security Council on the Rohingya crisis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AO49W...

From how they grew up, how they came to politics and where they stand on key issues - this episode looks at the bloke who runs the country and the bloke who wants too. Squiz recommends: Anthony Albanese op-ed: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/shout-less-listen-more-let-s-make-this-our-new-year-s-resolution-20191226-p53myc.html . Jenny Morrison interview: https://honey.nine.com.au/latest/jen...

What coronavirus actually is, where it came from, the broader implications, and how we stop the spread. Squiz Recommends: Quartz "How China can build a hospital for coronavirus patients in a week": https://qz.com/1792705/coronavirus-the-engineering-behind-wuhans-rapidly-built-hospitals/ . Mayo Clinic "Washing your hands": https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/in-depth/hand-wash...

What it means to be a 'senior royal', how are the Royal Family funded and how do they work with the media? In this episode we tackle those questions while we talk you through Harry and Meghan's new arrangement, and how it'll work. Squiz recommends: Sussex Royal: https://sussexroyal.com/ Sussex Royal instagram: @sussexroyal The Squiz is a free weekday email and podcast, we're your shortcut to being...

It's the Chinese tech company that's been banned from rolling out 5G networks here in Australia, in NZ and in the US. Here we step through what the concern is, how it plays into broader diplomatic tensions between China and the West and what Huawei has to say. Squiz Recommends: Quartz "Huawei's Journey to Becoming Us tech enemy No 1": https://qz.com/1627149/huaweis-journey-to-becoming-us-tech-enem...

What the date marks, how it evolved, the argument for and against moving it, and what our leaders think. Squiz recommends: Australia Day Council advertisement: https://www.australiaday.org.au/ The Australian "Voyage of the damned": https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/inquirer/first-fleet-sets-sail-for-australia-and-were-bound-for-botany-bay/news-story/26c7e05017e6a42d50a0f6f6a58d2751 The House w...

Australia’s bushfire history, the scale and extent of what we've seen in 2019/2020, the conditions that have caused this event, what we can learn from it, as well as the response. Squiz Recommends: Batlow:https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-06/nsw-fires-in-batlow-residents-return-home-to-damage/11845072 How to donate: https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/bushfire-crisis-how-can-i-donate-an...

Since the UK Election we've updated this episode of Squiz Shortcuts. It now covers Brexit - post Johnson becoming Prime Minister. A bit about him, his Brexit plan, what happened in the election and how it impacts Brexit. Squiz Recommends: The Guardian "Isaac Levido: the Australian political strategist credited with Boris Johnson's victory": https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/dec/16/isaac-le...

It's a bit of fun, it's a bit festive, with a lot of laughs. Take a lighter look at year that was 2019 by joining us for The Great Big Squiz Quiz. The Great Big Squiz Quiz - Written Edition: https://www.thesquiz.com.au/quiz/. 2019 Year in Review: https://www.thesquiz.com.au/2019-news-year-in-review/. See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Who is he and what is exactly is Wikileaks? Plus, the events that thrust Assange and Wikileaks into the spotlight and the ongoing legal fallout. Squiz Recommends: Timeline of Events - BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-11949341 The New Yorker - Raffi Khatchadourian’s profile: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/08/21/julian-assange-a-man-without-a-country Got a Squiz Shortcut suggestio...

The battle of the big economies. Why the trade war started, how it is playing out and how it is affecting all of us. Squiz Recommends: The Conversation "How Soybeans became China's most powerful weapon in Trumps trade war": https://theconversation.com/how-soybeans-became-chinas-most-powerful-weapon-in-trumps-trade-war-118088 WTO Explainer: https://money.cnn.com/2018/03/12/news/economy/what-is-the-...

We'll tell you what it means, what the process is, when it's happened before and why it's happening to Donald Trump. Squiz Recommends: Tim 'Apple' Vox - Ukraine PM Got a Squiz Shortcuts suggestion for us? hello@thesquiz.com.au Seen our daily podcast? https://www.thesquiz.com.au/podcast/ The Squiz is a weekday Australian news email and podcast. It's your shortcut to being informed on international...

How has online shopping changed the face of retailing? And what are the major shopping events that are now landmarks on the shopping calendar? Squiz Recommends: New York Times' The Strategist - http://nymag.com/strategist/. Curated lists that land in your inbox. Browser extension Honey - https://www.joinhoney.com/. Add to your browser and it will scan and apply all available discount codes. Got a...

It's no secret Australia is in drought. In this episode we look at how bad this one actually is, and what's being done to help. Squiz recommends: Instagram page - Buy From the Bush - https://www.instagram.com/buyfromthebush/?igshid=7wyptef01wul National Museum - Federation Drought - https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/federation-drought Got a Squiz Shortcuts suggestion for us? hello@...

A look at how Islamic State came to be, the power it had at its peak, and the push to defeat it. Squiz Recommends: ABC "Married to Islamic State": https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-30/women-of-isis-reveal-australian-network/11549490 News York Times "Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, ISIS Leader Known for His Brutality, Is Dead at 48": https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/27/world/middleeast/al-baghdadi-dead.html...

Three world leaders who are in the news a lot are the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, and India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi... Here, we take a closer at who they are, how they came to power, their politics and just why they're in the news all the time. Squiz Recommends: Modi's 'complicated' marriage: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/aband...

This episode of Squiz Shortcuts is all about 1MDB - the fund, set up by former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, and is at the centre of one of the biggest corruption scandals ever. This story has it all - money, corruption, power, celebrity. In this podcast, we'll start by getting you across what 1MDB is, who was involved, how the money this fund generated was spent and how the whole thing ha...

This episode of Squiz Shortcuts will give you the background to one of the most commonly used phrases in news - climate change. We'll steer clear of the politics and rather take you through what climate change means, why it's a problem, what the world has agreed to do about it and Australia's position. Squiz Recommends: Australian Academy of Science: https://www.science.org.au/learning/general-aud...

West Papua is seeing the largest scale uprising for some time which has led to deadly riots and mass arrests. Here is the history of the region, the major players and the background to the unrest. This podcast is presented by Urban You. Book here and use the code SHORTCUTS30 for $30 off your first clean... https://urbanyou.com.au/book/new/cleaning/check_postcode?coupon_code=shortcuts30&utm_medium=...

The context to what is going on in northeast Syria. This shortcut will get you across why America is in Syria in the first place, who the Kurds are, their relationship with Turkey, and how all involved have responded to after the US announced the removal of troops from the region. This podcast is presented by Urban You. Book here and use the code SHORTCUTS30 for $30 off your first clean... https:/...

This episode of Squiz Shortcuts will get you across why the relationship between the US and Iran is so significant for the world; why Iran is strategically important, the history of the relationship, why the US walked away from the nuclear deal with Iran and other tensions that have foreign affairs and military experts worried. Squiz Recommends: Vox video A Separation (film) Strait of Hormuz Got a...

This is all things Brexit pre-Boris Johnson. Have a listen for an understanding on why Britain was ever part of the EU, why they decided to leave, why it's so hard to leave and the major sticking point - the Northern Ireland backstop. Brexit (Part 2) is coming soon! Squiz Shortcuts is your shortcut to more than the headlines. Squiz Recommends: Brexit Yoga: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqwEa6I1l...

In this episode of Squiz Shortcuts we're getting you across Ash Barty. 2019 really has been her year, winning the French Open and spending eight weeks as world #1. So if you're keen to know more about this Aussie tennis prodigy, we'll get you across her life growing up, her break from tennis and how she made her way back and to the top of the sport. Squiz Shortcuts is your shortcut to more than th...