The Quicky

The Quicky news update for Wednesday, May 22nd 2024 The Quicky is the easiest and most enjoyable way to get across the news every day. And it’s delivered straight to your ears in a daily podcast so you can listen whenever you want, wherever you want...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Click here  to take the latest Mamamia survey and you’ll go in t...

You’d be forgiven for thinking Harry & Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, were back in the royal fold, given their recent tour of Nigeria. But alas, they’re still out of favour with the current working royals. But wasn’t this hybrid working model of royal-but-not-fully-royal life what the Sussex's suggested to the Queen back when they were trying to move out of the family fold? Have they...

The Quicky news update for Tuesday, May 21st 2024 The Quicky is the easiest and most enjoyable way to get across the news every day. And it’s delivered straight to your ears in a daily podcast so you can listen whenever you want, wherever you want...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Click here  to take the latest Mamamia survey and you’ll go in the...

Warning: Please note this episode discusses domestic violence and an assault. If that is triggering for you, please take care when listening.  A video was recently leaked to US news service CNN of a man in a towel assaulting his girlfriend in a hotel hallway in 2016.  That man is Sean Combs, aka P.Diddy, now known as just Diddy. And the woman he was assaulting was his girlfriend at the time, RnB s...

The Quicky news update for Monday, May 20th 2024 The Quicky is the easiest and most enjoyable way to get across the news every day. And it’s delivered straight to your ears in a daily podcast so you can listen whenever you want, wherever you want...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Click here  to take the latest Mamamia survey and you’ll go in the...

We've heard a lot about ankle monitors to attempt to curb our growing domestic violence levels in Australia lately, but how would that work? Is personal 24/7 monitoring the answer to our pleas for better protection for women?  In this episode of The Quicky, we find out exactly how ankle monitors work and if they are our solution to Australia's dire domestic violence crisis.  Subscribe to Mamamia G...

The Quicky news update for Friday, May 17th 2024 The Quicky is the easiest and most enjoyable way to get across the news every day. And it’s delivered straight to your ears in a daily podcast so you can listen whenever you want, wherever you want...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Click here  to take the latest Mamamia survey and you’ll go in the...

Why are we wired to be so attracted to sales? Buy one get one free, 50% off, clearance! Whatever the sale, we, as humans, flock to them!  How can we curb that hit of dopamine we get when we land a great discount or sale.  In this episode of The Quicky, we speak to the experts to find out why sometimes we can't resist that sale, even when we know we need to conserve our cash flow.  Subscribe to Mam...

The Quicky news update for Monday, May 13th 2024 The Quicky is the easiest and most enjoyable way to get across the news every day. And it’s delivered straight to your ears in a daily podcast so you can listen whenever you want, wherever you want...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Click here  to take the latest Mamamia survey and you’ll go in the...

It's budget week! On Tuesday night Jim Chalmers handed down his third budget and we found out exactly how the Labor government is planning on spending Aussie money this next financial year.  Labelled 'a win for women', this budget had a strong focus on issues like women's health and changes to paid parental leave.  In this episode of The Quicky, we break down the winners and losers from Federal Bu...

The Quicky news update for Wednesday, May 15th 2024 The Quicky is the easiest and most enjoyable way to get across the news every day. And it’s delivered straight to your ears in a daily podcast so you can listen whenever you want, wherever you want...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Click here  to take the latest Mamamia survey and you’ll go in t...

Over a third of our life is spent working, which means we spend a lot of time with our colleagues. But do you know what makes you a good, bad or down right annoying colleague?  Do you break the headphone rule or bring in stinky lunches to the shared kitchens? Or are you the one everyone wants to get coffee with and brings all the goss?  In this episode of The Quicky we find out exactly what workpl...

The Quicky news update for Tuesday, May 14th 2024 The Quicky is the easiest and most enjoyable way to get across the news every day. And it’s delivered straight to your ears in a daily podcast so you can listen whenever you want, wherever you want...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Click here  to take the latest Mamamia survey and you’ll go in the...

Recently, yet another Australian school has found itself in the midst of controversy surrounding the behaviour of some of their male students.  The students had created and circulated a spreadsheet with the names of their fellow female classmates. It included photos of the girls alongside a ranking system from wifeys, cuties, mids, objects, get out and unrapable.  When news broke about this, a lot...

The Quicky news update for Monday, May 13th 2024 The Quicky is the easiest and most enjoyable way to get across the news every day. And it’s delivered straight to your ears in a daily podcast so you can listen whenever you want, wherever you want...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Click here  to take the latest Mamamia survey and you’ll go in the...

What’s in a name? Apparently some of us have a long rich history behind our monikers… others were plucked from pop culture. Every year the list of top baby names is released there’s always a frenzy to compare and contrast, predicting how many Matilda’s or Olivia’s will be entering the year one classroom in a matter of years. How does a baby name even become popular, or lost to the sands of time ?...

The Quicky news update for Friday, May 10th 2024. The Quicky is the easiest and most enjoyable way to get across the news every day. And it’s delivered straight to your ears in a daily podcast so you can listen whenever you want, wherever you want...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Click here  to take the latest Mamamia survey and you’ll go in the...

Did you know 1 in 4 year four to year nine Aussie students report being bullied every few weeks? It’s an alarming statistic, one that Dolly Everett’s parents never thought they’d lose their daughter to. Six years on from her death, Kate & Tick Everett are determined to not let Dolly’s death be in vain, continuing to spread awareness of bullying and what we can do to stamp it out. To find resou...

The Quicky news update for Thursday, May 9 2024. The Quicky is the easiest and most enjoyable way to get across the news every day. And it’s delivered straight to your ears in a daily podcast so you can listen whenever you want, wherever you want...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Click here  to take the latest Mamamia survey and you’ll go in the...

ICYMI: The Federal Government has announced it’ll wipe three billion dollars worth of HECS debt. While the move will help reel back the recent indexation of HECS & HELP loans that affect millions of Aussies, the question still remains… is going to uni worth it still? Today we’re finding out what you need to consider when taking the leap into tertiary education. Subscribe to Mamamia GET IN TOUC...

The Quicky news update for Wednesday, May 8th 2024. The Quicky is the easiest and most enjoyable way to get across the news every day. And it’s delivered straight to your ears in a daily podcast so you can listen whenever you want, wherever you want...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Click here  to take the latest Mamamia survey and you’ll go in t...

It feels like there’s been an increase in the number of knife related crimes in our community lately. And while statistics might show they’re actually on the decline, there’s still more we can do to lower that number even further. But it might not be as easy to resolve like the gun amnesty achieved in the 1990s, so how do we actually stop people from using a knife as a deadly weapon? Subscribe to...

Hot flushes, night sweats and mood swings… oh my! Most women might have to deal with symptoms associated with menopause, but at least their saving grace has been found in a variety of medications. Those medications, known as Hormone Replacement Therapy, might come in a wide array of applications - but what happens when some of them become scarce in supply? That’s exactly the predicament many Austr...

The Quicky news update for Tuesday, May 7th 2024. The Quicky is the easiest and most enjoyable way to get across the news every day. And it’s delivered straight to your ears in a daily podcast so you can listen whenever you want, wherever you want...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Click here  to take the latest Mamamia survey and you’ll go in the...

The Quicky news update for Monday, May 6th 2024. The Quicky is the easiest and most enjoyable way to get across the news every day. And it’s delivered straight to your ears in a daily podcast so you can listen whenever you want, wherever you want...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Click here  to take the latest Mamamia survey and you’ll go in the...