The Quicky

The Quicky evening news update for Thursday December 21 2023. 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. Want The Quicky in your ears every day? Listen on Spo...

Back in October the world was saddened to learn that Friends star Matthew Perry had died. And earlier this week, a toxicology report was made public showing that the actor had Ketamine in his system when he died in his hot tub in LA.  In this episode of The Quicky, we ask an expert what is ketamine, and why would a known drug addict be treated with a potentially addictive drug? Subscribe to Mamami...

The Quicky evening news update for Wednesday December 20th 2023. 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. Want The Quicky in your ears every day? Listen on...

Back in 2005 a newspaper, owned by Rupert Murdoch, ran a story about Prince William hurting his knee. It raised suspicions amongst the royals. Why? They believed the information was gained by hacking into their voicemails.  This week, Prince Harry won a court case where a judge ruled in favour of him.  In this episode of The Quicky, we look at what Harry won, aside from the money. Will this case c...

The Quicky evening news update for Monday December 18th 2023. 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. Want The Quicky in your ears every day? Listen on Spo...

There are a lot of disappointed airline customers across Australia right now.  With constant flight changes and cancellations, and many still holding unused credits for flights that were cancelled throughout the pandemic, the deadline for these credits fast approaching, leaving some customers confused and frustrated. In this episode of The Quicky we find out what customers need to know about their...

The Quicky evening news update for Monday December 18th 2023. 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. Want The Quicky in your ears every day? Listen on Spo...

Sunshine Coast MP Andrew Wallace is trying to stop our kids from watching porn online. It's not an easy task but other countries are already introducing age restrictions on certain types of websites including those where you can access alcohol delivery, gambling and pornography. With the links between pornography consumption and violence in the real world against women and young girls, Andrew Wall...

The Quicky evening news update for Friday December 15th 2023. 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. Want The Quicky in your ears every day? Listen on Spo...

Earlier this week Zac Efron joined an elite group of actors, singers, athletes and broadcasters when he was honoured with his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.  While we've seen the likes of Ryan Reynolds, Dwayne Johnson, Gwen Stefani, Snoop Dogg and even Mickey Mouse accept their star on the famous footpath, have you ever thought about how exactly these stars come about?  In this episode of...

The Quicky evening news update for Thursday December 14th 2023. 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. Want The Quicky in your ears every day? Listen on S...

Yesterday three Prime Ministers, including our own, came together to call for a sustainable ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.  The call came as the UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to demand the same, in a strong show of global support for ending the Israel Hamas war.  But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said a ceasefire is not an option.  In this episode of The Quicky, we look at...

The Quicky evening news update for Wednesday December 13th 2023. 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. Want The Quicky in your ears every day? Listen on...

There seems to be two types of people through the month of December. The first are full of festive spirit, excited for the parties and socialising, soaking up those finish line vibes. The others are in full burn out mode, dragging themselves to the end of the month with less optimism and more dread about what the next few weeks look like.  And while you might fit into the latter, there are actuall...

The Quicky evening news update for Tuesday December 12th 2023. 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. Want The Quicky in your ears every day? Listen on Sp...

You may have heard of Incels before - but do you know what it means? It stands for involuntarily celibate. It's a group of boys and men who group together in online forums to vent their rage and sometimes share the ways they're getting revenge on the women they believe would never date them in the real world.  In this episode of The Quicky we take a look inside the incel movement, the ways in whic...

The Quicky evening news update for Monday December 11th 2023. 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. Want The Quicky in your ears every day? Listen on Spo...

For two weeks Australia has watched on as witnesses have described what they believe went down in Parliament house in 2019. Both Bruce Lehrmann and Brittany Higgins have endured attacks on their credibility and honesty as they have been cross examined over the night they returned to their place of work after a night out drinking. But with the end of the trial nearing, what happens If Bruce Lehrman...

The Quicky evening news update for Friday December 8th 2023. 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. Want The Quicky in your ears every day? Listen on Spot...

What time do you eat dinner? Is it 6pm so you can eat with your kids? Or maybe it's 9pm after a long day of work? Maybe it's somewhere in between.  There's new research to suggest that maybe we're dining a little too late in the day which may have negative impacts on our body.  In this episode of The Quicky we look at the  right time of day to eat your dinner and what we can do if that's not an op...

The Quicky evening news update for Thursday December 7th 2023. 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. Want The Quicky in your ears every day? Listen on Sp...

Last month, Australia's high court ruled that it was illegal to keep people in indefinite immigration detention without the prospect of being deported back to the country of origin.  Since then, hundreds of detainees were released into the public. In the past few days, three have been arrested.  In this episode of The Quicky, we break down indefinite detention, who the people are being let out, wh...

The Quicky evening news update for Monday December 4th 2023. 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. Want The Quicky in your ears every day? Listen on Spot...

Australia has entered another wave of Covid. The eighth to circulate since the virus first reared its head back in late 2019.  But now, four years on, we don't know what vaccine we're up to or what strain of Covid is circulating. So how do we know that numbers are increasing?  In this episode of The Quicky, we take a look at where we're at with our eighth wave of Covid, new vaccines and whether or...

The Quicky evening news update for Monday December 4th 2023. 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. Want The Quicky in your ears every day? Listen on Spot...