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...

Over the past week, the streets of Paris have been rocked by violence and anger after a teenage boy was shot by police.  This isn't the first time France has experienced violence like this, it's not even the first time this year.  In this episode of The Quicky we find out what caused this latest uproar and whether Aussies should be rethinking their travel plans to the city of love.  Subscribe to M...

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 Reserve Bank of Australia will meet tomorrow to decide if inflation has started to come down enough to not call for another rate rise or at least leave them on hold for this month. But while we were delivered seemingly good news about inflation recently, the numbers aren’t exactly what they seem and that will play a big factor in whether home and business owners will be expected to fork out ev...

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...

Tomorrow is July 1st. It's the start of a new financial year that means all the promises that were made to us in the Federal Budget will be kicking in.  The last budget was focused on how to get Aussies through this time of high inflation and rising costs.  In this episode of The Quicky, we're getting you across all the ways in which your money might be able to go a bit further as tomorrows measur...

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...

Taylor Swift has broken the internet...again.  This week tickets to her five Australian shows have been on pre-sale and it was pandemonium with over 800,000 Swifties trying to fulfil their wildest dreams to see the pop star perform live.  In this episode of The Quicky, we'll take a look at the issues people are running into, what lessons we can learn from this for future gigs and what Taylor Swift...

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 heard all the parenting terms...helicopter, hands-off, gentle, authoritative, the list goes on and on.  But with so many styles of parenting nowadays, how do you choose which one is the right one?  In this episode of The Quicky we take a look at the parenting styles of the past to see which generation nailed it and who's still struggling with the fall out of their own parental guidance.  Sub...

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 use your pets name, kids birthdays or favourite sporting team in your passwords? Chances are you do, and it turns out you're not alone.  And it's not only that. New research shows that we also love to use the same password for multiple accounts, only making it easier to hack into our precious digital lives.  In this episode of The Quicky, we speak to an expert to find out how to manage 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...

Over the weekend, we watched as Russia teetered on the brink of civil war, capturing the world's attention. We woke up Sunday to an unexpected turn of events involving a deal with Belarus. But what happened in the lead up to that deal...and what does it mean? In this episode of The Quicky, we're breaking down exactly what happened and where Russian President Putin stands now with the war in Ukrain...

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...

When Kathleen Folbigg was jailed in 2003 John Howard was the Prime Minister, MySpace was emerging as a new social network and iPhone's were still four years away from launching. Walked out of jail just over two weeks ago, she faced a world full of unfamiliar things.  On her first night of freedom, she ate pizza and drank something that was popular when she went to jail: Kahlua and Coke. But now th...

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...

Earlier this week the legislation that will allow Australians to vote on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament was passed, ending months of debate. All we need now is Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to set a date for Aussies to head to the polls and vote.  In the past few months we've heard arguments from both the 'yes' and 'no' camps. And amongst those, we've heard all kinds of conspiracies about ju...

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...

Yesterday morning we awoke to the news that a small submarine ferrying tourists to the wreck of the Titanic in the Mid Atlantic Ocean had disappeared.  A massive search and rescue operation is now underway.  In this episode of The Quicky we're asking all the questions you have about the missing submarine, its passengers and how it could have gone missing with the technology it has on board?  Subsc...

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 seems like every month brings a new court case against Donald Trump. Right now, he's facing 34 criminal charges in Manhattan including falsifying business records and 37 charges in a Miami court for taking classified documents from the White House. So far only the civil case against him has given any results, and that holds no criminal weight allowing Trump to walk free despite a court finding...

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...

Ozempic. I'm sure you've heard of it by now. It's dominated the conversation around weight loss, celebrities have been called out for lying about using it, and others scolded for taking up a valuable resource for weight loss when diabetics rely on it. But we can't ignore the facts...Ozempic is working.  In this episode of The Quicky we speak to a doctor about the health impacts of a drug like Ozem...

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...