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Since November last year between 800-1200 schoolgirls across Iran have been falling ill.  It's a terrifying crisis, and one who don't have answers for yet. There are theories as to why this is happening, from targeted attacks, to mass hysteria. But under it all, is a fear that this is retribution for daring to speak out against the regime.  In this episode of The Quicky, we look into this mysterio...

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...

Two years ago Kirsty Bryant was excited to meet her first baby. But after a traumatic birth experience, she needed a hysterectomy to stop a haemorrhage and save her life. Left without a uterus, Kirsty had to grieve the future babies she had envisioned for her family, until she stumbled across a medical trial that is changing all that.  In this episode of The Quicky we speak to Kirsty - Australia's...

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...

How often are women's health conditions misdiagnosed? Well, it turns out, quite often.  The medical system all over the world has been, and remains, led by men, for men, using men as the yardstick for conditions and the medicines to treat them.  That means women are at risk of adverse reactions to medications, different outcomes to surgery and treatment and misdiagnosis all due to gender bias. In...

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's the case that's been unpacked on Netflix's new docuseries, Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal. A story with five people dead under unusual or suspicious circumstances all seemingly connected to one very powerful and influential family, the Murdaugh's.  Last week, Alex Murdaugh, the prime suspect for two of the five deaths, was convicted of murdering his wife and son.  In this episode of 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...

Another month, another rate rise from the Reserve Bank of Australia.  The interest rate has gone up for the 10th consecutive meeting, taking the cash rate target to 3.6 per cent. This is the highest in over a decade.  So, with these rate increases coming month after month, why hasn't it helped our inflation?  In this episode of The Quicky, we speak to an expert to find out what's going on with our...

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 Prince Harry was back doing yet another interview. This time with Dr Gabor Maté, an expert in trauma and childhood development who diagnosed him with a disorder on a live stream. But how can someone he's only met twice throw out a diagnosis without properly assessing him? What implications are there for those watching, and for Harry himself? What do we need to know before we're to...

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...

Australia's rental market is less affordable than ever, with low vacancy rates and rising rent levels contributing to a housing crisis. With converted sheds, divided room spaces, tents and caravans all being explored as options, one group of renters are actually becoming home owners on a much, much smaller scale.  Today we meet someone who lives in a tiny home - and look at whether it really is 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...

There's a reason we call dogs "man's (and woman's of course) best friend". They're loyal, loving and oftentimes, considered to be an additional family member.  They can sniff out disease, drugs, bombs, money. They pull heavy weights. They catch criminals. Some dogs even provide a service for people with disabilities, like guide or anxiety dogs.  So we know dogs are remarkable. They can be trained...

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 Queensland put forward a proposal to relax the states drug laws by expanding the Police Drug Diversion Program.  The program would protect drug offenders found with less than 50 grams of all drugs from being prosecuted, and instead push them into professional help. In this episode of The Quicky, we look at whether drugs should be looked at as a health issue instead of a criminal one and...

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...

For the very first time, World Pride is being held in Australia. And while the LGBTQIA+ is being encouraged and given a platform to celebrate along with their allies, there is a stage in Australia where the rainbow flag still sparks controversy.  A lot of sporting codes in Australia include an annual Pride round in their fixtures, where players are asked to don the rainbow flag either on their arm...

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...

"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "Matilda", "The BFG", "James and the Giant Peach" these are just some of Roald Dahl's most famous stories written for kids all around the world.  Last week we heard the news that Puffin, the British publishing house, is releasing new editions of Dahl's children's stories that have been rewritten to suit modern sensibilities, changing some words in an effort to...

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 Instagram Face" is no longer. That's the word from those in the know who say the days of Kardashian look alike faces with full lips, poreless skin, high cheekbones with full cheeks, large cat like eyes and smooth under eyes, achieved mostly through the use of fillers, is out this season.  But what is taking its place?  In this episode of The Quicky, we look into our face as a trend, the proce...

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...

One year ago, on the 24th of February 2022, Russian troops crossed Ukrainian borders and began what Russian President Vladimir Putin calls a "special military operation"...a campaign to take over the eastern regions of their neighbour.  12 months on, there's still no resolution to the conflict. Thousands of lives have been lost, millions more have been displaced.  So where to from here? In this ep...