The Quicky

How often do you pop your bra in the washing machine? Jackie O has hit the news after admitting on air she doesn't wash her darker bras.  Which got us thinking: how often are you meant to wash your bras? Can you do anything to stop gravity having its way? How necessary is it to wear a bra? How often do you need to be health checking your breasts?  This episode of The Quicky has everythin...

Finally, some good news!  Australia and New Zealand are going to host the women's Football World Cup. What does this mean for women's sport in Australia?  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Tracey Holmes, Journalist ABC News, Ho...

Last week, a bombshell rocked Australia's legal world. Former Justice of the High Court, Dyson Heydon was accused of several cases of sexual harassment. Yet, it was a bombshell many weren't surprised by. According to female lawyers young and old, sexism has long been a scourge of the profession, and one that is difficult to fight.  The Quicky speak to a group of lawyers who want to share thei...

Mary Trump is set to publish a book called Too Much And Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man .  US President and Mary's uncle Donald Trump, isn't that keen for it see the light of day.  What's inside it? Who's Mary? And what does the book have to say about the way Donald Trump became the man he is today?  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.co...

The Government has announced that into the future the cost of an arts and humanities degree is going to be one of the most expensive.  What does this mean about who gets to study arts degrees and what kind of thinkers will we have in our society in the future?  Also, The Quicky asks, what kind of a life does an arts degree prepare you for?  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https:/...

Once upon a time, Megan Fox was the Hollywood starlet of the moment. Devastatingly beautiful and sexy, she was the perfect bombshell for the action movies she appeared in.  Then, after being labelled by media and the film industry as 'difficult' and 'untalented' and 'slutty', she vanished from our screens - but not before telling us why, except we weren't listening.  In 2020, we look at...

How much do you know about your pelvic floor? Do you know what it is? Where it sits in your body? What might damage it? Whether kegels actually help?  Today we're looking at the part of the body we don't look at enough.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Ca...

It's really felt like life's been getting back to normal the past few weeks, hasn't it? Almost like COVID19 is something that happened overseas, not really to us here in Australia. More people are going back to the office. Cafes are crowded again. Train stations are busy.  Then, Victoria recorded a heap of new cases over the weekend and the Premier, Daniel Andrews, wound back freedoms instant...

German Police have announced they have evidence Madeleine McCann is dead. They won't reveal what that evidence is, but it has something to do with a 43 year old convicted sex offender.  Robbyn Swan has been covering this story since the three year old went missing in Portugal in 2007 and she's joining The Quicky to share what she knows.  CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  E...

Adem Somyurek is a name most of us didn't know until Sunday when 60 Minutes broke the story of the Labor Powerbroker's alleged branch stacking, and possible voter fraud. The story has rocked the Australian Labor Party to its foundations, but it's not the first time our parliamentary system has been scandalised by the practise.  So what exactly is branch stacking? And, why does it matter to ou...

Our dogs... for those of us who've been working at home they've been our best little buds over the last few months.  But what's going to happen to them now we're back at work and they're being left alone for big stretches of time again? Some dogs are new arrivals to their forever home, some are still just puppies and some rescues may have some issues but all may experience some issues with th...

Did you know an Australian, Karm Gilespie, has been sitting in a Chinese jail since 2013? And this week, was sentenced to death for drug trafficking?  Yep, we only just found out too.  What's the story? And what is Karm's fate going to look like while relations between China and Australia are so chilly?  CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Ta...

Last week the Prime Minister was slammed for denying the history of slavery in Australia. He's since apologised for this, but his interview asks the question: how many Australians know about the history of slavery in Australia?  It hasn't, until now, been part of our national conversation.  The Quicky investigates.  Link: Was there slavery in Australia? Yes. It shouldn’t even...

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has always stood up for things she believes in - both publicly and financially.  Over the past few years she's upset LGBTI+ fans and their allies by some strong views on trans women occupying women's spaces.  The Quicky looks into what this means, and how it's affecting trans fans who've grown up reading her books and finding safe spaces within them. ...

How often have you accepted a package from the postie without knowing what's inside it?  For Kelsey, a package she accepted had over a kilo of meth in it and she inadvertently became part of a drug trafficking ring.  The Quicky is looking at how, without as much flying happening around the world due to COVID-19, drug lords are getting creative... with us.  If you want to check if yo...

At the beginning of the pandemic, parents all around the country rejoiced when the Prime Minister announced the Government would be footing the bill for child care. For once, primary carers of small children didn't have to negotiate the complicated and expensive day care system.  This week, it's been announced those days of free child care are coming swiftly to an end, and guess what? So is J...

In the past, when the world has stared down a great trauma, there's been a baby boom afterwards.  Because, in spite of drama and trauma, we can always still have sex right?  Turns out, there probably won't be a baby boom after COVID-19 though, because despite all this at home time together there are several reasons why we're just not getting it on.  The Quicky digs into the reasons...

After a weekend of enormous protest, The Quicky looks at the long relationship between police and Aboriginal people, and whether racial profiling is happening in Australia.  Special guest Stan Grant, takes us through a very complicated and violent history.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer...

For most economies around the world, these past few months have been an exercise in balancing a financial crisis with a public health crisis and for many it will be years until they recover.  So, who's worse off? Is it the Boomers who have seen their super, stocks and savings take a massive hit? Or is the Millennials and younger, who are going to be saddled with an extraordinary debt for year...

With violence breaking out in cities across the US after the death of George Floyd, it's never been a more unsettling time to be an American.  President Donald Trump's speeches and tweets are becoming increasingly undemocratic, and he's been accused from both sides of the political divide of fanning the flames of discontent.  Can America survive another four years of his presidency if he...

When George Floyd pleaded with American policemen to let him breathe, his words had a ghostly echo Australians can't deny. 26-year-old Dunghutti man, David Dungay, died in Long Bay Jail five years ago, telling guards the exact same thing.  Today The Quicky looks at the uprising taking place in the USA in the wake of George Floyd's death and we look at our own shameful past of Aboriginal death...

Today, we get a bunch of our freedoms back. Fifty of us can gather in a pub. We can take a holiday on the coast. We can get our nails done at the salon.  So, why can't we go to the gym? Why can't we get back to the yoga studio?  The Quicky finds out.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer:...

It's been a year since Belgian backpacker Theo Hayez vanished in Byron Bay.  His family and the Byron Bay community galvanised around the cause of trying to find him. Since then, an intricate search has been conducted: on land, online and in journalism.  Where are things at now? Are his family any closer to learning the truth about his disappearance?  Subscribe to The Quicky at... h...

Alan Jones has ruled the Sydney breakfast airwaves for decades, and as a result, has wielded unprecedented political power on issues right across Australia.  After one too many scandals, Alan Jones is hanging up the microphone tomorrow, retiring amid rumours his inflammatory comments became too much for sponsors.  The Quicky reflects on his astonishing career from school teacher to media...

You can see it on the roads, traffic is increasing: lots of people are going back to work in an actual office.  But what if you feel uncomfortable going back into the the workplace? Do you have to if your boss wants you to?  How far away from your colleagues do you need to be?  And, what is the etiquette now around how we all work together? How do we greet each other? Have we said g...