Squiz Today

Squiz Today

A daily news podcast, getting you across the latest Australian and international news in under 10 minutes. Agenda-free, independent, and delivered by hosts that'll come to feel like mates. It's the news without the noise, cutting through with a touch of analysis and an eye on what's coming next. And there's always a quirky news story or two to give a touch of balance to the news of the day. News for busy people, out 6am weekday, perfect for your morning routine. The Squiz is your shortcut to being informed. Top tip - check out The Squiz Today newsletter. It's the daily news stories, in your inbox each weekday at 6am, with links and more info to all the stories covered in The Squiz Today podcast. Sign up at www.thesquiz.com.au - it's free.

Episodes

October 3, 2025 13 mins
Each Saturday, we wrap up the news of the week with the (imaginatively named) Weekly Wrap podcast on our News Club show. We’re putting the main story here because we want to ensure Squizers are across what we’re talking about. Taylor Swift's new album ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ is out, and, like everything she does, it's smashing records. It’s a big talking point, so we’ll get you across the scale of it. The BBC’s obituary for Jane ...
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Friday, 3 October: A defence treaty gets over the line; Erin Patterson plans an appeal; Rugby league grand finals are incoming; And a big weekend for Swifties... SPONSORED: Check out CDU’s Summer Semester courses ⁠here⁠. Here's a guide to the NRL and NRLW grand finals this weekend. If you want to take a look at who walked alongside Mary Fowler for L'Oreal at Paris Fashion Week, we'll point you here. And here's a wrap of some...
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Hello and welcome to Ask the Squiz, where we answer your questions about what’s been in the news. In this edition, we’ll look at what GDP is and why it keeps cropping up, how IVF regulation works in Australia, what Donald Trump means when he talks about the radical left, and we’ll check-in on what’s happening with the algal bloom in South Australia.  Quick correction: We say in the episode mining makes up about 8% of Australian ...
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Thursday, 2 October: A standoff between BHP and China; The US government shuts down; Deja vu at the Dally Ms; And a Fat Bear Week winner... SPONSORED: Tune in to Mumbition’s Start Your Business Boot Camp series - your go-to guide for turning ideas into action and ambition into impact - or find out more here. Here's a guide to the US government shutdown and the battle over healthcare. Here's an obituary for Jane Goodall. Som...
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Wednesday, 1 October: Change is in the air at Seven West; Albanese backs the Gaza plan; Interest rates are held steady; And an Aussie power couple calls it quits... SPONSORED: Head online and search for 'Bankwest Virtual Card' to find out their T&Cs. You can read more about Trump's plan for Gaza here. Here's a timeline of Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman's relationship, if you want to wander down memory lane... And if you need...
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Last week, US President Donald Trump issued some health advice to pregnant women to avoid paracetamol, an ingredient in certain pain relief drugs, that had medical experts rushing to clarify the science…  The advice came from a report ordered by US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr - he’s the one behind the Make America Healthy Again movement, and he’s driving some big changes in the US health industry… So in this Squiz Shortcut...
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Tuesday, 30 September: Another Optus outage strikes; Trump announces a Gaza peace plan; The Women's Cricket World Cup begins; And New Zealand's favourite bird... SPONSORED: Check out Charles Darwin University’s Summer Semester courses ⁠here⁠. Here's a link to a liveblog so you can follow along with developments on this morning's Gaza peace plan announcement. Here's a schedule for the Women's Cricket World Cup. You can get ⁠...
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Monday, 29 September: Trump targets a former FBI boss; Albanese meets with King Charles; The Lions defeat the Cats; And a date with the Devil... SPONSORED: Check out Charles Darwin University’s Summer Semester courses here SPONSORED: Head online and search for 'Bankwest Virtual Card' to find out their T&Cs. You can get ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...
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Each Saturday, we wrap up the news of the week with the (imaginatively named) Weekly Wrap podcast on our News Club show. We’re putting the main story here because we want to ensure Squizers are across what we’re talking about. A lot of headlines came out of the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week, so we pulled out the major themes to make sense of it all.  Listen to the full episode on the News Club show feed. An...
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Friday, 26 September: The PM speaks at the UN; The battle for Bradfield is over; It's Grand Final time in Aussie Rules, And a name to watch at the ARIAs... SPONSORED: Search for ‘The Business Of’ in your podcast app, have a listen and hit follow. SPONSORED: Head online and search for 'Bankwest Virtual Card' to find out more - and here's the T&Cs. Here's an AFL Grand Final preview, and a couple of guides to this weekend's NRL...
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September 24, 2025 16 mins
You've probably spotted them around - cute but slightly creepy plush dolls with cheeky grins and pointy teeth. They're called Labubu dolls, and they've gone from quirky collectibles to must-have accessories thanks to fashion influencers and celebrities jumping on the bandwagon. So in this Squiz Shortcut, we'll explain what on earth a Labubu is and how these little monsters became such big business... Sponsored - Head online and ...
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Thursday, 25 September: A state of emergency at Optus, The super typhoon moves over China; Jimmy Kimmel returns, and an early Oscar front-runner... SPONSORED: Head online and search for '⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bankwest Virtual Card⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠' to find out the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠T&Cs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Here the Smart Traveller advice for China You can get ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The...
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Wednesday, 24 September: Albanese locks in a Trump meeting; A super typhoon threatens Asia, Jimmy Kimmel is back; And so is Fat Bear Week... SPONSORED: Head online and search for '⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bankwest Virtual Card⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠' to find out the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠T&Cs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. You can read more about next year's Artemis II mission to the moon here. And get up to speed on our favourite Squiz comp - Fat Bear Week - here. And here's the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠link to our ...
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Leaders from around the world are in New York for ‘High-level Week’ at the 80th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. Our PM Anthony Albanese is there, and he’s got a lot on his agenda. He’s also facing pressure to lock in a meeting with US President Donald Trump and get relations back on track with our key ally... So in this Squiz Shortcut, we’ll take you through the role of the UN, what’s happening in High-level We...
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Tuesday, 23 September: Optus is under fire over outages; Estonia raises the alarm over Russia, Rowell wins the Brownlow, And a river cleanup works wonders... SPONSORED: Head online and search for '⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bankwest Virtual Card⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠' to find out the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠T&Cs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Here's the link to the article about Chicago's river clean-up (and one about Chonkosaurus, because we know you want to know more about him...). Here's that surprise B...
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Monday, 22 September: Waiting on a big Australia-US meeting; Optus is in hot water; A golden night for Aussies in Tokyo; And some surprising science... Here's the story about the Ig Nobel Prizes. And here's the ⁠⁠⁠⁠link to our Airbnb survey⁠⁠⁠⁠ - we appreciate your help! SPONSORED: Head online and search for '⁠⁠⁠Bankwest Virtual Card⁠⁠⁠' to find out the ⁠⁠⁠T&Cs⁠⁠⁠. You can get ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...
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Each Saturday, we wrap up the news of the week with the (imaginatively named) Weekly Wrap podcast on our News Club show. We’re putting the main story here because we want to ensure our Squiz Today audience is across what we’re talking about. There was a lot of climate policy news to get across this week, first with the release of the National Climate Risk Assessment, and then the government setting a 2035 emissions reduction target...
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Friday, 19 September: Australia's new emissions target is set; A US talk show is pulled off air; King Charles backs AUKUS; And some Friday fish cakes... SPONSORED: Head online and search for '⁠⁠Bankwest Virtual Card⁠⁠' to find out the ⁠⁠T&Cs⁠⁠. Here's the story about Marilyn Hagerty, and, of course, her famous Olive Garden review. For a recipe, we'll point you to Larissa's favourite Old School Fish Cakes. Speaking of eating...
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The world’s tallest bridge, Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge, is about to open in China but it’s not in a place you’d expect… Instead of linking parts of a city, the bridge spans a gorge in one of the country’s most remote, poor areas - and it’s both a feat of engineering and a symbol of China’s economic progress. So in this Squiz Shortcut, we’ll get you across what it took to build such an immense construction and what it means for Ch...
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Thursday, 18 September: Another delayed deal in the Pacific; Trump gets the royal treatment; The NBL gets underway, And Robert Redford's online legacy... SPONSORED: Tune in to Mumbition’s Start Your Business Boot Camp series—your go-to guide for turning ideas into action and ambition into impact.mumsandco.com.au/podcasts SPONSORED: Head online and search for '⁠Bankwest Virtual Card⁠' to find out the ⁠T&Cs⁠. Here's that GIF w...
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