The Quicky
Do you find the news cycle overwhelming? Depressing? Confusing? Boring? Endless? Then you need The Quicky. Mamamia's daily podcast that gets you up to speed on the top stories, then deep dives on one topic you want to know more about. It's the easiest and most enjoyable way to get across the news every day.
Episodes
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- Government officials are monitoring the location of the final "ISIS bride" who has not returned to Australia, but the prospect of arrest on arrival might deter her from boarding a flight back
- Australian officials are making "urgent inquiries" after an explosive fire at a popular pub in Thailand's capital of Bangkok killed 27 people
- Handwritten passenger arrival cards will be replaced by a digital option at al...
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Teen charged with murder after Layla Jeffery's remains found
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One Nation faces scrutiny over failure to cost key election promises
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YouTuber charged after filming Dezi Freeman's secret hideout
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Rosie O'Donnell says she walked away from $100 million TV deal
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- Telstra boss Vicki Brady has apologised to customers, admitting the telco let them down during a widespread network outage
- Angus Taylor has ruled out forming a Coalition with One Nation, shrugging off Pauline Hanson's calls for conservatives to work together to defeat Labor
- Outspoken media figure and former senator Derryn Hinch has died, aged 82, after a long struggle with his health
- Australia has recorded it...
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- Welsh pop singer Bonnie Tyler, who was known for 1980s power ballads such as Total Eclipse of the Heart and Holding Out for a Hero, has died at age 75.
- Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has pledged two days of free public transport after a nationwide Telstra outage brought the state's regional rail network to a standstill.
- A junior doctor who secretly filmed staff in hospital toilets has pleaded guilty ...
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- An elderly South Australian has reportedly died after Telstra’s outage issue prevented hundreds of triple zero calls
- Actor Justin Baldoni and his wife have spoken for the first time since he was sued by his co-star Blake Lively in 2023
- Trump announces ceasefire agreement with Iran ‘over’ as US military launches fresh strikes
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- Anthony Albanese is set to meet with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Australia
- Australia is falling further behind its housing supply target
- A jail sentence has been cut for a mum who stabbed her son 29 times
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- Telstra has restored about 90 per cent of its services and apologised after a widespread national outage disrupted triple-zero calls
- Prince Harry has described a British court ruling as a "whitewash" after losing his privacy lawsuit
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- A second suspected bird flu case has been detected in South Australia
- TikTok deployed crisis teams to prevent footage of the Bondi terror attack spreading on its platform within an hour of the massacre
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- China's test firing of a missile into the Pacific has drawn criticism from Australia
- AI is now involved in more than one in four cases of image-based child sexual abuse, according to new research
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- China has told Pacific countries that it plans to test-fire a long-range ballistic missile with a fake warhead into the Pacific Ocean
- Australia and Fiji signed a mutual defence alliance
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- Anthony Albanese apologises for Kylie Minogue comment on podcast
- Woman found murdered in Melbourne backyard
- Police are investigating cannibalism in four year old boy’s NSW death
- Taylor Swift’s former body guard died on her wedding day
- Melissa George welcomes her fourth baby aged 49
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- Labor under pressure as new figures claim power bills have cost Aussies billions more than promised
- Authorities urge calm as Australia's sixth case of bird flu is confirmed
- Trump uses America's 250th birthday to renew calls for tougher voting laws
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- Anthony Albanese defends Labor's proposed gambling advertising laws
- British authorities uncover international online network of organised drug-facilitated sexual assaults
- Researchers unlock breakthrough that could transform MND from an acute terminal illness into a manageable chronic condition
- A cast member from Married At...
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- Nationwide gun buyback plan stalls as several states refuse to sign on
- New study finds many adults with obesity now have heart health markers similar to healthy-weight peers
- After 134 years, Betts will close more than half its Australian stores
- Jennifer Aniston gives fans a rare look at her relationship in loved-up Instagram photos
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- Housing costs crisis needs 'decades' of falling prices
- Melbourne man allegedly abducted teen girl to marry her
- Karl Stefanovic opens up to Piers Morgan about his recent firing
- A sperm and egg bank is being established to make sure koalas don’t go extinct
- Content creator Nar...
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Karl Stefanovic will no longer host The Long Weekend with Eddie McGuire
- An online hate speech expert has accused billionaire Elon Musk of fueling global antisemitism
- At just 12 years old, Dusty Langy is tackling a massive 540km trek to Canberra to ask Anthony Albanese for better healthcare for country kids
- Serena Williams is facing backlash after skipping her post-match press conference
- Blake Liv...
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- Grim new details have emerged in the alleged suitcase murder in Thailand
- Aussie property prices have slumped with home values recording their biggest monthly drop in more than three years
- The FBI has determined that kidnapping notes relating to missing mum Nancy Guthrie are fake
- A global search is underway for a missing Australi...
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- Two men charged after allegedly hacking into Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s bank account
- School students gain access to lessons on combating anti-Semitism and discrimination
- Donald Trump fails to have a sexual abuse ruling against him reviewed by the Supreme Court
- Aussie being trained to spot AI deepfakes
- Emma Thompson feels "strange" talking about her role in the Harry Potter movies
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- Motorists urged to fill up before Wednesday, with petrol prices expected to rise as the government's fuel excise relief is wound back
- Senior Liberals reject a call from within the party to rebrand
- Amazon's Prime customers left with no choice but to pay more if they wanted to avoid ads under allegedly unfair contract terms, according to a lawsuit <...
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- Bruce Lehrmann denied Higgins footage from #MeToo documentary
- Family grieving the loss of a ''beautiful young mother'' from alleged domestic violence shooting
- The WHO says the hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship is nearing its end
- Teyana Taylor honoured with Icon of the Year Award at the Black Entertainment Television awards
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