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Squiz Today
A daily news podcast presented by Andrew Williams, Anna Pykett and Larissa Huntington, 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 some balance to the news of the day. News for busy people, out 6am weekday, perfect…
Episodes
Squiz TodayTuesday, 24 March - Centrelink struggles to cope with Australians needing income support; Parliament shuts down until August; Australia pulls out of the 2020 Olympics; and keeping primary school kids entertained...
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Squiz TodayMonday, 23 March - Australia shuts down non-essential services; Another economic stimulus package is announced; Vale Kenny Rogers; and a dancing zookeeper...
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Squiz TodayFriday, 20 March - Australia is closing its borders; Italy records more Coronavirus deaths than China; New Zealand decriminalises abortion; and a few easy baking recipes...
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Squiz TodayThursday, 19 March - A human biosecurity emergency is declared in Australia; China kicks out US journalists; Apple patents new privacy tech; and a Three Minute Squiz with Skye Manson...
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Squiz TodayWednesday, 18 March - Australians travelling overseas are told to come home; The US to start moving troops from bases in Iraq; Uber's lost and found index; and the winner of the Razzies...
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Squiz TodayTuesday, 17 March - The latest on Coronavirus and the Australian economy; Western Australia, the ACT and Victoria declare states of emergency; Israel edges closer to forming a government; and how the rich go shopping in a pandemic...
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Squiz TodayMonday, 16 March - The latest on Coronavirus containment measures here in Australia; France and Spain also go into lockdown; Major sporting events will be postponed; And Italians come together...
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Squiz TodayFriday, 13 March - The United States' Covid-19 containment plan; Updates on the legal cases of George Pell, Jaymes Todd and Kathryn Folbigg; One year on from the Christchurch mosque attack; and pie for Pi Day...
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Squiz TodayThursday, 12 March - The Coronavirus is declared a pandemic; Harvey Weinstein is sentenced for sexual assault; Vladimir Putin locks in his Presidency; and money and happiness...
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Squiz TodayWednesday, 11 March - Australia faces a looming recession; Italy is in lockdown to contain Covid-19; Harry and Meghan's final royal event; and the independent female komodo dragon...
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Squiz TodayTuesday, 10 March - The Australian stockmarket records a historic fall; The MH17 trial begins in the Netherlands; Facebook's privacy breaches; And a skywhale papa...
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Squiz TodayMonday, 9 March - Northern Italy is in lockdown; The release of director Woody Allen's memoir is cancelled; Turning water into wine; and The Squiz turns three...
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Squiz TodayFriday, 6 March - Australia extends the Covid-19 travel ban to South Korea; Rainfall for regional Australia; The Aussies are through to the T20 World Cup Final, and the six and last degrees of Kevin Bacon...
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Squiz TodayThursday, 5 March - Joe Biden is the front-runner for the Democrats; 29 years of economic growth in Australia; The Democratic Republic of Congo's last Ebola patient; and who doesn't love a llama?
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Squiz TodayWednesday, 4 March - The RBA cuts rates in response to Covid-19; It's Super Tuesday in the 2020 US Presidential race; Newswire AAP is closing down; And birthday Q&As...
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Squiz TodayTuesday, 3 March - The spread of Covid-19 steps up; Turkey and Syria are effectively at war; The Aussies are through to the ICC T20 World Cup semi-final, and vale Jack Welsh...
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Squiz TodayMonday, 2 March - Australia's first Covid-19 fatality; Joe Biden makes a comeback in the Democratic election race; Chinese swimmer Sun Yang is banned from competing; and the epitome of power suits...
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Squiz TodayFriday, February 28 - The beginning of the end of the war in Afghanistan; Travel ban extended as Covid-19 spreads; Canada says no to Sussex security bill; And Friday Lites...
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Squiz TodayThursday, 27 February - Covid-19 now in 30 countries and spreading fast; Planning for more natural disasters; Disney's CEO steps down; And Whitney as a hologram...
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Squiz TodayWednesday, 26 February - The expected impact of Covid-19 on the Australian economy; Energy company pulls out of mining the Great Australian Bite; Reactions to Harvey Weinstein's conviction ; And vale Katherine Johnson
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Squiz TodayTuesday, 25 February - The coroner's report into the Dreamworld disaster is released; Harvey Weinstein found guilty; Australia's carbon emissions fall slightly; And what a planker...
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Squiz TodayMonday, 24 February - A coronavirus update; Harry and Meghan will rebrand Sussex Royal; Senator Bernie Sanders wins Nevada primary; And vale June Dally-Watkins...
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Squiz TodayFriday, 21 February - A Royal Commission into this summer's bushfires; Tragedy as a Sydney to Melbourne train derails; Meghan and Harry's exit date; and stench soup.
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Squiz TodayThursday, 20 February - The headmaster of Melbourne's St Kevin's College resigns; Tragedy in Brisbane; The jury is out in the Harvey Weinstein trial; and Canberr's busy bees...
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Squiz TodayWednesday, 19 February - Climate change back on the agenda; Evidence of China's persecution of Uyghurs; Coles underpays its staff; and tech lessons from the Amish...
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Squiz TodayTuesday, 18 February - Iconic car manufacturer Holden bows out; The Diamond Princess cruise ship evacuation plan goes ahead; The ABC loses police raid case; and a very special dress...
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Squiz TodayMonday, 17 February - Australians on the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship; Lawyers involved in Celeste Barber's Facebook fundraiser; Mark Zuckerberg calls for government regulation; And a naked festival...
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Squiz TodayFriday, 14 February - Travel ban extended due to Covid-19; Chris Dawson to stand trial over his wife's murder; Food waste and wealth; and KFC crocs...
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Squiz TodayThursday, 13 February - Addressing Indigenous disadvantage; Trouble for the Nats; Wild weather; And Best In Show...
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Squiz TodayWednesday, 12 February - Turkey and Syria could soon be at war; Indigenous Australians and immigration laws; Netball Australia to get a new coach; and a Royal tour...
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Squiz TodayTuesday, 11 February - Party politics at play; The fires are nearly out in NSW; The Opals qualify for Tokyo; And the Oscars...
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Squiz TodayMonday, 10 February - Second plane of Australian evacuees lands from Wuhan; Mass shooting in Thailand; Torrential wet weather; and Harry and Meghan get to work.
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Squiz TodayFriday, 7 February: Ireland heads to the polls; Chinese media and the Coronavirus; The AFL Womens season kicks off; and smooth dance moves......
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Squiz TodayThursday, 6 February - Politics heats up in the US; Coronavirus update; Action on Defence personnel and veterans' wellbeing; and Hot Rob...
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Squiz TodayWednesday, 5 February - Michael McCormack holds onto the Nationals' leadership; Greta Thunberg nominated for a Nobel Prize; Drought-breaking rain; and new emojis...
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Squiz TodayTuesday, 4 February - Barnaby Joyce to challenge for the leadership of the National Party; An update on the coronavirus evacuations; Sunday's terror attack in London; and the MVPs of the super bowl
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Squiz TodayMonday, 3 February - More measures in place to contain coronavirus; Bridget McKenzie's resignation; A breakthrough for those with peanut allergies; And the Aussie Open results.
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Squiz TodayFriday, 31 January - The commencement of Brexit; Coronavirus and the World Health Org; It's hot; And Dinosaurs in Love
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Squiz TodayThursday, 30 January - Evacuating Aussies and finding a fix for coronavrius; More details on the chopper crash that killed Kobe Bryant; Talking inflation; And find us in Your Daily Drive.
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Squiz TodayWednesday, 29 January - The coronavirus crisis continues; NZ's long election campaign; Prince Andrew's lack of cooperation; And go Ash.
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Squiz TodaySQUIZ KIDS POP UP: Wednesday, 29 January - Schools on coronavirus alert; Why watching TV is good for you; Ash Barty into the semis; Facebook lifts its game.
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Squiz TodayTuesday, 28 January - Remembering Kobe Bryant; Containing the spread of coronavirus; Australia Day winners; And our famous pedestrian crossing.
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Squiz TodayFriday, 24 January - Three US aerial firefighers killed; Officials puts the city of Wuhan on lockdown over Coronavirus fears; Australia Day; and Paris Hilton in the kitchen
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Squiz TodayThursday, 23 January - Kaufland exits Australia; The coronavrius death toll rises; The Monty Python team loses one of its own; And equality in country music..
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Squiz TodaySQUIZ SHORTCUTS POP UP: Your shortcut to... Harry and Meghan's 'new arrangement'
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Squiz TodayWednesday, 22 January - Concerns about 'coronavirus'; Hefty insurance claims; The impacts to global economic growth; And try to say Harry without 'R'
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Squiz TodayTuesday, 21 January - Jetting into Davos; Changes to the NDIS; China set to phase out plastic bags; And Tasmania's skater boy.
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Squiz TodayMonday, 20 January - Harry and Meghan's new arrangement takes shape; The cost to tourism of bushfires; Untangling cords; And it's Aussie Open time.
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Squiz TodayFriday, 17 January - Welcome rainfall could come with consequences; The US and China make headway on a trade deal; Building resilience; And Friday Lites
"I've seen fire and I've seen rain" Three Minute Squiz with Bryce Corbett - host of Squiz Kids. Subscribe to Squiz Kids, our news podcast for kids -…
Squiz TodayThursday, 16 January - Trumps impeachment; Putin's manoeuvring; Jeans West heads to voluntary administration; And the ups and down of life.
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Squiz TodayWednesday, 15 January - Tasmania's Premier steps down; Melbourne's air quality; A duo of survival stores; And introducing Squiz Kids
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Squiz TodayTRAILER: Squiz Kids
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Squiz TodayTuesday, 14 January - The Queen's statement; White Island death toll rises; An 'extraordinary' hit to our koala population; And Oscars nominations.
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Squiz TodayMonday, 13 January - Scott Morrison's bushfire royal commission proposal; Iran fesses up to shooting a passenger plane; The Royal's big meeting; And romance taken to the next level.
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Squiz TodayFriday, 10 January - Harry and Meghan quit being 'senior royals'; New information on the Ukrainian plane crash in Iran; The record breaking weather of 2019; And the secret to a longer life.
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Squiz TodayThursday, 9 January - Iran's retaliation and Trump's response; Talking hazard reduction; A big royal announcement; And check out those dance moves.
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Squiz TodayWednesday, 8 January - Counting the bushfire cost; A stampede at the burial of Qasem Soleimani; The case for running a marathon; And Squizzing in the shower.
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Squiz TodayTuesday, 7 January - Iran, Iraq and Trump; $2 billion to fund for bushfire recovery; A great escape in Japan; And the Golden Globes.
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Squiz TodayMonday, 6 January - Australia's bushfire disaster; Escalating tensions between the US and Iran; The trial against Harvey Weinstein; And a love story.
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Squiz TodayFriday, 20 December - The impeachment of Donald Trump; Fires and hot weather; Critics get catty about Cats; And a big Squiz thank you from us.
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