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After nearly 10 years, you can now become a supporter of The Squiz. Kate Watson explains why we’ve changed our tune, and why our content will always stay free. Back agenda-free, independent Australian news here.
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3 min - Interest rates in the spotlight, and you can now support The Squiz
Wednesday 4 November: Interest rates have gone up again, a NASA telescope is falling towards Earth, this year's Shonky Awards are out, and you can now support The Squiz
SPONSORED: Stockland, helping give you an understanding of the property market.
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Here's our Shortcut on the US midterm elections
And here's that Melbourne Cup gallery we mentioned
Hosted by Anna Pykett and Andrew Williams
Researched by Andrew Williams, Anna Pykett, Larissa Huntington, Jonathan Liondis and Sophie Felice
Get The Squiz Today newsletter in your inbox each weekday morning (links to today’s stories, plus a dose of quirky news).
Other things we do:
Squiz Shortcuts - the backstory to the big news stories.
Squiz Kids - a news podcast for curious kids. Age-appropriate news without the nasties!
Newshounds, by Squiz Kids - a free media literacy program designed to teach primary-school students how to recognise misinformation and disinformation when they come across it.
Check out News Club - the place for conversations about the news.
Sign up for the Saturday Squiz newsletter here - it's the news, weekend style.
14 min - Squiz Shortcuts: How does human composting work?
Up until recently, people in Australia had 2 options for what could happen to their remains after they died - either burial or cremation. But now there’s a third choice, after NSW became the first Australian jurisdiction to pass human composting laws last month. It means people in the state may soon be able to have their remains transformed into compost-like material, so in this Squiz Shortcut we’ll look at how it works, why this is happening and whether it’s likely to become more common in other states and territories.
Squiz Recommends:
Perusing: This visual piece by Bevan Shields from the Sydney Morning Herald on how human composting works. It’s one of those cool interactive online pieces with some super helpful graphics.
Watching: A TED talk from Katrina Spade - she started the world’s first human composting company in the US.
Reading: A University of Melbourne piece that looks at some of the other alternatives to burial and cremation.
Sponsored: Stockland, helping give you an understanding of the property market.
Hosted by Andrew Williams and Anna Pykett
Researched by Anna Pykett
Got a suggestion for a Squiz Shortcut topic? We'd love to hear it - email us at [email protected]
Squiz Shortcuts is your back story to the big news stories… Want the email version? Check it out here.
15 min - The US midterms are on, Antonelli makes history and birds get jetlagged too
Tuesday, 3 November: We'll get you across the US midterm elections, bets are on for another RBA rate rise, Kimi Antonelli makes F1 history and the seabirds struggling with jetlag...
SPONSORED: Stockland, helping give you an understanding of the property market.
Hosted by Anna Pykett and Andrew Williams
Researched by Andrew Williams, Anna Pykett, Larissa Huntington and Sophie Felice
Get The Squiz Today newsletter in your inbox each weekday morning (links to today’s stories, plus a dose of quirky news).
Other things we do:
Squiz Kids - a news podcast for curious kids. Age-appropriate news without the nasties!
Newshounds, by Squiz Kids - a free media literacy program designed to teach primary-school students how to recognise misinformation and disinformation when they come across it.
Check out News Club - the place for conversations about the news.
Sign up for the Saturday Squiz newsletter here - it's the news, weekend style.
13 min - History's largest crypto theft, Trump's lawsuit loss, and Tassie's ferry excited
Monday 2 November: The biggest crypto hack in history, PM Albanese heads to the Caribbean, soul-searching for the Oz cricket team and getting into the Spirit of Tasmania....
SPONSORED: Stockland, helping give you an understanding of the property market.
If you'd like to sign up to our new Sunday Note newsletter, you can do that here
And here's our Shortcut on the US midterm elections
Hosted by Anna Pykett and Andrew Williams
Researched by Andrew Williams, Anna Pykett, Larissa Huntington and Sophie Felice
Get The Squiz Today newsletter in your inbox each weekday morning (links to today’s stories, plus a dose of quirky news).
Other things we do:
Squiz Kids - a news podcast for curious kids. Age-appropriate news without the nasties!
Newshounds, by Squiz Kids - a free media literacy program designed to teach primary-school students how to recognise misinformation and disinformation when they come across it.
Check out News Club - the place for conversations about the news.
Sign up for the Saturday Squiz newsletter here - it's the news, weekend style.
14 min - A mushroom murder appeal decision and some scrummy scones...
Friday 30 October: An appeal decision in the mushroom murders, a political staffing spat, the Brewers win the baseball and some scrummy scones...
SPONSORED: Stockland, helping give you an understanding of the property market.
SPONSORED: Discover more with BHP
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Here's the livestream of the mushroom case appeal
Here’s the recipe for date and orange scones
And here's the link to Carrie and the Carrie soundtrack
Hosted by Larissa Huntington and Anna Pykett
Researched by Anna Pykett, Larissa Huntington and Sophie Felice
Get The Squiz Today newsletter in your inbox each weekday morning (links to today’s stories, plus a dose of quirky news).
Other things we do:
Squiz Kids - a news podcast for curious kids. Age-appropriate news without the nasties!
Newshounds, by Squiz Kids - a free media literacy program designed to teach primary-school students how to recognise misinformation and disinformation when they come across it.
Check out News Club - the place for conversations about the news.
Sign up for the Saturday Squiz newsletter here - it's the news, weekend style.
14 min - Squiz Shortcuts: What’s going on with Snowy Hydro 2.0?
The federal government’s biggest renewable energy project, Snowy Hydro 2.0, has been back in the news lately due to a massive cost blowout. It’s now set to come online in 2029 - 8 years later than planned - so in this Squiz Shortcut we thought we’d get you across the Snowy Hydro Scheme, how Snowy Hydro 2.0 fits into the government’s energy plans and why it’s become so costly.
Squiz Recommends:
Watching: This Four Corners story drills into some of the challenges faced by Snowy Hydro 2.0
Reading: What Snowy Hydro CEO Dennis Barnes had to say about the cost blowout at a recent Senate estimates hearing.
Stockland helping give you an understanding of the property market.SPONSORED - Discover more with BHP.
Hosted by Andrew Williams and Larissa Huntington
Researched by Larissa Huntington
Got a suggestion for a Squiz Shortcut topic? We'd love to hear it - email us at [email protected]
Squiz Shortcuts is your back story to the big news stories… Want the email version? Sign up for the free Shortcuts newsletter here.
18 min - Inflation ticks up, a train crash in Spain, and a lot of eels...
Thursday 29 October: Inflation is on the rise again, a high-speed train crash in Spain, a new TV series about the mushroom murders, and the spot where eels have a really good time...
SPONSORED: Stockland, helping give you an understanding of the property market.
SPONSORED: Discover more with BHP
Hosted by Andrew Williams and Larissa Huntington
Researched by Andrew Williams, Larissa Huntington, Jonathan Liondis and Sophie Felice
Get The Squiz Today newsletter in your inbox each weekday morning (links to today’s stories, plus a dose of quirky news).
Other things we do:
Squiz Kids - a news podcast for curious kids. Age-appropriate news without the nasties!
Newshounds, by Squiz Kids - a free media literacy program designed to teach primary-school students how to recognise misinformation and disinformation when they come across it.
Check out News Club - the place for conversations about the news.
Sign up for the Saturday Squiz newsletter here - it's the news, weekend style.
17 min - Elections everywhere, new sunscreen rules, and Meghan's hosting Masterchef
Wednesday 28 October: An election turnaround in Brazil, new sunscreen rules could be on the way, its judgment day for Star Casino, and Meghan Markle is back on Masterchef
SPONSORED: Stockland, helping give you an understanding of the property market.
SPONSORED: Discover more with BHP
If you want to have a crack at the Tassie Devils club song, have at it...
Hosted by Andrew Williams and Jonathan Liondis
Researched by Andrew Williams, Anna Pykett, Jonathan Liondis, Larissa Huntington and Sophie Felice
Get The Squiz Today newsletter in your inbox each weekday morning (links to today’s stories, plus a dose of quirky news).
Other things we do:
Squiz Kids - a news podcast for curious kids. Age-appropriate news without the nasties!
Newshounds, by Squiz Kids - a free media literacy program designed to teach primary-school students how to recognise misinformation and disinformation when they come across it.
Check out News Club - the place for conversations about the news.
Sign up for the Saturday Squiz newsletter here - it's the news, weekend style.
14 min - Squiz Shortcuts: Who’s going to lead New Zealand?
Over in New Zealand, voting is already underway for the country’s next election, which is set for 7 November. And it could be a close one - New Zealand’s public broadcaster says it’s the most unpredictable election since it changed its voting system in 1996. So in this Squiz Shortcut, we’ll take a look at how New Zealand’s elections work compared with ours, who’s in the running and what it all means for Australia.
Squiz Recommends:
Perusing: RNZ’s Election Policy Guide for the 2026 New Zealand election, which groups each party’s policies by issue so you can keep track of who’s promising what.
Reading: This ABC article on why the Australia Labor Party doesn’t have a u in the spelling, which is more long-winded than you might expect.
Stockland helping give you an understanding of the property market.SPONSORED - Discover more with BHP.
Hosted by Andrew Williams and Anna Pykett
Researched by Andrew Williams
Got a suggestion for a Squiz Shortcut topic? We'd love to hear it - email us at [email protected]
Squiz Shortcuts is your back story to the big news stories… Want the email version? Sign up for the free Shortcuts newsletter here.
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About Squiz Today
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A daily news podcast presented by Andrew Williams, Anna Pykett Larissa Huntington and Jono Liondis, 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 for your morning routine.
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