The Quicky

HEADLINES:

• Man has been charged with murder after baby dies

• Open AI appears before a parliamentary committee

• Landmark ruling in the High Court

• Christa Pike awake and speaking

• Rowan Atkinson makes his West End return

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Host: Tamsin Rose
Audio Producer: Scott Stronach
Producer: Ella Maitland
Head of Show: Tamsin Rose

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HEADLINES:

• Coalition unveils migration policy overhaul
• AI giant Anthropic appears before government committee
• Jewish Australians mark the third anniversary of October 7
• US President Donald Trump approves firing squad execution
• David Bowie's 80th birthday celebrated

Plus, why does your weekly shop suddenly cost more? New research shows grocery prices have climbed at every major supermarket in just three months. We look at why, and the simple tricks that can help you pay less.

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Host: Tamsin Rose
Audio Producer: Scott Stronach
Producer: Ella Maitland
Head of Show: Tamsin Rose

Check out The Quicky Instagram here and our TikTok here

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Did you know some of our shows are now in video on the Apple Podcast app? Make sure your phone is up to date and check it out here!

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HEADLINES:

• ADF member dies during a training exercise 
• Comedian Judith Lucy reveals health diagnosis 

• $7.3 million promised for renewable energy in the Pacific 

• Nobel Prize awarded to scientists using light to help understand the brain

• Stingrays feared to have disappeared have returned 

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CREDITS
Hosts: Charlotte Mortlock and Tamsin Rose
Audio Producer: Scott Stronach
Producer: Ella Maitland
Head of Show: Tamsin Rose

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HEADLINES:

• Former Bachelor star Sam Wood will be back in court on Thursday
• One Nation has a new office in Brisbane
• Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is the police to court
• Japan considers new security agency 
• Incredibly rare gum tree cloned

If you or anyone you know needs to speak with an expert, please contact 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) — the National Sexual Assault, domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service.

Plus, who's really behind the political content in your feed? Some of it could be coming from foreign bot farms, built to influence and steer narratives online. Charlotte Mortlock speaks to an expert about how big the problem is in Australia.

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CREDITS
Hosts: Charlotte Mortlock and Tamsin Rose
Audio Producer: Scott Stronach
Producer: Ella Maitland
Head of Show: Tamsin Rose

Check out The Quicky Instagram here and our TikTok here

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Did you know some of our shows are now in video on the Apple Podcast app? Make sure your phone is up to date and check it out here!

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HEADLINES:

• Ex-Bachelor star Sam Wood charged with domestic violence offences
• Cornell's president promises review of campus fraternities and sororities
• Legal cigarette sales in Queensland rise after black market crackdown
• OpenAI boss says society should accept some harms in exchange for AI's benefits
• Friends cast reportedly decline to take part in Matthew Perry docuseries

If you or anyone you know needs to speak with an expert, please contact 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) — the National Sexual Assault, domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service.

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CREDITS
Host: Tamsin Rose
Audio Producer: Scott Stronach
Producer: Ella Maitland
Head of Show: Tamsin Rose

Check out The Quicky Instagram here and our TikTok here

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Did you know some of our shows are now in video on the Apple Podcast app? Make sure your phone is up to date and check it out here!

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HEADLINES:

• A driver alleged to have driven a car into a crowd of football fans is behind bads
• Investigators are looking into possible Australian links to FlyDubai co-pilot
• Nearly half of British voters now support the UK rejoining the European Union
• Australian scientists want to turn synthetic honeybee silk into wound dressings
• Delta Goodrem has been called "a force to be reckoned with"

Plus, Stacey Hicks from Parenting Out Loud joins Charlotte Mortlock to unpack the viral story about mums swapping wine for cocaine and the dangers that come with it. They also dive into the Substack post asking: are men weaponising the toilet to escape the household?

• The cocaine mums of suburban Australia.
• The Viral Video We All Got Wrong & Is 'Weaponised Pooing' Really A Thing?

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CREDITS
Hosts: Charlotte Mortlock and Tamsin Rose
Audio Producer: Scott Stronach
Producer: Ella Maitland
Head of Show: Tamsin Rose

Check out The Quicky Instagram here and our TikTok here

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Did you know some of our shows are now in video on the Apple Podcast app? Make sure your phone is up to date and check it out here!

Mamamia acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which we have recorded this podcast.

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HEADLINES:

• Israel's PM says the co-pilot had undergone radical indoctrination

• eSafety finds popular games aren't doing enough to protect kids 

• Isaac Heeney wins the Swans' best and fairest despite being suspended for finals
• Looted ancient treasures are going home to Greece
• Daylight saving starts this weekend

Plus, the Weekly Debrief: two weeks into the trial of Beau Lamarre-Condon, accused of murdering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies. We go through some of what the jury has heard so far. And in Tennessee, Christa Pike was injected twice but didn't die. Now her execution is on hold, and her lawyers say it amounted to torture.

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CREDITS
Host: Tamsin Rose
Audio Producer: Scott Stronach
Producer: Ella Maitland
Head of Show: Tamsin Rose

Check out The Quicky Instagram here and our TikTok here

Discover more Mamamia podcasts here

Did you know some of our shows are now in video on the Apple Podcast app? Make sure your phone is up to date and check it out here!

Mamamia acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which we have recorded this podcast.

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HEADLINES:

• Australia's housing downturn is on track to be the deepest in 40 years
• Jake and Callum Robinson's mum makes a plea in Mexican court 
• British police call for manslaughter charges over the Grenfell Tower fire
• Tennessee has halted executions for the rest of 2026 after failing to put a woman to death
• One of Australia's rarest birds has a new safe haven on King Island

Plus, 70 per cent of Australians say they want to die at home, but few of us know what that really means. Dr Kerrie Noonan explains how to get ready for the end of life, and how to start the conversation.

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CREDITS
Host: Tamsin Rose
Audio Producer: Scott Stronach
Producer: Ella Maitland
Head of Show: Tamsin Rose

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HEADLINES:

• A co-pilot allegedly stabbed the pilot and tried to crash a Dubai–Tel Aviv flight
• A national scorecard finds where you live could be costing you on energy bills
• The first phase of moving tens of thousands of kids off the NDIS has begun
• Hundreds arrested as French school protests escalate
• Harry and Meghan slam paparazzi

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CREDITS
Host: Tamsin Rose
Audio Producer: Scott Stronach
Producer: Ella Maitland
Head of Show: Tamsin Rose

Check out The Quicky Instagram here and our TikTok here

Discover more Mamamia podcasts here

Did you know some of our shows are now in video on the Apple Podcast app? Make sure your phone is up to date and check it out here!

Mamamia acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which we have recorded this podcast.

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HEADLINES:

• Electric car sales have more than doubled as Aussies look to dodge soaring fuel costs
• The largest coal mine expansion in NSW history has been approved
• UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham says Britain should consider rejoining the EU
• Six babies have died after contracting syphilis in the womb
• A tiny Chihuahua has joined Mexico's National Guard

Plus, dual-working families need to find 814 hours a year to cover the gap between school hours, school holidays and work. UNSW gender equality hub co-director Rosalind Dixon explains why the system no longer fits, and the bold ideas that could fix it.

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• Get access to Very Peri, Mamamia's exclusive perimenopause series, for just $59. 25 world-leading experts, over 20 on-demand sessions, available now. We’ve sorted through the noise so you don't have to. Go to veryperi.com.au today. You hot? Same.

CREDITS
Hosts: Charlotte Mortlock and Tamsin Rose
Audio Producer: Scott Stronach
Producer: Ella Maitland
Head of Show: Tamsin Rose

Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribe

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