Over the weekend news of the death of Alexei Navalny, Russia's top opposition leader and President Vladimir Putin's greatest enemy, made headlines all around the world.  

Who was Alexei Navalny? Why are world leaders blaming Putin for his death? And will this have any impact on the upcoming Russian election? 

In this episode of The Quicky, we take a look at the life and death of Putin's greatest enemy; from poisoning to protests and his time in prison. 

If you'd like to hear more about how Russia uses poison against its enemies, click here.

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William Partlett - Associate Professor at Melbourne Law School. He writes and teaches in the field of public law and is an expert in Russian and East European studies. 

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The Quicky evening news update for Today, Friday February 16th 2024.

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Over 90% of Australians have a smart phone. And more often than not, they seem to be stuck to our hot little hands, meaning we can be contacted by anyone at anytime, including by our bosses outside of working hours. But that's all about to change. 

A new law has passed that gives employees a "right to disconnect" from work, ignoring emails and calls outside of work hours. 

In this episode of The Quicky, we look at what it actually looks like and what implications it might have on us when we decide to hit ignore on the bosses calls or leave them on read. 

To read Chris's piece Smartphones mean we’re always available to our bosses. ‘Right to disconnect’ laws are a necessary fix click here.

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Chris Wright - Associate Professor of Work and Organisational Studies, University of Sydney. 

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The Quicky evening news update for Today, Thursday February 15th 2024.

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Host: Isabella Ross

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11 Days Ago, Ballarat woman Samantha Murphy went out for a jog and never came home. 

There's been CCTV footage looked at, extensive search parties through local bushland and endless pleas for any information and yesterday police ruled the disappearance as suspicious. 

In this episode, we speak with a local Ballarat woman who shares many of the same running routes as Samantha about how the community is feeling, and how the women are banding together to watch each other's backs. 

To read Shona's article click here.

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Shona Henley - Freelance Journalist lives in the area 

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The Quicky evening news update for Today, Wednesday February 13th 2024.

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The 'Enhanced Games' are coming. An sporting event that allows, actually encourages the athletes to use performance enhancing drugs. Why? To see exactly what the human body, improved through science, is capable of.

But what are the risks? What are the rewards? 

In this episode of The Quicky we speak to former Olympian and world record holder, Libby Trickett, about how she and the sporting world feels about the enhanced games. 

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Libby Trickett - Three-time Olympic gold medalist and world record holder. Co-host of All That Glitters and Play On podcast, and Mamamia's This Glorious Mess. 

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The Quicky evening news update for Today, February 12th 2024.

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Have you been on TikTok lately and noticed a lot of videos are now silent? That's because Universal Music Group, or UMG, have decided to remove the music they own from the video sharing platform. 

In this episode of The Quicky, we speak to an expert who can tell us why this is happening, as well as Aussie artist Amy Sheppard from the band Sheppard (yes the guys who sang Geronimo!) about how this move will affect her and other artists who rely on the social media exposure to get the support from their record labels.  

Check out Amy's new song Small Town Rumours here.

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Host: Claire Murphy

With thanks to: 

Andrew Mall - Associate Professor of Music at Northeastern University 

Amy Sheppard - Member of Sheppard

Producer: Claire Murphy

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The Quicky evening news update for Today, February 12th 2024.

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