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The Quicky
by Mamamia Podcasts
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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Arvo News Headlines + Your Weekly Debrief
HEADLINES Trump stops execution being live streamed 100,000 tonnes of old tyres buried annually Five dead in school shooting AFL to test all players for drugs Sculpture by the Sea celebrates 30 years Plus, in the Weekly Debrief, the rocky first week of Trump’s new press secretary, Katie Zacharia,...
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Your AM Headlines + The Book Club Where Nobody Talks
HEADLINES Victoria to make abortion care free Unemployment rises to 4.7 per cent Greens senator Jordon Steele-John denies misconduct claims China’s new ambassador says relationship on track Hilary Swank pregnant with third child at 52 Plus, why more Australians are swapping traditional book clubs...
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Arvo News Headlines
HEADLINES Recording device found in women’s showers on Navy ship Digital Duty of Care bill introduced to parliament Endometriosis guidelines are missing teenagers’ input Netflix to cut around 1,000 jobs Aussie expert helps uncover world’s oldest known shipwreck GET IN TOUCH Got a story, news...
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Your AM Headlines + How The Manosphere Finds Australian Men
HEADLINES Digital duty of care laws expected in parliament today Financial abusers could be liable for victims’ debts Jailed woman wins fight to freeze her eggs Russia strikes Kyiv despite energy ceasefire South Australia gets its own Michelin Guide Plus, journalist Marc Fennell has been...
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Arvo News Headlines
HEADLINES: Pope Leo diagnosed with lung cancer after surgery Fewer women are leading Australia’s top companies Man sentenced to 40 years to life over Tupac's murder Hit show Girls is making a comeback GET IN TOUCH Got a story, news tip-off, feedback or dilemma? Send us a voice note or email us at...
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Your AM Headlines + When Execution Becomes Entertainment
HEADLINES More aged care beds won’t fix emergency department crisis Tributes flow following young woman's death Thousands lose the right to vote under Queensland law change Doubts grow over Saudi Asian Cup after airport attacks Rangers bring AI to wildlife monitoring Plus, the US wants to...
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Arvo News Headlines
HEADLINES Australia powerless to stop live streamed US execution Missing grandmother’s death now a homicide investigation Russell Brand’s rape trial begins in the UK Blood donations hit lowest level in almost a decade Aussie scientists crack the mystery of the honeybee sting GET IN TOUCH Got a...
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Your AM Headlines + Has True Crime Gone Too Far?
HEADLINES Australian politicians unite against execution streaming Teens refused bail over alleged murder Cannabis hospitalisations surge Tarantino and Borat’s creator head to the West End A once-endangered giant tortoise is now thriving Plus, would you pay to hear the parents of murdered…
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Arvo News Headlines
HEADLINES Digital Duty of Care being debated in Parliament Greens call to block the streaming of execution Opposition leader says he'd welcome Josh Frydenberg back Pope Leo to undergo surgery Man dead after tiger attack in UK Aussie runner smashes national marathon record GET IN TOUCH Got a…
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Your AM Headlines + Why Autoimmune Diseases Target Women
HEADLINES Federal Parliament is back and the economy is set to dominate Veterans gather to mark 25 years since Afghanistan Christa Pike released from hospital Endangered orangutans at further risk Judi Dench “loathes” being called a national treasure Plus, roughly 80% of people with autoimmune...
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Your Weekly Debrief: The Sam Wood Case Explained
HEADLINES Firmus Technologies cancels plans to list on ASX Adelaide University reveals scale of online sexual victimisation Pentagon announces execution to be live streamed Powderfinger reuniting after 16 year hiatus Melbourne bar one of 'World Best 50' Plus, the Weekly Debrief: Sam Wood was...
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Your AM Headlines + Polkadots, Fandom And The Joy Of Matching Strangers
HEADLINES Sam Wood to remain behind bars until late next month Government under pressure over ATO decision US executes man after failed Christa Pike execution The world isn't electrifying fast enough Australian Open's 1 Point Slam receives star power GET IN TOUCH Got a story, news tip-off…
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BREAKING NEWS: Sam Wood To Remain Behind Bars
Sam Wood has faced court over domestic violence charges in Queensland following his arrest on Saturday night. 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. If you...
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Arvo News Headlines
HEADLINES Police officers to carry long-armed rifles in NSW More Australian pharmacies now stock the abortion pill after changes France to stop police using stun grenades at student protests Wildlife populations around the world drop A grandmother breaks planking world record GET IN TOUCH Got a...
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Your AM Headlines + We Need To Talk About Strangulation
HEADLINES Australia has fallen behind its housing target Victoria's drug overdose deaths double state road toll Submissions to close for national women's health inquiry Lionel Messi scores in final match for Argentina Plus, in around half of all strangulation cases, there's no visible mark left…
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Arvo News Headlines
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 GET IN TOUCH Got a story, news tip-off, feedback or dilemma? Send us a voice note...
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Your AM Headlines + How To Save On Groceries
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...
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Arvo News Headlines
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 GET IN TOUCH...
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Your AM Headlines + Ex-Bachelor Sam Wood Charged
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...
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Arvo News Headlines
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...
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Your AM Headlines + Parental Pastimes: Bathrooms And Bags
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...
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Arvo News Headlines + Your Weekly Debrief
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...
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Your AM Headlines + How's Your Death Literacy?
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…
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Arvo News Headlines
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…
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Your AM Headlines + The Two Income Trap
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…
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Arvo News Headlines
HEADLINES: Two men and a teenage boy have been charged over a murder A new Greens leader has been selected Australian universities have held strong in the latest global rankings Crews are working to remove a huge whale carcass from Perth's City Beach A bear has been crowned Fat Bear Week champion...
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Your AM Headlines + Jane Doe And The Cornell 7
HEADLINES: The RBA has lifted interest rates to a 15-year high SpaceX's Starship has reached orbit for the first time Brisbane Lions coach Chris Fagan has been handed the keys to the city The first piece of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic emblem has been revealed Mango growers warn crops could rot on…
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Arvo News Headlines
HEADLINES: OpenAI has apologised after its rogue AI agent hacked a Medicare portal NY prosecutors have reopened an investigation into alleged gang-rape at Cornell University The RBA has raised rates to the highest level since 2011 Larissa Waters is stepping down as Greens leader due to illness...
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Your AM Headlines + AI Went Rogue. What Now?
HEADLINES: Mortgage holders brace for the RBA to lift interest rates to a 15-year high South Australia's measles outbreak has grown to nine cases, the most in 10 years Dozens have died in floods in northern India and Nepal TikTok and Meta allegedly ran hundreds of ads for illegal vapes and…
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Arvo News Headlines
HEADLINES: UK counter terror police are investigating whether Iran is linked to a suspected plot targeting an RAF base used by US bombers Jim Chalmers has unveiled a budget boost ahead of an expected RBA rate rise A ban on card surcharges starts Thursday, but shoppers may not be better off if...
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Your AM Headlines + Why Interest Rates Keep Going Up
HEADLINES: OpenAI halts training of its latest artificial intelligence model after hacking multiple federal government websites An Australian data company begins excavations without a permit President Donald Trump rejects an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz Lions win AFL Grand…
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I Know The Day My Mum Is Going To Die: Dr Ginni's Special Series
We’re bringing you a very special episode from Mamamia’s Gen X podcast, Unleashed. The Quicky has covered Australia’s voluntary assisted dying laws, but this three-part series looks at VAD from a deeply personal perspective. Unleashed co-host Dr Ginni Mansberg shares the story of her mum’s…
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Arvo News Headlines + Your Weekly Debrief
HEADLINES: Australia will try to punish OpenAI after one of its AI agents went rogue Anthony Albanese calls on world leaders to tackle climate change and AI together A 20-year-old police officer has died after a police car crashed into a tree in NSW Taylor Swift has released four new songs, and...
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Your AM Headlines + Is This The End Of Aussie Ski Seasons?
HEADLINES: A second child has died following an alleged stabbing attack The fallout continues after an OpenAI artificial intelligence agent hacked Medicare Australia's unemployment rate has hit its highest level in almost five years Australia could face diesel rationing if the US bans fuel…
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Arvo News Headlines
HEADLINES: The fallout continues after an OpenAI artificial intelligence agent hacked Medicare Australia's unemployment rate has hit its highest level in almost five years Australia could face diesel rationing if the US bans fuel exports, an expert warns Indigenous workers earn $15,000 a year…
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Your AM Headlines + A Non-Shouty Guide To The Immigration Debate
HEADLINES: Anthony Albanese and Japan's Sanae Takaichi have met for the first time since "melon-gate" The parents of missing four-year-old Gus Lamont have made an emotional plea for help Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has edged closer to a 2028 presidential run Pope Leo will visit France this week, the...
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Arvo News Headlines
HEADLINES: A 65-year-old Melbourne man has been arrested and accused of acting as a propagandist for Islamic State The five suspended Sydney Swans players will return to the club Donald Trump has rejected calls for global AI safeguards at the UN The NRL has dropped Tones and I as its grand final...
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Your AM Headlines + A Hard Week For King Charles
HEADLINES: Mother charged with murder after 5-year-old son found dead following alleged stabbing RBA governor says migration is bolstering economic growth amid debate WA introduces ban on smart glasses in public schools Major US networks pull video coverage after Trump bans journalists Plus, Earl...
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Arvo News Headlines
HEADLINES: Anthony Albanese has warned communities will face more trauma from natural disasters The TGA has ordered a recall of supplements containing a herb linked to 1,500 adverse reactions A baby bonus has been ruled out despite projections that deaths will outnumber births in Australia by…
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Your AM Headlines + Why Can't We Solve Domestic Violence?
HEADLINES: A cross-party inquiry has recommended that Telstra be stripped of emergency line oversight The trial of Beau Lamarre-Condon continues in the NSW Supreme Court Presley Gerber, the son of supermodel Cindy Crawford, has died at the age of 27 You could soon own a piece of French film…
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Arvo News Headlines
HEADLINES: A mother is facing possible homicide charges after an alleged stabbing attack killed one child and critically injured two others in the New South Wales The coronial inquest into the Hillcrest Primary School jumping castle tragedy has begun in Tasmania Three swimmers have died in…
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Your AM Headlines + Would You Trust AI With Your Deepest Secrets?
HEADLINES: Australians left reeling following a horror weekend with the deaths of a child and three women in alleged attacks across NSW President Trump has banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House press conferences and briefings Ed Sheeran said he's made "mistakes" and called the…
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Arvo News Headlines + Your Weekly Debrief
HEADLINES: Australia could be offered associate membership to the European Union Police have found a ninth woman's body as they investigate a series of killings A woman believed to be the mother of a newborn baby found dead in a bin has been charged Prince Harry has been seen in public for the...
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Your AM Headlines + The At-Home Testing Boom
HEADLINES: The federal government is making big changes to Australia’s visa system Closure for the families of missing Australians in Nepal-Tibet could be months away Three unlikely politicians have teamed up A western Sydney man could be facing jail time after allegedly keeping a house full of...
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Arvo News Headlines
HEADLINES: Immigration Minister Tony Burke's unveils key migration changes Single parents will soon be able to recover unpaid child support more quickly Two teens are alleged to have supplied a weapon and cleaned up for the killers of a wrongly targeted university student A crocodile habitat has...
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Your AM Headlines + The Female Founder Gap
HEADLINES: The first person jailed in NSW for coercive control is out of jail despite reoffending Whoever wins Victoria's November election, police will be able to wand anyone in public for knives At least three people have died after a news helicopter crashed in Los Angeles Kim Kardashian has…
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Arvo News Headlines
HEADLINES: US progressives and conservatives unite over concerns about the pace and unregulated nature of artificial intelligence NSW One Nation leader has walked back a call for a ban on abortions Ed Sheeran says dropping American rapper Macklemore from his US concert tour was not his decision...
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Your AM Headlines + Why Universities Became Big Business
HEADLINES: Snowtown serial killer James Vlassakis will be released after a review upheld a South Australian parole board decision. Karl Stefanovic has denied conduct oppressing his business partner after their relationship soured and has agreed to buy her out of their controversial podcast…
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Arvo News Headlines
HEADLINES: Australia’s university peak body is warning campuses would shut down under One Nation’s migration plan. The Australian Defence Force has reached its biggest size in 25 years. The deputy prime minister has quashed hopes of a fuel excise cut, despite petrol prices continuing to rise....
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Your AM Headlines + How AI Is Cloning Your Social Media To Steal Your Money
HEADLINES: Pauline Hanson has been condemned yet again for an offensive comment made on another podcast. The man widely acknowledged as the Godfather of AI is concerned artificial intelligence could escape human control. New research shows almost every Australian on non-pension income support is...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
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.
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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...
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