On this week’s News Time, we’ll blast off into space to share a message with the universe, we’ll hear the sweet song of a bird for the first time in over a century; and then meet a student who has used a 3D printer to create a big life change, in our Wow of the Week!

Quiz Questions

1. How have men's AFL games begun since the 1880s?

2. People from how many countries participated by recording messages?

3. What is Jaz teaching her teachers?

4. Which bird has been reintroduced into West Cape National Park?

5. What did Lois and her classmates use to create a hand?

Bonus Tricky Question

How big is the disc that will be sent into space?

Answers

1. With the centre bounce

2. 80

3. Paakantyi language

4. Noisy scrub-bird

5. 3D printer

Bonus Tricky Answer

The size of a slice of bread!

Every year the World Health Organisation marks World Mental Health Day. So on this week's News Time, we're bringing you five stories that dive deep into mental health, and how we can take care of ourselves and our friends.

We’ll join some schoolkids in the garden, then travel to a town cutting down on screen time. After that, we’ll go the distance with someone who loves to spread kindness, in our Wow of the Week.

If this episode brings up any feelings for you, please make sure you speak to a grown-up you trust. You can also call the Kids Helpline on 1800 55 1800.

Quiz Questions

1. When is World Mental Health Day held each year?

2. What do the schools do with the vegetables they grow?

3. Which junior rugby league team did Nicho Hynes start playing football with?

4. How many hours of screen time does the Mayor of Toyoake want residents to keep to each day?

5. How far does Juliann drive on her journey every six weeks?

Bonus Tricky Question

What did Natalie say that the residents of Wilcannia discuss with Juliann?

Answers

1. October 10

2. Create a shared school lunch

3. Umina Bunnies

4. Two hours

5. 1,000 kilometres

Bonus Tricky Answer

Anything at all - including talking about sad days and good days

On this week's News Time, we’ll hear about a world championship that’s been rocked by scandal, then we’ll meet some mother hens that have taken orphaned emu chicks under their wings.

Then, we’ll fall from the sky at a very high speed in our Wow of the Week.

Quiz Questions

1. How far can the plane fly on a single charge?

2. What demonstration did Neville Bonner give in 1971?

3. What did the cheats do to their stones?

4. What did the zookeepers name the emu chicks?

5. In which sport is Natisha is the World's Fastest Female?

Bonus Tricky Question

How fast did Natisha get at this year's World Cup?

Answers

1. 400 kilometres

2. Boomerang throwing

3. Ground them into a circular shape

4. Muffin and Socks

5. Speed skydiving

Bonus Tricky Answer

497 kilometres an hour!

This week on News Time you’ll hear about Aussies doing big things at home and around the world!

You’ll meet a team fighting diseases with the help of mosquitoes, and we’ll cheer on a motorbike rider who has landed a world-first trick after 15 years of trying. Then, we’ll jump on a tram to compete in some wacky challenges in our Wow of the Week.

Quiz Questions

1. What is the name given to Australians who work in Antarctica?

2. Which country has been sent 130 million mosquito eggs?

3. What did the students create to tell Matt's life story?

4. Which "impossible" trick did Clinton do?

5. Which country won the Tram Driver World Championship?

Bonus Tricky Question

How tall was the wave that Matt surfed off the Portugal coast?

Answers

1. Expeditioners

2. Laos

3. Dance

4. 720

5. Austria

Bonus Tricky Answer

15 metres

On this week’s News Time menu, we’ll hear about a park designed to keep koalas safe, then we’ll swim upstream to meet a bloodsucking fish. And we’ll finish with a rather large helping of dessert in our Wow of the Week.

Quiz Questions

1. How much waste can the robot shark collect each day?

2. What is the name of the planned National Park in NSW?

3. What sport does Jamieson play?

4. How did the pouched lampreys get from Antarctica to Western Australia?

5. Which country set a new strudel line world record?

Bonus Tricky Question

What were the two main ingredients used to make the strudels?

Answers

1. 500 kilograms

2. The Great Koala National Park

3. Boccia

4. By sucking on the backs of whales

5. Croatia

Bonus Tricky Answer

Flour and apple

This week on News Time, we’ll meet a tourist living large on a beachside holiday, and we’ll float along with an outlawed fish, before we take to the skies with a teenager and her puppy in our Wow of the Week.

Quiz Questions

1. Which was the last World Marathon that Charlie needed to run to complete all seven?

2. What did locals spot Sammy the elephant seal eating?

3. Who is the new women's surfing world champion?

4. Which Australian state or territory has banned fish-shaped soy sauce containers?

5. What is the name of Jennifer's co-pilot pup?

Bonus Tricky Question

What word is used to describe Jennifer's journey, or lap of Australia?

Answers

1. Sydney Marathon

2. A baby shark

3. Molly Picklum

4. South Australia

5. Bella

Bonus Tricky Answer

Circumnavigate

This week on News Time, we’ll head to the nation’s capital, where some hungry birds are getting in a flap. Then we'll board a bus filled with barking best friends, before we pull up to a whale pit stop in our Wow of the Week.

Quiz Questions

1. What job does Greta do during AFL games?

2. Which city is being swarmed by seagulls?

3. What is the name of the comic book Molly created?

4. How many dogs board the bus each week?

5. What type of whale is scientist Aashi studying?

Bonus Tricky Question

What have the whale calves have been eating?

Answers

1. Boundary umpire

2. Canberra

3. Dreamwalker

4. 63

5. Southern right whale

Bonus Tricky Answer

Krill and crab larvae

We’re kicking goals on News Time this week! You’ll hear from a young soccer player gearing up for the Deaflympics. We’ll also dig up a pearler of a fossil in the outback before we head to a sporting event for robots in our Wow of the Week.

Quiz Questions

1. What is the record-breaking amount of money that AFL player Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera will earn each season?

2. How old is the fossil pearl?

3. Where will this year's Deaflympics be held?

4. Why did the church have to be moved?

5. What sort of robots recently competed in Beijing?

Bonus Tricky Question

What items did workers have to remove along the road so the church could get to its new destination?

Answers

1. $2 million

2. 100 million years old

3. Japan

4. Fissures in the ground due to nearby mining

5. Humanoid robots

Bonus Tricky Answer

Lamp posts, traffic lights, and a bridge!