On this edition of News Time, we’ll head to a beach to see a shipwreck, we’ll hear about a clever invention giving sick kids a holiday from hospital, and we’ll hit the shearing sheds for a wild and woolly Wow of the Week!

Quiz Questions

1. How big was the tiny noisy frog?

2. How old is the shipwreck believed to be?

3. What sort of business did Sharon create?

4. What technology allows kids to have a holiday from hospital?

5. How many lambs did Nikki shear in nine hours?

Bonus Tricky Question

How do the newly-discovered frogs on Dauan Island begin life?

Answers

1. As big as a fingernail

2. 100 years old

3. Catering

4. Virtual Reality (VR) headsets

5. 502

Bonus Tricky Answer

They hatch from eggs (and don't begin life as tadpoles!)

On this week’s News Time we’ll pound the pavement to solve an animal mystery, we’ll zoom down ski slopes to meet a duo seeking Paralympic glory, and in our Wow of the Week we’ll bang the drum with a kid whose rock’n’roll dreams have all come true.

You'll also hear about Deep Time, an ABC resource that shares more than 130 cultural stories from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and language groups.

Quiz Questions

1. How long have Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples walked and lived on this continent?

2. What is the name of the Australian netball team that Hannah and Shelley have both played for?

3. What did the public vote to name the imprint?

4. How do Georgia and Ethan communicate on the ski slopes?

5. Which Aussie rock band did Noah play with?

Bonus Tricky Question

Which country will host the 2026 Winter Paralympic Games?

Answers

1. At least 65,000 years

2. The Diamonds

3. Splatatouille

4. Walkie talkie

5. The Living End

Bonus Tricky Answer

Italy

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!