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It’s NAIDOC Week in Australia! A big celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, culture, and achievement. The theme of this year’s NAIDOC Week is ‘Always was, always will be’. It means that this land, we now call Australia, always was and always will be Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land. It recognises that First Nations people have lived and cared for this country for o...

Some can fly, some can crawl, some are microscopic, and some can be heard from miles away! Today, we’re looking back at some of our favourite news stories about our bug buddies – creepy crawlies!

This week, we’re getting spooky on Halloween, rocking out to Yolŋu tunes and visiting a Starman, waiting in the sky…

This week, we’re learning about Country, cheering on tennis champion Dylan Alcott and celebrating some very special people in our lives…

This week we’re getting silly with science, meeting a popstar parrot and celebrating girls across the globe…

Get your moon boots on because today on News Time, we’re flying up through the atmosphere and heading for the stars to celebrate World Space Week!

We’re celebrating World Animal Day on News Time and taking a look back at some of our favourite stories from the animal kingdom. You might remember a flying dingo back in April, a town full of polar bears last year, and a handy guide to swooping season from last spring. Let’s listen back to more…

Today we’re looking back at some of our favourite news stories about awesome kids! You might remember hearing about a Nipper named Clayton who became a hero in January this year, or a young person named Greta Thunberg who is spreading a powerful message to protect the planet. Let’s look back at more awesome stories about awesome kids…

This week, we’re visiting the koalas in the trees and singing to the whales in the sea, plus we’re celebrating Rosh Hashanah…

This week, we’re stopping to smell the spring flowers, diving down in a South American submarine, and we welcome some furry new friends at zoos around Australia…

Today we’re looking back at our favourite stories about the deep, blue sea! You might remember getting stuck in some snot palaces in July, and the Seabins cleaning up our waterways in January. Let’s look back at more…

This week we’re going on a daring dog recue, talking to dolphins and looking out for our friends on Wear It Purple Day…

It’s National Science Week and to celebrate we’re looking at five science news stories. We’re heading to Mars, looking back in time and spying some penguin poo from outer space…

This week we meet some helpful pooches, dive underwater to an ancient shipwreck and we search the skies for a missing star…

In celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day on the 4th of August, and International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on the 9th, we’re taking a look at five First Nations stories from Australia and afar…

This week on News Time, we’re singing with the sparrows, getting colourful with crayons and cooking up some scientific snacks...

This week we meet a helpful lollipop dog, uncover an ancient Viking ship, and blast off into space for the Lunar Loo Challenge!

This week we set sail across the Indian Ocean, head back in time to visit an ancient ancestor of a cute Australian animal, and we celebrate Nelson Mandela Day…

This week we’re looking at the different theories about why the dinosaurs vanished, we meet some clever dolphin friends and hear all about Malala Yousefzai and her fight for girls to go to school…

This week, we visit an underwater snot palace, zoom around in a flying car and get excited for the 2023 Women’s World Cup…

This week, we count down five of our favourite dinosaur news stories ever! You might remember a story about a frozen dragon being uncovered in Canada back in September 2019, or a town full of dinosaur ants in one of last year’s shows. Let’s look back at more…

Today on News Time, we talk about the Black Lives Matter movement and why people are protesting around the world...

This week we're listening in on some noisy cicadas, eavesdropping squirrels and a generous dolphin named Mystique...

This week we're looking at five news stories from Indigenous Australia. We're celebrating Mabo Day, talking about Reconciliation and learning how to make bread from native grass...

This week we talk about why National Sorry Day is so important, plus we hear about shooting stars, quiet oceans and a new dino discovery...