https://origin.kidsnews.com.au/history/australias-last-surviving-kokoda-veteran-passes-away-aged-102/news-story/358d36c584fddb423f96b7bbc67c5b28KidsNewsen2026-07-27T18:30:00+10:00Last Kokoda veteran rememberedPapua New Guinea,the “fuzzy wuzzy angels,the Pacific,the day,Reginald Chard,their time,a series,his knowledge,Picture,Last Kokoda veteran,malaria*,our mainland,a life,18,WWII,Kokoda,Craig Wilson “Reg Chard,Mr Chard,'Dick” Whittington,their home,all night,our deepest condolences,the freedom,Sydney,all the guys,his brother-in-law,the Pacific.His eldest son,the young men,the experiences,Chard,the 55th/53rd Battalion,her tour,their two children.Yet,’s mountains,My father,Reginald “Reg” Chard OAM –,his wife Betty,Port Moresby,Villawood, Sydney,Their story,The pouring,his beloved Betty,people,Reg,a lot,his mates’,Australia,that Digger,bed,George “Dick” Whittington,his time,his death,’s finest,the Allies,all the lives,His father,their days,a short illness,his experience,the Japanese 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“Reg” Chard,’s transport company.Robert,a famous picturehttps://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/041570935300219adbbc124f0e8f59e6https://origin.kidsnews.com.au/sport/cam-mcevoy-stars-on-golden-night-for-australia-at-glasgow/news-story/f8c678a8c22f3135f70947c545400ec9KidsNewsen2026-07-27T09:15:00+10:00Cam McEvoy leads Aussie sweepreputations,Getty Images Gymnast Breanna Scott,her massive Commonwealth Games schedule,a second,England,the son,Australian swimming superstar Cameron McEvoy,the family legacy*,the water,a dominant performance,Funmi Fadoju,Getty Images Matt Temple,the gold medal,Picture,the all,his first individual gold medal,Lani Pallister,Clinical Australia,the pool.Australia,her second gold medal,'round competition,the 50m freestyle,the performance,a silver medal,the Commonwealth Games medal tally,the Games,’s 4 x 200m relay team,arguably its toughest fixture match,the ball while,'round bronze medal,an Aussie relay,a little bit,the S9 100m backstroke.The men,Team England,the 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O’Callaghanhttps://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/c5d9a80005fe23bcc841c452dbaeed5fhttps://origin.kidsnews.com.au/spelling-bee/record-spelling-bee-numbers-as-teachers-fight-for-literacy-basics/news-story/9cdd915abc81e3a73bfbc9ca533b7592KidsNewsen2026-07-26T14:30:00+10:00Bee breaks opening week recordsknowledge or skilladjunct,Australian kids.POLLKids News,Parliament House,areas,expertise,part-timedisadvantage,a high level,opening week recordsGLOSSARYfoundation literacy,’s Spelling Bee,Picture,all learning areas,week records,every context,a long shadow,10,11,12,the 2025 Prime Minister,Registrations,new responsibilities,La Trobe University,Mark McCrindle,new challenges,their students,literacy basics,NED-9828-Try-the-Bee-Banner Australian Primary Principals Association president Angela Falkenberg,the Beehive,the teacher-led,6,their big day,educators,their load,a day,Kids News’,a constant pull,Spelling Bee,Low literacy,social and economic outcomes,free and fun spelling,students,other foundational areas,Literacy,SA,primary school,’s Frankie,6,572,Anthony Albanese,free and fun spelling and computing activity,more –,the 6th annual Bee,water safety or animal welfare,Social researcher Mark McCrindle,resilience,kids,Daffern,curriculum creep,Bee,’s Aditya Paul,’s Elsie Chittleborough,the flag,Prime Minister Anthony Albanese,’s school round record,The reigning 2025 national champions,’s Spelling Bee champions,Years 3-4,experts,Years 3-8,spelling ability,’s message,cent jump,Monday,the school round,other – things.NED-9828,language,the Australian curriculum,Strong,a condition or situation,’s future academic success,professional decisions,all learning,their behaviour,Primary schools,‘curriculum creep,reading, writing and spelling,educational,Green level,more – and other – things,a college or university,creep,more than 27,300 students,over 1800 teachers,Year 3,the curriculum creep challenge,Visit spelling-bee.com.au,.Social researcher Mark McCrindle,forces,supplied 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Prime Minister,the teacher-,Spelling-Bee-Banner Research,August,literacy and numeracy,literacy,free classroom news site Kids News,societal problems,’s Spelling Bee abuzz,the SOLAR Lab School,Year 3.Prof Snow,expertise*,problems,5pm AEST,NED-12499-,disadvantage*,572,curriculum creep*,the PM,today,strong literacy skills,St Fiacre,READING LEVEL,a child,the rapid-fire words,the 6th annual Kids News PM,confident, capable communicators,English,Reading levels,the curriculum,PM,foundation literacy*https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/59b034a66788b05903b02d64c6d62346https://origin.kidsnews.com.au/explainers/ausalert-test-to-set-off-siren-across-all-australian-smartphones/news-story/09a8fd7587e39632e7ada67fa2eb21d9KidsNewsen2026-07-26T14:00:00+10:00All Oz phones to siren in test alerta 10 second siren,floods,landlines.However,siren,All Oz,an iPad or tablet,an app,other 4G and 5G compatible devices,emergencies,Picture,THE CONCERNS,the issues,The alert,disasters,text and voice messages,George 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alert,all compatible devices,the family,the current system,that telco provider,EACH STATE,any instructions,New South Wales,their phones,a 4G or 5G internet connection,an alert,2009,life-threatening events,another trusted adult straightaway,bushfires,two services,Kristy McBain,a 10-second siren.It,an emergency text message,faster and more detailed messages,Extreme Threat Alert,The alert system,The alert notification,concerns,GREEN,its new national alert system,Emergency Management Minister,the test,the same time,the current national warning system,all smartphones,July 27.But,the test alert,landlines,2027,The platform,emergency messages.WHAT,your parents,some members,one way,Cellular iPads and tablets,Victoria,the ACT,your emergency plan,text messages,The new emergency alerts,messages,Broken Hill,AUSTRALIA REPLACING THE CURRENT SYSTEM,all Australian smartphones,Smartphones,cyclones,the heading,Australian government,telco,1.30pm ACST.Western Australia,the service provider,this year,a 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phones,NT government,your time zone,warnings,a particular area.Ms,their smartphones,the NT government,the Government,a statementhttps://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/c1e932671fa876c3d95b8f1fa2f5fb53https://origin.kidsnews.com.au/arts/cartoonist-mark-knight-pits-his-terminator-ai-cyborg-against-albo/news-story/37ed95e2e696ccb8dbd45f7718db9424KidsNewsen2026-07-26T13:30:00+10:00Is Albo strong enough to battle AI?* issues,July 15, 2026,Meta,all this,artificial intelligence,the film,his brow,music,Picture,the unchecked rise,the fight,an original creative work,pictures and symbolsregulation,an organised collection,* unit,mankind,the AI hardware producer,ground rules,the door,Meta and Microsoft,this T-800 unit.I,AI,artistic works,journalism,David Gray/AFP,especially a system,David Gray/AFT,its database*,a fight,our times,the future,millions,an industrial revolution,the machines,its database,the great disrupter,students,our data, art, journalism, music,a T-800,Literacy,Artificial 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life,anothercopyright,graphs,science fiction,these data centres,creations,Thousands,the movie,his government,Mark Knight AI explainerGLOSSARYartificial intelligence,a boy,the “rise,brand namesdatabase,GREEN,the job losses,the giant, resource-hungry data centres,sweat,that technological leap,the rise,this unwieldy* beast,or politically important person,the internet,this most gripping topic,Mark Knight AI explainer GLOSSARY artificial intelligence,the act,investors,issues,just about,2029,Microsoft,green level,Google,laws,’s proposed new regulations,the massive hard drives,shape,musical,birth,part human and part machineassassinate,large scale data centres,the last week,1984,intellectual property,the resistance,the US share market,the exclusive legal right,the child,fists,Skynet,a set,a computer systemdata centres,GPUs,the big tech companies,Regulation*,resource-hungry data centres,their AI,more land,a computer,mega litres,ChatGPT,this beast,the mother,graphics* processing units,power,our 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