IWD: Marching forward for Billie
This year’s International Women’s Day theme #MarchForward was a tough ask in 2016 for B Kinder Foundation founder Danny Mayson-Kinder, whose charity honours 12-year-old daughter Billie
This year’s International Women’s Day theme #MarchForward was a tough ask in 2016 for B Kinder Foundation founder Danny Mayson-Kinder, whose charity honours 12-year-old daughter Billie
US President Donald Trump’s second term has been full of hair-raising moments, but none as shocking as the aggressive meeting with Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy, says cartoonist Mark Knight
A few NAPLAN nerves are completely normal but no one wants you to lose sleep over it, and with these helpful tips from Healthy Harold and ‘kid scientist’ Jayki, you’ll be all set in cruise control
Cyclone preparation is in full swing in southeast QLD and northern NSW, as landfall predictions move to Saturday – find BOM video, categories explained and closed NSW schools listed here
Encouraged by children’s author Andy Griffiths to stir trouble and tell monster tales in their own stories, delighted students were primed to devour new titles at ILF’s Great Book Swap launch
It’s been 22 years since an Australian runner clocked under 10 seconds in a 100m sprint but experts say multiple young runners will do it again thanks to the nation’s exploding talent in sprinting
The eastern quoll has been extinct on mainland Australia for more than 50 years and scientists are concerned about their future in Tasmania but a conservation plan hopes to boost numbers
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Registrations and the School Round open July 21, 2025 – meet the 2024 champions HERE!
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Healthy Harold has been visiting Australian schools educating students about their health and wellbeing for 40 years. He’s also a VIP contributor here at Kids News!
There’s often a story behind the name we’re given and it’s true of cyclones too – find out why Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is the reason that Australia’s next cyclone will be named ‘Alfred’
More than ‘dollarbucks’ were at stake when Australia’s national public broadcaster the ABC, home of our beloved Bluey, allowed Britain’s BBC merchandising rights over TV’s iconic blue heeler
A custom-built, museum-style ‘sneaker room’, full-size basketball court, two pools and a golf course – no wonder multiple NBA stars have played at this fan’s mega-mansion sporting paradise
It has become a tradition for the PM Spelling Bee winners to give the Prime Minister a little spelling test of his own, but there was one especially tricky word that Mr Albanese chose to pass on
Landmark new evidence points to a unique food chain led by a previously undiscovered carnivorous dinosaur that roamed the Australian continent over 100 million years ago
From pooches and pigeons to donkeys and desert camels, animals serve alongside Australians in peace and war – here’s why on Feb 24 we honour their memory and sacrifice each Purple Poppy Day
There was happy trumpeting and tears of joy as nine Asian elephants arrived at their new home, leaving behind the big smoke of Melbourne for their expansive new $88 million regional habitat
A kayaking trip took an unforgettable turn when a humpback whale swallowed a paddler before immediately spitting him out, with the jaw-dropping moment caught on camera – see the video
Move over Formula One, Australia has a new type of competitive racing that makes you feel like you’re flying without leaving the ground – all while putting your dexterity to the ultimate test
The Young Socceroos are U20 champions of Asia for the first time in a huge moment for Aussie football, thanks to penalty shootout heroics and a one-handed super save WATCH THE VIDEO
AFL State of Origin talks after Indigenous All Stars’ success are making progress after AFL boss Andrew Dillon met with the league’s captains, who unanimously supported reviving rep footy
NBA superstar Kyrie Irving has revealed he wants to be a Boomer and represent his birth country Australia at the next Olympic Games, after he was left out of Team USA in Paris last year
Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy hailed ‘a hero’ by leaders after his disastrous meeting with US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance in the Oval Office
Katy Perry will ‘shoot across the sky’ for real, after Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin announced the pop princess will be the ‘star’ of its next suborbital spaceflight as part of a historic all-female crew
Australian stargazers have a special opportunity to see seven planets strung across the night sky in one majestic arc this week – a rare astronomical event that won’t be back until 2040
The moment a pair of chatbots decide to abandon English and speak to each other in a private computer software language raises some great ethical questions about AI – what do you think?