Green

Devil safe and well after escapade

Devil safe and well after escapade

Mary the Tassie Devil made headlines after she escaped her enclosure and ran wild on the Gold Coast. Now the mischievous marsupial is back at home after the adventure took its toll

Next stop Hollywood

Next stop Hollywood

Got a great story you want to tell? Trop Jr is back and looking for the best short films by kids from around the country

VIDEOSpelling Bee

Un-Bee-lievable: first all-female trio

Un-Bee-lievable: first all-female trio

Nearly 100,000 students entered, now three have helped make Kids News history – meet the all-female champions who rewrote the PM’s Spelling Bee record books. Next stop: Canberra!

Science and Technology

State caps screen time in schools

State caps screen time in schools

As concerns mount that ‘brainrot’ is dumbing down students for real, one state government is taking drastic action with mandatory caps on how much time can be spent on a device in the classroom

Aussie boy’s snake handling stuns

Aussie boy’s snake handling stuns

This Aussie boy shocked thousands of viewers after footage of him moving a python went viral, but experts say even non-venomous snakes should never be handled. WATCH THE VIDEO

World record for tiny yoga teacher

World record for tiny yoga teacher

Guinness World Record-holder Phoenix became a qualified instructor at five and 337 days after doing yoga all her short life. Find out how she did it and discover some crazy new records

Hawks star’s own ‘shoe museum’

Hawks star’s own ‘shoe museum’

Hawthorn midfielder Connor Macdonald has built a 145-pair sneaker collection that started with a childhood deal with his parents to earn his first pair of Nike TNs by being a ‘good boy’

Kids helping kids fight brain cancer

Kids helping kids fight brain cancer

Thousands of young Aussies have taken part in this year’s Connor’s Run to raise money for pediatric brain cancer research and treatment. Now you can join them ‘Your Way Any Day’

Bilby breeding a stunning success

Bilby breeding a stunning success

Once pushed to just 10 per cent of their former range, greater bilbies are making a comeback as new figures show the success of Taronga’s breeding program just in time for National Bilby Day

EXPLAINERArts

Rams’ FIFO plan a fizzer

Rams’ FIFO plan a fizzer

Ahead of Friday’s NFL season opener at the MCG, cartoonist Mark Knight imagined the LA Rams’ fly in-fly out gamble as a military-style operation but the San Fran 49ers won the battle

Young ‘Ace’ to follow F1 father

Young ‘Ace’ to follow F1 father

The 11-year-old son of Finnish F1 star Kimi Raikkonen has signed to Red Bull after being labelled a promising young talent. Will Robin grow up to become a world champion driver like his dad?

Society and Culture

Prince George starts high school

Prince George starts high school

The 13-year-old future king of England Prince George has begun his secondary education, arriving at Eton College for his first day with royal parents the Prince and Princess of Wales

Surge in kids needing glasses

Surge in kids needing glasses

More Aussie kids are becoming shortsighted than ever before, with rising rates of screen use and time spent indoors the main culprits. Find out how you can protect your precious eyes

Farewell to nation’s oldest woman

Farewell to nation’s oldest woman

Australia’s oldest woman, South Australian great-grandmother Lorna Henstridge, has passed away aged 112. See her pictures from last century and discover who holds the age world record

PM’s Spelling Bee national finalists

PM’s Spelling Bee national finalists

The third and final round of the 2026 Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee starts Wednesday, after more than 10,700 students advanced to state and territory finals. NATIONAL FINALISTS NAMED

Staying safe this swooping season

Staying safe this swooping season

Spring means swooping but one Aussie man says he has a quirky technique that not only prevents the dreaded magpie swoop, but builds a connection with our feathered friends. How does he do it?

‘Bluey food’ confuses Australians

‘Bluey food’ confuses Australians

Aussies were left baffled after an American mum revealed she was serving a Bluey-inspired snack many of those from Bluey’s own backyard had never even heard of – take the Kids News poll

Possum hitches a ride on boy

Possum hitches a ride on boy

When a baby possum climbed the leg of an Australian schoolboy on his way to class, students and staff knew exactly how to help the cute critter. Watch the funny footage and see what happened

Boy’s regional challenge to Albo

Boy’s regional challenge to Albo

Bush kids are waiting up to six years to see a pediatrician – now one 12-year-old is walking from regional Australia to Canberra to ask the Prime Minister to support this vital charity’s work

VIDEOSpelling Bee

PM’s Spelling Bee: Round 1 stars

PM’s Spelling Bee: Round 1 stars

Nearly 100,000 Australian students entered, but Queensland’s young spellers topped the PM’s Spelling Bee School Round. Here’s the national honour roll ahead of State and Territory Finals

Regional teens going the distance

Regional teens going the distance

Following in the footsteps of greats like Cathy Freeman and Cadel Evans, two teen sports stars from the bush are proving country roots can still produce world-class talent – how did they do it?

VIDEOArts

Why the world loved Dolly Parton

Why the world loved Dolly Parton

Country music legend and children’s literacy champion Dolly Parton has passed away aged 80 as the universally adored global icon’s goddaughter, Miley Cyrus, joined the outpouring of tributes

First Nations News

Every star has a story to tell

Every star has a story to tell

Kids News spoke with First Nations astrophysicist Krystal De Napoli about the ‘library of knowledge’ that is Sky Country ahead of this year’s Indigenous Literacy Day on September 2

Reading Level Green

Aussie teen a literacy superhero

Aussie teen a literacy superhero

National Book Week: an Australian student and World Literacy Foundation Youth Ambassador has asked her city to help deliver a ‘symphony of stories’: 500,000 children receiving their first book

Libraries lost from Aussie schools

Libraries lost from Aussie schools

Libraries have long served a crucial function in the lives of generations of students across the country, yet an alarming number of schools have dumped this essential service. Here’s why

Need cool ideas for Book Week?

Need cool ideas for Book Week?

If you don’t have a costume for CBCA Book Week, don’t worry. Here are seven character ideas you can easily pull together using stuff from around the house this August 22-28

Penguin parade turned vax queue

Penguin parade turned vax queue

Phillip Island’s little penguin colony is famous for its nightly sea to the sand parade but National Science Week saw the world’s largest wildlife vaccination program begin, inspiring Knight’s toon

VIDEOSport

Meet Australia’s strongest man

Meet Australia’s strongest man

A combination of ‘whatever Mum’s cooking’ and Coco Pops may not sound like the makings of Australia’s reigning strongman but was being named for cricket’s GOAT inspiring? Let’s find out

VIDEOAsk Healthy Harold

Where respect and resilience meet

Where respect and resilience meet

One Brazilian player’s unexpected act of kindness after a World Cup match struck a chord for Healthy Harold, as a simple gesture of sportsmanship offers us all a blueprint for our own behaviour