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What’s on these summer holidays

The festive season is finally here and there’s plenty of magic happening across the country. Here are some of our favourite things to do and see in each state and territory across Australia

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Teen’s iPhone film gets top nod

Between homework and her fast-food job, meet the 16-year-old Australian teen who has made Australian film awards history with a scary movie she shot entirely on her smartphone

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1920s. Batsman Bill Woodfull ducks Harold Larwood bouncer during 1920s Australia v England Bodyline Test in Brisbane, featured in 2002 TV documentary 'Bodyline : It's Just Not Cricket'.

Top controversies to hit the Ashes

From a metal bat to a stumping that ignited a global uproar, the Ashes series between Australia and England has produced some of the most memorable clashes in the history of cricket – here’s three

Kids News/UNICEF Australia WCD partnership 2025: Pat Cummins playing backyard cricket at home as a teenager with his brother in the background. This image is single use, not to be stored in News Corp library and only to be used for purpose of Pat talking about World Children's Day in his capacity as a UNICEF Australia Ambassador. Picture: supplied

Pat Cummins feeds his inner child

Aussie cricket legend, UNICEF Australia ambassador and child-at-heart Pat Cummins says play isn’t just fun – it’s fundamental. Here’s how the skipper gets his playtime on and off the pitch

KIDS NEWS. UNICEF ambassador Emma McKeon, visited John Paul College in Brisbane to celebrate World ChildrenÃ¢â¬â¢s Day. Picture: UNICEF

Get loud on World Children’s Day

November 20 is World Children’s Day and UNICEF is inviting all Aussie kids to celebrate with ‘a Minute of Loudness’ about the things that matter most to them – so what matters most to you?

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What the moon landing and Trump have in common

In the first of a new weekly series, award-winning cartoonist Mark Knight explains to Kids News what inspired him to draw a cartoon comparing the moon landing and US President Donald Trump

Celebrating World Emoji Day with Tears of Joy

Celebrating World Emoji Day with Tears of Joy

World Emoji Day on July 17 is a fun, annual celebration of one of the world’s newest ways of communicating. We look at what emojis are, who invented them and if they are a real language

Lovely carrot friends. Picture: Splitpics.uk

Fun fruit and vegetables strike a pose

Have you ever moaned that fruit and vegetables are boring? That you’d like something more fun to eat? You’ll never say fruit and vegetables are boring again after seeing these crazy characters

Jack solving a Rubik's cube blindfold

World’s best Rubik’s cubers ready to set records

Australia’s champion speedcubers are warming up their fingers and concentrating their minds to take on the rest of the world for the World Rubik’s Cube Championships, July 11-14

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What is ear wax and how big can it grow?

A revolting ear wax chunk so big it made international news got us wondering what ear wax is, what it’s for and whether we should clean it out, eat it or leave the inside of our ears alone

Dozens of hobby horses are lined up ready to be ridden during the 8th Hobby Horse championships in Seinajoki, Finland on Saturday, June 15, 2019. More than 400 hobby horse enthusiasts took part in the show, competing on stylish toy horses in various events inspired by real equestrian events. (AP Photo/from APTN Video)

Giddy up for world’s biggest hobby horse sports

The 400 contestants at a sports arena in Finland showjumped, barrel raced and pranced in the biggest event of its kind in the world. But instead of live horses, they rode hobby horses

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All you need to know about hair

The longest arm hair ever recorded was 21.7cm, but that’s not the norm. Though human head hair keeps growing, human body hair doesn’t. We look at how and why there’s a difference

Liverpool Mayor Ned Mannoun's children meet The Very Hungry Caterpillar. This is a promo story/pic about the book coming to life on stage at Casula Powerhouse on April 15-17. Casula Powerhouse. Ned Mannouns and wife Tina with kids Solomon [41/2]and Jacob [31/2]. Pics Ian Svegovic

The Very Hungry Caterpillar turns 50

Eric Carle’s story about a caterpillar that eats its way through the pages of the book before becoming a beautiful butterfly is one of the most popular children’s books ever

A supplied undated image obtained Monday, June 3, 2019 shows a formation of 130 people linked up in freefall over Perris, Southern California. The 130 person formation is a new Australian record in large formation skydiving. (AAP Image/Supplied by Craig O'Brien) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY, MANDATORY CREDIT

Aussie mates set mass skydiving record

A group of 130 Australian friends have hung out together more than 5000m up in the sky in a freefall formation and set a new national skydiving record

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How and why do onions make us cry?

There are thousands of so-called solutions for crying over onions, from wearing goggles to sucking a spoon. Do any work? How and why do onions make us teary?

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Angry Birds ruffle feathers at film festival

The Angry Birds flew into the Cannes Film Festival this week to launch their fun movie sequel. This time the birds and green pigs have to become frenemies to save their homes from a new threat

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New brick buddies crowned Lego Masters

They had never met before the show but Henry Pinto and Cade Franklin have built a solid friendship and some amazing creations to win the first Lego Masters title

Hamish Blake is set to debut the Channel Nine show Lego Masters. Picture: Supplied

Who will be Australia’s Lego Masters?

All those hours of hard work thinking, designing and building from 2.5 million bricks in The Brick Pit will soon pay off for the winning Lego Masters team

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Cheeseslaw officially a word after almost 100 years

Broken Hill is usually in the news for being hot and dry, but this time it’s about something cool and damp: a special local salad invention called cheeseslaw

Polor bear and abominable snowman - How to make a monster - the art and technology of animatronics at Scienceworks.

Mysterious ‘Yeti’ footprints found in Himalayas

Soldiers on an expedition in Nepal have found and photographed large footprints in the snow they believed to belong to the Yeti, or abominable snowman

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