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Photo: Elsie Chittleborough (12), Prime Minister's Spelling Bee champion. SA's Elsie Chittleborough of Torrensville Primary School is the state's first ever national champion title in the PM's Spelling Bee after claiming the Orange level (Years 5-6) of Kids News' national spelling challenge, following a record-breaking 82,000 student registrations. Kids News and the Bee are key pillars in the News in the Community program led by Penny Fowler. Picture: Tim Joy. 16th September 2025

Bee spelling success pretty sweet

Back-to-back victories and a breakthrough win for South Australia have marked the fifth anniversary of Australia’s premier student spelling competition. FULL HONOUR ROLL

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Jennifer Hunt, 15, and her golden retriever Bella before they both embark on a record-breaking flight around Australia from Darwin, Friday, September 9, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

Teen pilot and puppy take off

While most 15-year-olds are in school, Australia’s youngest female pilot and her puppy are set to make history attempting to become the youngest team to fly around our country’s vast coastline

THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB (L to R) SHAY RUDOLPH as STACEY MCGILL and MOMONA TAMADA as CLAUDIA KISHI in episode 207 of THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB Cr. KAILEY SCHWERMAN/NETFLIX © 2021

Meet Gen Alpha money-makers

Gen Alpha is the new breed of Australian entrepreneur, already nipping at the heels of Gen Z and Millennials – so how are kids and teens smashing the avocado crowd and making real money?

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A polite Sri Lankan elephant appeared to wave thanks to a safari group that gave way to the herd when their vehicle came across the elephants crossing the road. Picture: screengrab/Newsflare via Reuters Connect

Elephant appears to wave thanks

Safari-goers in Sri Lanka have captured the heartwarming moment an elephant seems to wave ‘thank you’ as its herd crosses their path – do you think that’s what happened? Take our poll

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KIDS NEWS 2025: Indigenous Literacy Fund (ILF) celebrates Indigenous Literacy Day on Wednesday 3 September. Students from Katherine High School in the Northern Territory have written a bilingual book with Gregg Dreise called Grinch det K’Taun Krok! (Grinch the K-Town Croc!), published by the ILF. Picture: ILF/supplied

ILD: Celebrating strength in stories

Young Indigenous authors have travelled from their remote community to Sydney Opera House this Indigenous Literacy Day, to share their unique bilingual tale about a quacking crocodile

This undated handout photo supplied on March 18, 2018 by Perth's Cockburn Masters Swimming Club shows swimmers posing with a giant inflatable duck they named Daphne in Perth. The Australian swimming club is appealing for ocean watchers to find their giant yellow inflatable duck Daphne, after the mascot was blown into the Indian Ocean with reported sightings hundreds of kilometres from where it was launched. The duck, owned by Cockburn Masters Swimming Club, was last seen at Perth's Coogee Beach in the early hours of March 11 as organisers prepared for a carnival. / AFP PHOTO / PERTH'S COCKBURN MASTERS SWIMMING CLUB / Nick WYATT / - NO Internet / -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

Daphne the giant duck rescued at sea

Daphne the giant, inflatable duck is rescued at sea after floating away during a Perth swimming carnival

SPEAK TO GCB PIC ED BEFORE USE: Borobi, the Gold Coast 2018Commonwealth Games mascot, hits the water at Surfers Paradise for an early morning surf before work. Picture Glenn Hampson

Meet Borobi the Comm Games mascot

A surfing blue koala is the mascot for the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. We meet Borobi and learn why he was chosen.

The Sydney Opera House is bathed in a green glow to celebrate St Patrick's Day.

Opera House turns green for St Patrick’s Day

The Sydney Opera House joins a list of world landmarks to turn green to celebrate St Patrick’s Day.

‘It was the size of a settee’ ... Picture: Brendon Shinnick/Reel Force ChartersSource:Supplied

Sue reels in monster fish on holiday

Tourist Sue Elcock reels in monster fish — which is longer than her own body — while in Australia on holiday

Giant egg laid at Stockman's Eggs in Far North Queensland. The smaller egg was found inside the large one.

Giant egg has another egg inside

Queensland farmers crack open giant egg to find another normal-sized egg inside

Don Gorske bites into the 18,000th Big Mac he has eaten at the Fond du lac High School in Fond du Lac, Wisconcin 06/11/2001. Gorske began his culinary obsession 17/05/1972 and is also fed by his obsessive compulsive disorder.

Don eats his 30,000th Big Mac

UPDATE: Don Gorske has eaten two Big Macs every day for 46 years. Now the record holder has just eaten his 30,000th burger. And he won’t stop there.

EMBARGO DO NOT USE WITHOUT PICTURE EDITOR PERMISSION . 20.2.2018.Minton Farm animal rescue centre is nursing a piglet who was found roaming a highway at Lameroo .The week old piglet ' Maggie May 'pictured with ' Daisy ' the duckling, also a week old at Minton Farm animal rescue centre, Cherry Gardens. Picture TAIT SCHMAAL.

Cute orphans become best mates

Orphaned piglet Maggie May and Daisy the duckling, who was also abandoned, have become best mates after both being rescued

CORRECTS CREDIT TO ADDISON DOTY - This undated photo provided by Forrest Fenn shows a chest purported to contain gold dust, hundreds of rare gold coins, gold nuggets and other artifacts. For more than a decade, the 82-year-old claims he has packed and repacked the treasure chest, before burying it in the mountains somewhere north of Santa Fe. (AP Photo/Addison Doty)

Poem hides secret to real buried treasure

A tricky poem full of secret clues has the answer to where a real treasure chest full of gold and jewels is buried. Can you solve the puzzle?

Phil Ferguson in the burger hat

Funny food hats will have you in stitches

Crochet artist Phil Ferguson creates funny food hats that will have you in stitches.

Stewy the Snake Catcher freed a tiger snake from a beer can. Supplied image

Tiger snake stuck in beer can

Watch the moment a snake catcher rescues a curious tiger snake that got its head stuck in a beer can. VIDEO

Actor Gary Pankhurst with kangaroo in scene from TV programme |Skippy|.

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo turns 50

It’s 50 years since Skippy the Bush Kangaroo hit our screens, winning the hearts of generations of children with her heroics and becoming a global TV success story.

Richie Porte maze at Rupertswood Farm at Hagley in Tasmania's north. Picture: Facebook

Amazing crop art tribute to Aussie cyclist

Tasmanian cycling star Richie Porte has been honoured with some amazing crop art by a farmer in his home state.

Boston Dynamics' door-opening SpotMini was the No. 1 video on YouTube on Tuesday.

Robot dog’s new trick — it opens doors

Meet SpotMini, the robot dog that’s been taught a new trick — it opens doors by itself.

Richard Louey from the Golden Dragon Museum Bendigo prepares Sun Loong, the longest Chinese dragon in Australia, for the upcoming exhibit at Melbourne Museum. Picture: Andrew Henshaw

Celebrating the Chinese New Year

This Friday marks the start of Chinese New Year — one of the world’s most colourful events with celebrations all across the globe. But why do they celebrate it?

Jason Fischer, Operations Manager and Head Mechanic at Gosford Classic Car Museum , drives the 1966 Amphicar 770, the only commercially successful vehicle in the world that went from land to water, from Rose Bay boat ramp. Picture: Dylan Robinson

Amphicar floats back into limelight

Is it a boat? Is it a car? Is it both? Onlookers were shocked to see this bright yellow vintage car driving down a boat ramp and out onto the water

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