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KIDS NEWS 2025: evergreen holder artwork SUMMER HOLIDAYS, 4:3 thumbnail plus subs. Picture: Darren Gover

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?

Guinea pigs at Collinsvale. Picture: Chris Kidd

Guinea pigs right at home as TikTok stars

Tasmanian grandfather Steven Ransley got guinea pigs to keep his lawns under control. Before long he had 37 of them, had built them a village and had a social media sensation on his hands

Close up of a stone splashing into water while little boy is in the background. Copy space.

Secret to selecting super skimming stones

Kids have always loved skimming stones across water. And everyone knows a thin, flat stone is key. Or is it? See what a group of mathematicians has to say on the subject

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Girl finds 15-million-year-old megalodon tooth

Nine-year-old aspiring palaeontologist Molly Sampson certainly had a Christmas Day to remember when she found an ancient megalodon tooth on a fossil hunt at the beach

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‘Tis the season for some Spaceboy fun

We think it’s time for some end-of-year fun with some special activity sheets from author and comedian David Walliams to celebrate his latest book, Spaceboy. Download them now

Cricket Blast kids is back on the field this year during the lunch break. Kids weren't allowed last year due to covid. Matthew Richardson, 9, Alex wood, 9, and Grace Richardson, 7, , at The Gabba. Picture: Jerad Williams

Kids’ cricket bats back after Covid

More Aussie kids signed up for club cricket in the two seasons since the pandemic began and hopes are high for a summer of fun as junior players across the country reach for the bat and ball

The 2022 Spelling Bee winners with the Kids News team and Prime Miniser Anthony Albanese in his office at Parliament House.

Champs’ quiz spells trouble for PM

The 2022 Spelling Bee national winners have put Anthony Albanese to the test in a visit to Canberra neither the Prime Minister nor the champs are likely to forget

(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 09, 2022 US singer Taylor Swift attends

Taylor Swift’s total chart takeover

Taylor Swift is no stranger to sitting top of the pops, but as her new album Midnights drops, the US superstar becomes the first musician ever to claim every spot on Billboard’s top 10 chart

14-year-old boy Caspar has photographed all of Metro’s 222 train stations as part of a school assignment this year. He has made a 168-page photobook out of the images, Picture: Supplied

Caspar’s stopping all stations for school project

High school student Caspar Schoonbrood certainly had a one-track mind when it came to a school project that saw him photograph every one of Melbourne’s 222 train stations

Back - Lexie, 7, Ivy, 7, Harry, 10, and Ella, 8, celebrate halloween with Front - Tyson, 6, Stevie, 8, and Jasmine, 8. Photo:Tertius Pickard

Halloween fans ready for spooky spree

Aussies are tipped to spend $430 million on Halloween as freaky festivities return in full force this year

2022 Comedy Wildlife Finalists - Keep Calm and Keep Your Head - Picture Martin Grace /Comedywildlifephoto.com.

Laugh your head off at funny wildlife snaps

From a ‘headless’ penguin to an antelope with wings, the finalists in the 2022 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards are sure to put a smile on your face

A Queensland man have found a big gemstone on his evening walk.

Recent rains unearth giant gem

An evening stroll proved especially profitable for one prospecting enthusiast in Queensland’s Sapphire Gemfields, whose keen eyesight picked out a glint that turned out to be one great big gem

Australia has one of its youngest ever motorsport world champions after 10-year-old South Australian Dexter Warren won the UTV World Championship in Barstow, California. Picture Facebook

Meet Australia’s pint sized world champ

Dexter Warren is just 10 years old and already on top of the world in his chosen sport, off-road kart racing

Tallest ever domestic dog Zeus, a great dane measuring 1.118m in October 2011, at his home in Michigan US. Picture: Guinness World Records

Aussies set Guinness world records

Always entertaining as a unique portrait of our planet, the latest Guinness Book of World Records is a riot of races and risk, human endeavour, animal excellence, fearful feats and lots of fun

ESCAPE. MY NEIGHBOURHOOD. How to do Melbourne's Paris end with Andrew McConnell. Hill of Content Bookshop. Picture: Supplied

Local bookstores recover with love

With Australia’s eastern seaboard braced for another serious soaking, what better time to stock up on new titles and curl up in a cosy corner than the annual Love Your Bookshop Day

Michael Jordanâs game-worn 1998 NBA Finals âThe Last Danceâ jersey, from game 1, is displayed during Sothebyâs âInvictusâ sales, in New York City on September 6, 2022. - The iconic red Chicago Bulls jersey, with Jordan's number 23 on the back, is only the second worn by the star during his six championships to be sold at auction. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

Jordan’s jersey sets new record price

Basketball great Michael Jordan’s jersey from the famed ‘Last Dance’ NBA season has sold for over $US10 million, making it the most expensive piece of game-worn sports memorabilia in history

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