News Time

We're flying high on this week’s News Time! We’ll hear about an Aussie who’s been offered a job that’s truly out of this world; then we’ll head to an island where a creepy crawly has made quite a comeback! And in our Wow of the Week, we'll take you out to the ball game! 
Quiz Questions
1. How many sporting events are in a modern pentathlon?
2. What process did Travis call upon the Prime Minister to establish? 
3. Where has Katherine Bennell-Pegg been invited to go? 
4. What is the name of the island experiencing a boom in native cockroaches? 
5. What are the first names of the two Australian Major League Baseball players who faced each other recently? 
Answers
1. Five
2. Truth-telling 
3. The International Space Station
4. Lord Howe Island 
5. Curtis and Travis

On this week's News Time, we’ll hear a musical instrument that’s taken more than three years to repair. We’ll also visit a workplace looking for an energetic new staff member who’s keen to fetch; and then we’ll uncover a salad surprise in our Wow of the Week. 
Quiz Questions
1. How old is lawn bowler Jacky Hudson?
2. What native animal was Bear the detection dog trained to sniff out?
3. Braithen has written a book in which Indigenous language?
4. What giant music instrument has been restored?
5. What name did the housemates give the frog?
Answers
1. 75
2. Koalas
3. Gudjal
4. A pipe organ
5. Greg!

On this week’s News Time, we’ll hear how sport is helping refugees feel like they belong. We’ll meet a new species of insect that's lacking table manners. Then, in our Wow of the Week, we’ll find out why a jet plane has travelled to Australia... by boat!
Quiz Questions
1. What is the name given to Australian sign language?
2. What sport is helping refugees settle into the Toowoomba community?
3. The new insect was given the name Larrakia WHAT-legged assassin bug?
4. What bird did Christopher, the drone operator, say he's always wanted to fly like?
5. How long had the plane been travelling by sea?
Answers
1. Auslan
2. Hockey
3. Feather-legged
4. Black cockatoo
5. Two months!

Isaac Muller is back to bring you more News Time!
We’ll hear about a group of teenage hikers who used their knowledge to make a brave rescue. We’ll find something gross but valuable that’s washed up on a beach. Then, in our Wow of the Week, we’ll meet someone who loves our world and has lived on it for much longer than most of us!
Quiz Questions
1. What has been discovered about platypuses from millions of years ago? 
2. What did the girls make to get the injured hiker to safety? 
3. Ambergris was once used as an ingredient in what item? 
4. Where are many Meekatharra kids riding their repaired bikes to? 
5. How old did Sir David Attenborough turn last week?
Answers
1. They had teeth! 
2. A homemade stretcher 
3. Perfume
4. School
5. 100!

Isaac Muller has picked up the microphone from Emily for this week's News Time!
You'll meet some litter legends working hard to make their community a cleaner place. We’ll visit an airport that’s hired a crew of robots to do some heavy lifting. And in our Wow of the Week, we’ll dig up a sensory scoop about seeds!
Quiz Questions
1. What nickname has Ayla given her walking frame? 
2. What bakery treat did the sisters enjoy after their litter collecting? 
3. Which country has introduced humanoid robot baggage handlers? 
4. What did Alby sleep next to each night as a two-year-old?
5. What noise does a falling raindrop sound like to a seed? 
Answers
1. Goldie
2. Vanilla slice
3. Japan
4. A container of golf balls
5. Plunk!