On this week's News Time, we’ll hear about a world championship that’s been rocked by scandal, then we’ll meet some mother hens that have taken orphaned emu chicks under their wings.

Then, we’ll fall from the sky at a very high speed in our Wow of the Week.

Quiz Questions

1. How far can the plane fly on a single charge?

2. What demonstration did Neville Bonner give in 1971?

3. What did the cheats do to their stones?

4. What did the zookeepers name the emu chicks?

5. In which sport is Natisha is the World's Fastest Female?

Bonus Tricky Question

How fast did Natisha get at this year's World Cup?

Answers

1. 400 kilometres

2. Boomerang throwing

3. Ground them into a circular shape

4. Muffin and Socks

5. Speed skydiving

Bonus Tricky Answer

497 kilometres an hour!

This week on News Time you’ll hear about Aussies doing big things at home and around the world!

You’ll meet a team fighting diseases with the help of mosquitoes, and we’ll cheer on a motorbike rider who has landed a world-first trick after 15 years of trying. Then, we’ll jump on a tram to compete in some wacky challenges in our Wow of the Week.

Quiz Questions

1. What is the name given to Australians who work in Antarctica?

2. Which country has been sent 130 million mosquito eggs?

3. What did the students create to tell Matt's life story?

4. Which "impossible" trick did Clinton do?

5. Which country won the Tram Driver World Championship?

Bonus Tricky Question

How tall was the wave that Matt surfed off the Portugal coast?

Answers

1. Expeditioners

2. Laos

3. Dance

4. 720

5. Austria

Bonus Tricky Answer

15 metres

On this week’s News Time menu, we’ll hear about a park designed to keep koalas safe, then we’ll swim upstream to meet a bloodsucking fish. And we’ll finish with a rather large helping of dessert in our Wow of the Week.

Quiz Questions

1. How much waste can the robot shark collect each day?

2. What is the name of the planned National Park in NSW?

3. What sport does Jamieson play?

4. How did the pouched lampreys get from Antarctica to Western Australia?

5. Which country set a new strudel line world record?

Bonus Tricky Question

What were the two main ingredients used to make the strudels?

Answers

1. 500 kilograms

2. The Great Koala National Park

3. Boccia

4. By sucking on the backs of whales

5. Croatia

Bonus Tricky Answer

Flour and apple