Nas Campanella, the ABC's National Disability Affairs Reporter, is picking up the News Time microphone this week for International Day of People with Disability.

You'll hear about a show where everyone can experience ballet, even if they can't see! You'll meet a teenager whose idea to share expensive equipment is making a real difference. Then we'll head to a huge sporting event for deaf athletes in our Wow of the Week!

Quiz Questions

1. How many times has Leo's speech been viewed on social media?

2. What technology is Kaitie using to gain the confidence to drive?

3. What is the name Ava has given to the online community she created?

4. What word does Devon use to describe the type of accessibility in her show?

5. What anniversary did the Deaflympics celebrate this year?

Bonus Tricky Question

In track events at the Deaflympics, what is used instead of a starting pistol?

Answers

1. More than 2.5 million times!

2. A driving simulator

3. The Sharing Shed

4. Radical

5. 100th!

Bonus Tricky Answer

Lights

On this week’s News Time, you’ll hear about a family who’s received a message from 100 years in the past, and we’ll go on a quest to identify a mysterious animal prowling around a forest. Then we’ll put on our dancing shoes for a very wild Wow of the Week!

Quiz Questions

1. Where has the mango been grown and developed?

2. Who won the 2025 NSW Premier's Spelling Bee?

3. What was inside the glass bottle?

4. What breed of dog (not lion!) is Mouse?

5. How long did GrassHopper dance for?

Bonus Tricky Question

How many songs did GrassHopper dance to?

Answers

1. Far North Queensland

2. Finn

3. Two letters

4. Newfoundland

5. 144 hours (or six days!)

Bonus Tricky Answer

More than 3,000 songs!

On this episode of News Time, we’ll descend from great heights to save an endangered tree, then we’ll hear about an archery world champion who shoots arrows with her feet! And, in our Wow of the Week, we’ll collide with something that’s truly out of this world!

Quiz Questions

1. What was the name of the eSports competition that went to regional New South Wales for the first time?

2. What will be built on the car park?

3. What was the name of the endangered tree that Stan saw?

4. Where were the recent World Para Archery Championships held?

5. What part of Andrew's car was struck by the possible meteorite?

Bonus Tricky Question

What did the horticulturalists collect from the trees?

Answers

1. The FUSE Cup

2. An aged care facility for Indigenous elders

3. Jillaga ash

4. South Korea

5. Windscreen

Bonus Tricky Answer

Gumnuts