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Koala park and robot shark

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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.

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© Australian Broadcasting Corporation Length 12 min 18 September 2025 NewsEducationalGeography Australia Episodic

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© Australian Broadcasting Corporation Length 12 min 18 September 2025 NewsEducationalGeography Australia Episodic

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Assassin spider and space telescope

This is an episodic podcast, so you can listen to it in any order, but episode one is a great place to start.

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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


© Australian Broadcasting Corporation | 12 min

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