We check out why there have been protests in France, Antarctica is hiring 150 people for some cool jobs, 16 year old Luke tells us why bees are important, And the Kansas City Symphony break a world record.

WA is experiencing some extreme heat waves that could reach SA and Victoria, A new dinosaur discovered in Australia, The ISS gets into the Christmas spirit, And a vending machine for Bacon

The low-down on Brexit ahead of a big vote next week, whether we should put a tax on sugar to curb obesity, the American kid who took it on himself to change an outdated law about snowball fights, and a sick kid whose cricket wish came true.

Changes to some of our privacy laws on the horizon, we chat to a young altruistic Aussie on International Volunteer Day, the winners of this year's PM Literary Prizes, and an interesting idea being floated that could see kids starting school earlier, or much later, than usual!

We check out the YouTube rich-list for 2018, what you reckon about an ABC journo being booted from parliament for failing to meet the dress code, the big names and important goings-on at COP24, and the moment 35 thousand teddy bears decided to go for a joy flight over an ice hockey game.

We chat to triple j newsreader Nas Campanella on International Day of People With Disability, making progress in our war against single-use plastics (as well as an area where there's definitely room for improvement), a thrill-seeking mum aiming for the Grand Slam Seven-Seven, and the clumsy boyfriend who dropped something he definitely shouldn't have dropped when his nerves got the better of him.

The message Aussie kids are sending to our leaders about climate change, a list of weird and wacky things being added to our "cultural" heritage list, and the very unlikely basketball team over in the US.

Queenslanders leave their homes as fires burn across the state, we check out some of our best Aussie artists who cleaned up at this year's ARIAs, why schoolkids in SA got half a day off today, and the brothers who sprang into action when most of us would've just freaked.

Mother nature saturates Sydney and sparks some serious chaos, bad news about that promise Australia made to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, we find out what's worrying young Aussies these days, and a bunch of brave researchers who took on one of life's big unanswered questions...

The "mother of native title" Bonita Mabo dies (and leaves behind an inspiring legacy), the InSight lander makes a successful touch-down on the red planet and gets ready to dig, Steph Gilmore wins yet another surfing title and becomes even more of a legend, and the UK town that wants to ban silent discos because they're too loud!