Ebike ban for under 16s, and creatures from the deep in the Caribbean

0:00Squiz Kids, acknowledges the traditional owners of the layers on which we podcast. The Turbo and ComberMerry people. Squiz Kids, it's your daily news fix, one, free, fresh. Hello and welcome to Squiz Kids today, your fresh take on what's happening in the world around you. I'm Bryce Corbett, it's Thursday, March 26. In Squiz Kids today, eBike banned for under 16s, creatures from the deep in the Caribbean, Squizy on the propaganda trail and the world's tallest baller. That's what's making news, Kids Style. The Low Down. eBike and eScooter riding kids, consider yourselves on notice. New laws introduced yesterday in Queensland will ban kids under 16 from riding an eBike or an eScooter in what the government there describes as an attempt to crack down on

1:01a craze that has swept the nation. From July, kids in Queensland will need a learners permit and have to be at least 16 years old before they're allowed to hop on an eBike or an eScooter. Police will soon be patrolling streets stopping and finding eBike or eScooter riding kids under 16 with fines of up to $500 handed out on the spot and plans to pursue parents for the money. Oh dear. Queensland will join Western Australia as the first two states in Australia to introduce the under 16 eBike ban, with reports that New South Wales is looking to follow suit soon. Have you ever had one of those house guests that just don't know when they've worn out their welcome? That would be Norell, the tropical cyclone that just won't go away. Focusing Western Australia were yesterday on Cyclone Watch as the weather system that has already wreaked havoc in far north Queensland and the Northern Territory seemed to be pausing

2:07off the coast of Northern WA, ready to gather a bit more steam and create a bit more chaos in Western Australia. The Bureau of Meteorology was even suggesting yesterday that Norell could make her way down as far south as Perth. Enough already Norell, on your bike. Spin the globe. Each day we give the world global spin and find a new story from wherever it stops. And today we've landed in the warm waters of the Caribbean Sea. The picture postcard region of Central America, home to some of the most beautiful tropical islands in the world, where cameras have gone deep beneath the sea and discovered creatures never seen before. It's hard to imagine in this day and age that there might be parts of the planet that

3:07humans have never explored, but the deep sea is one such place. And for the first time, scientists have sent cameras as deep as 6,000 metres below the surface. That's 6 kilometres down, to discover a whole new world to paraphrase a certain little mermaid. Swimming sea cucumbers, a pelican eel with glowing pink tail, and a dragonfish with a glowing rod under its chin, are just three of the marvellous new creatures discovered. And if you love the idea of going deep under the ocean surface, keep your ears peeled on Sunday morning for this week's episode of From The Vault, where we dust off the Squizz Kids shortcut to the deep sea. Sport time! You'd think if you were 2 metres tall, you'd be the tallest person on the basketball court, right? Wrong. Especially if you're playing a US college game against Olivia Ryu.

4:12The new college basketball recruit from Canada has gone viral online this week after the photos emerged of him towering over opponents at the NCAA Basketball March Madness Tournament. Standing at an eye-watering 2 metres and 36 centimetres, or 7 foot 9 in the old measurement, the freshman took the court on the weekend and made history as the tallest player to ever play basketball in the NCAA and to score. Pity the kid who had to mark him, Hassan Diallo, who is a comparatively teeny tiny 2 metres and 8 centimetres tall, or 6 foot 8. All he could do was stand there and look up. And yes, I've stuck a link to a photo of that very special moment in today's episode notes. New Towns

5:13Every Thursday, Squeezie the New Town sticks his snout into the Squiz Kids HQ to report back on fishy things he sniffed out on the internet. And today his nose is twitching away madly with the amount of propaganda that's popping up online. If you listen to the Squiz Kids Shortcut to Propaganda on Tuesday, you'd know that propaganda is untrue information, that is spread, quite often by governments and often in times of war, to push a certain story or a certain point of view, whether it's true or not. And today it's a post on social media claiming that Australia only has 18 days worth of petrol left before it runs out, which to be clear is not true. It's a post that was shared on social media by an Iranian news outlet, linked to the Iranian government who is currently at war with America and Israel. And it uses a graphic from SBS News, which is a local news service you might be familiar

6:13with. But with the help of Photoshop, it's gone and changed some numbers in that particular graphic to make it seem like Australia's petrol reserves are much smaller than they are. Why have they done that? Because as we talk about in the short cut in times of war especially, it's often just as important to win the information wars and all to your enemy's perceptions and throw them off balance as it is to win the war with guns and planes and ships. Luckily though, as newshounds, you've always got your magnifying glass at the ready when you're online ready to stop, think and check before believing everything you see. Newshounds. It's our free plug and play media literacy classroom resource used by over $5,000 teachers around the country. Get involved already while you're still can at squizzkids.com.au So many clever Aussie kids, so many clever ideas on what they do if they were prime

7:17minister for a day and it's all leading up to next Tuesday. That's right, one of those clever Aussie kids is right now packing their bag, getting ready to fly to Canberra on Tuesday to be named as squizzkids very first PM for a day. It's the winner of the competition that we've been running this past month. Once there, they'll visit question time, get a personalized tour of Parliament House and even meet the actual PM himself. What else? Be sure to tune in to the special squizzkids episode, which is being published first thing Tuesday morning, where we will share some of the cleverest and funniest entries and also crown the winner. Cannot wait. This is the part of the podcast where you get to test how well you've been listening. Question number one. Which country does super tall basketball player Olivia Ryu come from?

8:21Yeah, well done if you said Canada. Question number two. Starting with C, what's the name of the C, that's S-E-A, where tropical islands abound and scientists have just sent cameras down into the deep. Do you know which C I'm talking about? That's right, I'm talking about the Caribbean Sea. Question number three. What's the name of the tropical cyclone hovering off the coast of WA that just won't go away? Yeah, that's right, her name is Narell. Shout out. It's Thursday March 26th. If you see people wandering about in purple today, that's because today is international epilepsy awareness day. A condition that won in 26 people will be diagnosed with in their lifetime.

9:25Rapper Lil Wayne is among them. Today is also a special day for these squizz kids celebrating a birthday today. Iliot from Forest Lake, Ibrahim from West Aubrey, Ila from Belmont, Harper Grace from Windale and Molly from Little Bay. The classroom shout outs today go to kindergarten class with Ms. Hood at Skeg's Darlinghurst. Class six TMG with Mr. Goodborne at Christchurch grammar school in Perth. Class four five X with Ms. X at Tamor Public School, that's a pretty cool name, Ms. X. Class three four D with Ms. I at Gladston View's primary school, I guess with Ms. I's pretty cool too. Class five A.M. with Mrs. Murphy at Albany Hills State School, and a special shout out goes to Mrs. Evans at Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School in Curry Curry, who's celebrating a birthday today. Happy Birthday Mrs. Evans.

10:25Don't forget if you've got a birthday coming up and you want a shout out, or if you're after a classroom shout out, drop us a line at squizzkidsatthesquizz.com.au or fill out the form on our website. Well, that's all we have time for, thanks for listening to Squizz Kids today. We'll be back again tomorrow with the Kids vs Adults weekly news quiz, your chance to prove who's being paying the most attention to the week that just was. In the meantime, get out there and have a most excellent day, over and out.