If you felt like today was short, then you'd be right! It's the Winter Solstice which means it's the shortest day of the year in the Southern Hemisphere!

WINTER SOLSTICE
If you felt like today was short, then you'd be right! It's the Winter Solstice which means it's the shortest day of the year in the Southern Hemisphere! If you blinked and it was suddenly dark again today, you're not alone. That's because we just lived through the shortest day of the year. The winter solstice happens when the southern hemisphere is tilted its furthest away from the sun which means we get less sunlight and therefore a shorter day! It's been celebrated around the world for centuries and it's known as a time of transformation, creativity and fresh beginnings. But over on the other side of the world, it's a completely different story. The Northern Hemisphere is actually tilted closest to the sun. So it's the longest day of the year for them, aka the Summer Solstice, and there are all sorts of bright and colourful celebrations going on.

STATE OF ORIGIN
Celebrations are well underway in Queensland after the Maroons took out the 2023 State of Origin series last night! The team smashed New South Wales 32-6 in game 2 of the 3 game series. They'll still play the third and final game in a few weeks.

MOST LIVEABLE CITY
Melbourne has been crowned the third most liveable city in the world! After a fall from glory to 10th on the list last year it's reclaimed its bragging rights. Sydney is just behind in fourth place with Copenhagen coming in second and Vienna taking out the top spot.

HAIR DISCRIMINATION
There are new calls for more cultural understanding in Aussie schools after new research found lots of African-Australian students have experienced hair discrimination at school. People from diverse backgrounds often have diverse hair. But here in Australia, uniform and hair rules in schools don't always reflect that. Researchers at the university of South Australia have been interviewing African Australian students and many of them have said they have been discriminated against because of their hair. Styles like braided hair have been a part of African cultures for thousands of years and they're used to express identity and culture. These styles also protect natural Afro hair. There are some schools that have listened to their students and adopted more inclusive rules and there are hopes many more schools across the county do the same so everyone feels safe and included at school.

LAB GROWN MEAT
This looks like a yummy chicken dinner. But that chicken strip was grown in a lab. The US has just approved "lab-grown" meat so now it can be sold and eaten. It comes from real animal cells that are then cultivated, or grown, in big steel tanks like this one.

EYE GUY
Now to an ocularist in Brisbane. That's someone who specialises in making prosthetic eyes for people who have lost theirs. Nicholas here spends a long time making sure the colours and the shape are just right. But now, with the help of some new 3D scanning and printing equipment, that part of the job has just gotten a lot faster.

INFLATABLE DUCK
And finally, to these giant inflatable rubber ducks in Hong Kong which we told you about last week. I am happy to report that they are now both back in action! Last week, one of the ducks deflated because of some hot weather. But now it's been repaired and can join its other duck friend.

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