Questacon
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Oct 7, 2026
Marcelo MontoyaHOST
We'll bring the girls to Canberra.
Tayla MontoyaHOST
[laughs] Yeah, we love Questacon.
Tayla MontoyaHOST
Do you guys go Questacon much, the science thing?
Marcelo MontoyaHOST
Bro, I've-
Noah PapaliiGUEST
Science?
14 MINS LATER
Tayla MontoyaHOST
Number four.
Marcelo MontoyaHOST
Number four, George.
Tayla MontoyaHOST
What natural disaster causes the ground to shake? Ooh, that one's for Questacon.
Tayla MontoyaHOST
Yeah.
Tayla MontoyaHOST
We love Questacon.
Tayla MontoyaHOST
Do you guys go to Questacon much? The science
Josh Papali'iGUEST
thing? Science.
Josh Papali'iGUEST
I lived in Canberra for like 16 years, never taking the kids with me.
14 MINS LATER
Tayla MontoyaHOST
All right, number four.
Tayla MontoyaHOST
Number four, George.
Tayla MontoyaHOST
What natural disaster causes the ground to shake? Oh, that one's for Questacon, yeah.
Con CoutisGUEST
Yeah.
Con CoutisGUEST
I've only ever been to like the Questacon and the Parliament building when I was like 10.
Con CoutisGUEST
The
Zachary RuaneGUEST
Questacon.
Zachary RuaneGUEST
The Questacon.
Zachary RuaneGUEST
Do you mind if I hit a vape?
Greg LarsenHOST
No.
ErinHOST
Canberra is not boring.
ErinHOST
I remember going there on a student trip and we went to Questacon.
ErinHOST
It was the science capital of Canberra.
ErinHOST
Oh, my word.
ErinHOST
If you can do, you know, like the War Memorial and then, is it Floriade? Yes.
ErinHOST
And then, yeah.
ErinHOST
And then Questacon.
ErinHOST
There you go.
LindsayHOST
Floriade,
ErinHOST
Questacon, four movies in Parliament House.
LindsayHOST
Yeah, yeah.
LindsayHOST
Beautiful fountains
Penny LeeHOST
And that concludes that Page 9 story, Crisis Team Created to Deal with School Budget Cuts Fallout, by Sarah Lansdowne.
WambaHOST
And moving on to page eight, Department Find After Child's Hands Catch Fire at Questacon.
WambaHOST
It is written by Maddy Borg.
WambaHOST
The risk was foreseeable, a magistrate has found, after a nine-year-old girl suffered second-degree burns when alcohol-based hand sanitizer ignited as she touched a plasma globe at Questacon.
WambaHOST
The Department of Industry, Science and Resources, which oversees the Science Center, was fined $140,000 in the SCT Magistrate Court on Thursday.
WambaHOST
The department previously pleaded guilty to failing to comply with its health and safety duties, exposing people to a risk of death or serious injury.
WambaHOST
The maximum penalty for the offense is $1.5 million.
WambaHOST
The department was charged after the girl's hands caught fire when she was visiting Questacon in July 2022.
Veronica ElliottSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So we're calling on members of the community to step up and add their name to a form that we can present to the Minister to say let's end disruptions in our schools.
Renee BigatkoHOST
KidSafe ACT says Questacon's management needs to do better.
Renee BigatkoHOST
It's after the department that oversees Questacon was fined $140,000 after a young visitor was injured while interacting with a plasma ball exhibit back in 2022.
Renee BigatkoHOST
KidSafe says they've written to the relevant minister, calling for urgent intervention to ensure the science centre has proper safety protocols and processes so something like this doesn't happen again.
Renee BigatkoHOST
The New South Wales Police Force is mourning the loss of one of its youngest officers.
Renee BigatkoHOST
On the ABC there.
Renee BigatkoHOST
The department that oversees Questacon has been fined $140,000 today after a young visitor was injured while interacting with the plasma ball exhibit back in 2022.
Renee BigatkoHOST
The Department of Industry, Science and Resources says it deeply regrets the incident and sincerely apologizes to the victim and their family.
Renee BigatkoHOST
Police allege a 42-year-old man was clocked at nearly 100Ks in 60 zones during a police chase in an alleged stolen car through Canberra's inner south this morning.
Jordan MillsHOST
got a
Chris LittlejohnHOST
manager or an investor or he's doing something with it because there's only so many times you can go to Questacon, George.
Jordan MillsHOST
Oh, mate, well, he won, yeah, he won like 60 US the week before as well.
Jordan MillsHOST
So that's like another 85 or something.
NigeHOST
We had some appointments we had to deal with, some medical stuff for me.
NigeHOST
And then afterwards, we drove down to Lake Burley Griffin on the south side right near Questacon.
KristenHOST
Oh, welcome.
KristenHOST
Welcome to the good
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