This is an incomplete list of recurring segments featured on the Australian satirical game show Good News Week. Each episode usually consists of four to five of these recurring segments plus the regular segment of Strange But True.
Strange But True
In Strange But True, each team is given three clues regarding a "strange but true" news story. The clues are presented in the second round of the show and then revisited in the final round, when the teams must use the clues to determine the story. The first two clues are represented by props, with Robins often forced to wear a humiliating headpiece, mask or costume as his clue. The final clue is a song performed by one of the panellists, a special musical guest act or occasionally McDermott. In the initial presentation of the clues, only a verse and chorus is performed. When revisiting the clues later in the show the song is performed in full, sometimes as a whole musical routine involving other team members or the whole cast.
Panel segments
Panel segments, listed in alphabetical order, involve games that encourage discussion about possible answers amongst team members. The first round of the show is usually a panel segment.
3-And-A-Half Corners
3-And-A-Half Corners involves questions about news from around the world.
5 Second Grab
In 5 Second Grab, news stories must be identified from a short quote.
7 Days In 7 Seconds
In 7 Days In 7 Seconds, teams are shown a quick montage of seven stories from the week. The teams alternate identifying each story until the seventh story which is thrown open to the fastest responding team. At the end of the segment the images from the montage collect on screen as McDermott recounts each story, often obscuring his face as a running gag. In the 2009 finale, the game was played as 12 Months In 7 Seconds using stories from the year.
A Thousand Words
A Thousand Words involves each team offering their best captions for images from the week's news.
Animal Magnetism
In Animal Magnetism, each team is shown three images of different animals that they must match to three images of various objects or people to illustrate a story from the week's news.
Buzz Words
In Buzz Words, teams are required to elaborate on a given term or phrase relating to news from the week.
Giving Headline
Giving Headline involves identifying news stories from their newspaper headline.
Limericks
In Limericks, news stories are presented in the form of a limerick.
Name Game
In Name Game, McDermott asks each panel member a question where the answer is somebody's name.
Newsflash
Newsflash, previously named Fast Money, is played against a timer, where teams alternate answering questions about stories of the week until the last question which is thrown open to either team.
Spot The Bull
In Spot The Bull, each team is presented with a news story and must identify which of three quotes was the one actually said. A video clip of the person quoted is played to reveal the correct answer.
Survey Says
Survey Says is a multiple choice game where each team must identify the correct finding from a conducted survey.
Warren
In Warren, each team is given three headlines regarding the same subject, but its identity has been concealed by the name “Warren”. In this segment, the audience cries “Warren!” following Paul's explanation of the game.
What's The Story? In What's The Story, each team is shown a series of clips and images from a news story of the week that they must identify.
Individual segments
These games, listed in alphabetical order, are played by an individual panellist, or occasionally a specially appearing non-panellist guest, on behalf of their team and usually away from the panel desk. Panellists sometimes play against an opposing team panellist, or are individually quizzed by McDermott. Games from individual segments are typically less news-oriented than the games from panel segments, and as such are more suitable for international guests who are unlikely to be up to date with Australian news.
Blow Up Your Pants
Blow Up Your Pants, previously named Scattegories, where the panellist enters an apparently sound-proof booth in which pieces of paper each printed with a letter are blown around the booth. The panellist must catch a letter and is asked questions where all answers must begin with that letter. Questions usually refer to both news of the week and random trivia.
Border Insecurity
Border Insecurity, a game specifically for international guests, is a quiz about Australian culture.