7 h. ago US influencer who sparked outrage after snatching baby wombat flees Australia

Sam Jones quietly departed on Friday as the Australian government began reviewing her visa status

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15 h. ago American who snatched baby wombat from its mother being reviewed for Australian visa breach

Australia is reviewing an American influencer’s visa after she posted video of her snatching a baby wombat from its mother

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15 h. ago US tourist who enraged the world after manhandling a baby wombat flees Australia

Samantha Strable, 24, shared a now-deleted video of her laughing as she grabbed a wombat joey from its distressed mother and ran off with it dangling in her arms.

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24 h. ago Is it illegal to separate an animal from its mother? After baby wombat snatched in 'heinous' video

It is worth noting Scotland's stance on separating an animal from its mother after a "dreadful" incident in Australia

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27 h. ago American influencer snatches baby wombat from its mother in 'heinous act' for video

Influencer Sam Jones is now being investigated for a potential breach of her Australian visa after a 'callous' and 'pretty dreadful' video saw her grabbing the wombat as it shrieked in fear

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54 h. ago American influencer sparks outrage in Australia after taking baby wombat from its mom

Sam Jones posted clip on Instagram showing her with the marsupial while the mother gave chase

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56 h. ago American influencer sparks outrage after taking baby wombat from its mom

Sam Jones posted clip on Instagram showing her with the marsupial while the mother gave chase

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4 d. ago Ten Pound Poms series two review – this trashy, soapy migration drama is a knockoff Call the Midwife

Michelle Keegan is the only nurse in this 50s-set drama about Brits emigrating to Australia, but its slight take on social issues that are relevant today recalls the BBC birthing drama Sunday nights on BBC One should offer an escape from the disappointments of the working week. But what’s this? We’re thousands of miles away and in the distant past, but we’re uncomfortable and frustrated, mopping our troubled brows and wondering if we’ve all made a horrible mistake? That’s right: Ten Pound Poms is back for a second season.Based on a real scheme that saw hundreds of thousands of Britons flee postwar austerity and move to Australia, paying a tenner for their passage on the understanding that a utopian existence awaited them in Oz, Ten Pound Poms concerns a gang of unfortunate Englanders who sail from Southampton to Sydney in 1956. Their plucky optimism is instantly squished when they find that, as was often the case with the real ten-pounders, the suburban idyll they’ve been promised i...

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3 w. ago What to know about influencer’s ‘dirty’ joke sparking outrage in India

The comment has resulted in multiple police complaints

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