{"id":258400,"date":"2025-03-13T15:54:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T15:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/13\/australian-pm-anthony-albanese-hits-out-at-baby-wombat-snatching-us-influencer\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T15:54:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T15:54:01","slug":"australian-pm-anthony-albanese-hits-out-at-baby-wombat-snatching-us-influencer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/13\/australian-pm-anthony-albanese-hits-out-at-baby-wombat-snatching-us-influencer\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian PM Anthony Albanese hits out at baby wombat-snatching US influencer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Australia’s prime minister has become the latest to criticise an American influencer whose video of her grabbing a baby wombat and carrying it away from its distressed mother has sparked outrage.<\/p>\n

Sam Jones, who describes herself as an “outdoor enthusiast and hunter”, posted a now-deleted video to her 92,000 followers on Instagram taken in an unknown location in Australia<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“To take a baby wombat from its mother, and clearly causing distress from the mother, is just an outrage,” Anthony Albanese<\/a><\/strong> told reporters.<\/p>\n

“And, you know, I suggest to this so-called influencer, maybe she might try some other Australian animals.<\/p>\n

“Take a baby crocodile from its mother and see how you go there.<\/p>\n

“Take another animal that can actually fight back rather than stealing a baby wombat from its mother – see how you go there,” added the Australian PM.<\/p>\n

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The country’s interior minister Tony Burke said on Thursday his department is reviewing the conditions of the American’s visa – and whether she had breached immigration law.<\/p>\n

Footage she posted showed her picking up the baby wombat – a protected species of marsupial found only in Australia.<\/p>\n

It could be seen struggling and heard hissing as its mother followed on the road behind. Jones later placed the wombat back on the road.<\/p>\n

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“Given the level of scrutiny that will happen if she ever applies for a visa again, I’ll be surprised if she even bothers,” said Mr Burke.<\/p>\n

“I can’t wait for Australia to see the back of this individual, I don’t expect she will return.”<\/p>\n

Jones’ Instagram account has since been set to private, and it is unclear if she is still in the country.<\/p>\n

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Australia’s foreign minister Penny Wong said the video was distressing.<\/p>\n

“It looked pretty dreadful, didn’t it?” she said in an interview with Channel Seven.<\/p>\n

“Really, leave the wombat alone.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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