Hunting influencer Sam Jones handles an echidna in a video posted to Instagram on February 4,

Next time,steal a crocodile:PM’s advice for US tourist after viral wombat video

The hunting influencer has posted videos showing her handling Australian animals including a wombat and an echidna. The minister for immigration wants her out of the country.

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Woman runs away with a wombat joey from its mother.

‘Just caught a baby wombat’:American influencer suffers backlash after viral video

The hunting influencer locked her social media accounts after posting a video showing her taking a baby wombat from its mother.

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Then prime minister Turnbull and US president Donald Trump meeting in Washington in 2018.

‘Conga line of sycophants’:Turnbull decries Australia’s timid approach to ‘bully’ Trump

Malcolm Turnbull,who argues Donald Trump is playing into China’s hands,spoke out after the US president called him ‘weak and ineffectual’.

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Cyclone Alfred

Cyclone Alfred as it happened:BoM forecasts storm to hit just north of Brisbane as heavy rainfall,strong wind batters the east coast;Lismore likely to flood tomorrow morning;PM to push election to May

Residents in more regions of northern NSW towns have been told to evacuate as Cyclone Alfred makes its way to the east coast. Follow our live coverage.

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 A woman has been attacked by a shark at Gunyah Beach and suffered a serious leg injury.

Woman bitten by shark at south Sydney beach

Beaches have been closed across Bate Bay after a woman was bitten by a shark at Bundeena and suffered a serious leg injury.

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Enhanced infrared satellite image showing clouds around Tropical Cyclone Alfred on Wednesday.

Alfred to slow and lessen in severity,but window of destruction remains open

Cyclone Alfred may be downgraded to a category 1 storm by the time it makes landfall early on Saturday – about 24 hours later than first expected.

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Image:Visible true-colour satellite images showing Tropical Cyclone Alfred off the southeast coast of Queensland on Wednesday morning. Weatherzone.com.au

Cyclone Alfred as it happened:Category downgrade possible as storm approaches Queensland coast;NSW Northern Rivers evacuation warnings issued for Lismore,surrounding areas

The category 2 system has slowed considerably as it moves towards Queensland,and could make landfall much later than previously predicted. Follow our live coverage.

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Intermittent heavy rainfall from Cyclone Alfred made for wet work for the employees of Brads Butchery in Lismore as they evacuated their workplace.

How Cyclone Alfred is impacting Northern NSW

Supermarkets,health clinics,transport,schools and roads have all been impacted by Cyclone Alfred. Here’s what you need to know.

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‘Three natural disaster events in one’:Northern NSW braces for Cyclone Alfred

Evacuation centres have been set up,flights cancelled and schools closed as the category 2 storm moves towards land.

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Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to make landfall between Bundaberg and northern NSW.

‘This is unusual’:Northern NSW braces for first tropical cyclone in decades

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to make landfall late Thursday or early Friday as a category 2 system,bringing up to 300 millimetres of rain and winds of 100km/h.

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