eastern Australia – Charm

Australia tells US influencer: ‘leave baby wombat alone’

Cs news2 days ago02 mins

Australia’s top diplomat on Thursday urged a visiting American influencer to “leave the baby wombat alone”, after a viral video appeared to show the woman pestering a young marsupial. In a now-deleted video posted to Instagram this week, the woman can be seen picking up the hissing wild animal before declaring to the camera: “I…

Schools are closed and public transport has stopped as rare cyclone approaches Australian coast

Cs news1 week ago07 mins

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Early wind and rain from a rare tropical cyclone began lashing part of eastern Australia on Thursday as schools were closed, public transport was stopped and desperate residents got around shortages of sandbags by buying potting mix. Tropical Cyclone Alfred is forecast to cross the Queensland state coast somewhere between the…