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Mr Henry will be looking after 115 hairy-nosed wombats in an isolated spot in northern Queensland, with no mobile phone coverage and two-and-a-half hours on a rough track from the nearest town.
Archive 2008-06-01 2008
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Ken Henry, treasury secretary and animal conservationist, has warned that hairy-nosed wombats are "on death row".
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2008
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The opposition isn't sure this is a great idea even though, in what must be one of the lines of the year, Brendan Nelson acknowledges that "I think we all love the hairy-nosed wombat."
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2008
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Photo of a hairy-nosed Wombat by Flickr user Macinate.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2008
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This is even before we get to the hairy-nosed, green-corduroy-trousered wonder that was Charles the Incredible Vanishing Pervert.
Archive 2008-07-01 juliette 2008
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Mr Henry will be looking after 115 hairy-nosed wombats in an isolated spot in northern Queensland, with no mobile phone coverage and two-and-a-half hours on a rough track from the nearest town.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2008
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This is even before we get to the hairy-nosed, green-corduroy-trousered wonder that was Charles the Incredible Vanishing Pervert.
Bitchy Jones and the Hottest Man in the World juliette 2008
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Trends in the population of the northern hairy-nosed wombat, Lasiorhinus kreftii, in Epping Forest National park, central Queensland.
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Two endangered mammals, the northern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus kreftii CR) and the bridled nailtail wallaby (Onychogalea fraenata EN) were once widespread in eastern Australia but are now endemic to single locations within the Brigalow Belt.
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The effects of grazing on natural systems are relatively benign in comparison to land clearing, however, cattle have been directly implicated in the decline of the northern hairy-nosed wombat and the introduction of exotic fodder species threatens the natural diversity and composition of uncleared native woodlands.
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