Endangered wallabies arrive in Canberra on very different repatriation flight

Andrew Brown
Updated March 5 2021 - 5:39am, first published 4:00am
Michael Smith hands over two endangered rock wallabies to Dr Sarah May, where they will be taken to Tidbinbilla. Picture: Keegan Carroll
Michael Smith hands over two endangered rock wallabies to Dr Sarah May, where they will be taken to Tidbinbilla. Picture: Keegan Carroll

The ACT has been well versed at receiving repatriation flights throughout the pandemic, but the one that touched down at Canberra Airport on Thursday was different in many ways to those that brought home stranded Australians.

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Andrew Brown

Andrew Brown

Journalist

I've been part of the Canberra Times since 2016, after reporting at local papers in Sydney's north-west. Since starting at the paper I've had stints on the Sunday Times, on the early morning breaking news round, and now as a general reporter, covering the ins and outs of anything and everything happening in Canberra, with a focus on health.

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