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Search complete. 17 mentions across 10 episodes found for "Wallaby".
Nov 4, 2026
Garrett MaroonHOST
Let's start with something surprising.
Garrett MaroonHOST
Is a wallaby just a tiny kangaroo? Wallabies and kangaroos are closely related, but they're not exactly the same animal.
Garrett MaroonHOST
Both belong to a family of animals called macropods, and that word means something pretty interesting.
HattieHOST
What does it mean?
HattieHOST
So it's like having a built-in kickstand.
HattieHOST
That's actually a pretty good description.
HattieHOST
Now, want to learn one of my favorite wallaby facts? Yes! Wallabies are marsupials.
Garrett MaroonHOST
Huh?
DerekHOST
Like groceries.
WalshHOST
No. Wallaby.
WalshHOST
That's the other one.
WalshHOST
I don't think
Ian McKennaNARRATOR
From the National, Tuesday 27th October 2026, from the News section.
Ian McKennaNARRATOR
Council issues statement after Wallaby spotted near Perth.
Ian McKennaNARRATOR
An article written by Catherine Anderson.
Ian McKennaNARRATOR
There was confusion last week at reports of a wallaby spotted in the wild about 20 miles from Perth.
Mark NelsonHOST
Another bit where there was these...
Mark NelsonHOST
Wallabies.
Mark NelsonHOST
The bad trail.
Mark NelsonHOST
Right? Wallabies sitting there.
Mark NelsonHOST
And then two big massive emus.
Mark NelsonHOST
Like huge things.
Wes LarsonHOST
It's not a good way to start.
Wes LarsonHOST
Wallaby? Let's just take a quick break.
Wes LarsonHOST
What, that counts? Sure, it counts.
Jeff LarsonHOST
He's right, isn't he?
Adam HawseHOST
But yeah, it's a club you do not... want to be involved with now moto gp is taking place on philip island and the world's top riders they have been upstaged by a local have a listen
speaker_7SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
there you go right on cue it is another wallaby Another Wallaby enjoying their afternoon in the sunshine and spoiling the rhythm of the world's fastest riders.
speaker_7SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Now that is how you actually fully buy it.
Pat CumminsSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Skippy played spoiler
7 MINS LATER
Adam HawseHOST
There you go.
Adam HawseHOST
Now, the Wallabies have announced their squad today for...
Adam HawseHOST
Their tour of the UK, which is coming up very, very shortly, and former Australia under-20s captain Teddy Wilson has been named in his first Wallaby squad after earning selection for the upcoming November Nations Championship Test.
Adam HawseHOST
The 23-year-old scrum half is the son of Wallaby number 699, David Wilson, who earned 79 caps in the Wallaby Gold and featured in two Rugby World Cups, including the 1999 side that lifted the Webb Ellis Cup in Cardiff on Feeling old, I used to watch Dave Wilson.
Christian O'ConnellHOST
That would be the most Australian photo of the year, I think.
Christian O'ConnellHOST
A copper chasing a stray Wallaby.
RioPANELIST
Maybe it was like one of the Wallaby players.
RioPANELIST
Oh, yeah, Wallaby showing up at 2 a.m. You're quite right,
Christian O'ConnellHOST
yes.
Christian O'ConnellHOST
It's all about interpretation.
Monique SteeleCORRESPONDENT
So that's according to a recent Federated Farmers Survey.
Monique SteeleCORRESPONDENT
So if we go over to the Hunter Hills between North Otago and South Canterbury, which the Department of Conservation calls Wallaby Central, well the area's just had a massive wallaby bait drop across 7,500 hectares of public conservation land, and that's in a major wallaby containment zone.
Monique SteeleCORRESPONDENT
So it's dipped into the $55 million international visitor levy fund, and that the government's just topped up recently for biodiversity projects to fund this work.
Monique SteeleCORRESPONDENT
So DOC's Tony Preston of Geraldine, well he says wallaby populations are highly dense here, and they're spreading into Mackenzie country and even north of the Rangitata River.
Ellen GrahamPANELIST
Uh-
Phil Harker-SmithHOST
Wallaby Strangle that bilby to death.
Phil Harker-SmithHOST
Ah.
Ellen GrahamPANELIST
I think-
Will YoungGUEST
We did look about getting like, what's the name of it again? Kangaroo? No, they, wallabies.
Will YoungGUEST
Wallaby, yes.
Will YoungGUEST
But then you have to be classed as a zoo for wallabies.
Samuel GoldsmithHOST
Oh, okay.