Politician takes 'wombat leave'
A top Austrailian politicion has announced he is to take five weeks off to look after endangered wombats.
Treasury secretary Ken Henry says that despite inflation being at a 16-year high and the country on the brink of a credit crunch he is too worried about the wombats not to take the break.
He will go, along with wife Naomi to the isolated spot in northern Queensland - where there is not even any mobile phone coverage - to look after 115 hairy-nosed wombats.
"These guys are on death row," he says about the wombats, "There are 10 times as many giant pandas in the world as there are these guys."
While the break will take place during the winter he will still miss a central bank meeting - something rivals has been quick to point out.
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