Editing Koala (section)

===Koala diplomacy===
Political leaders and members of royal families had their pictures taken with koalas, including [[Queen Elizabeth II]], [[Prince Harry]], [[Crown Prince Naruhito]], [[Crown Princess Masako]], [[Pope John Paul II]], US President [[Bill Clinton]], Soviet premier [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] and South African President [[Nelson Mandela]]<ref name=jackson/>{{rp|156}} At the [[2014 G20 Brisbane summit]], hosted by Prime Minister [[Tony Abbott]], many world leaders, including Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] and US President [[Barack Obama]], were photographed holding koalas.<ref>{{cite web |last=Donnison |first=Jon |date=16 November 2014 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-30075241 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112020848/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-30075241 |archive-date=12 November 2020 |title=G20 summit: Koalas and 'shirtfronting' |work=BBC News |access-date=23 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=President Obama, Putin Cozy Up With Koalas at G20 Summit |url=https://abcnews.go.com/News/president-obama-putin-cozy-koalas-g20-summit/story?id=26937335 |website=ABC News |language=en |last=Dimitrova |first=Kami |date=16 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303131537/https://abcnews.go.com/News/president-obama-putin-cozy-koalas-g20-summit/story?id=26937335 |archive-date=3 March 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 }}</ref> The event gave rise to the term "koala diplomacy",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rimmer |first=Susan Harris |date=17 November 2014 |title=Koala diplomacy: Australian soft power saves the day at G20 |url=http://theconversation.com/koala-diplomacy-australian-soft-power-saves-the-day-at-g20-34147 |access-date=16 June 2024 |website=The Conversation |language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227214645/https://theconversation.com/koala-diplomacy-australian-soft-power-saves-the-day-at-g20-34147 |archive-date=27 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Arup |first=Tom |date=26 December 2014 |title=The rise and influence of koala diplomacy |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/the-rise-and-influence-of-koala-diplomacy-20141224-12dj2b.html |access-date=16 June 2024 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117011938/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/the-rise-and-influence-of-koala-diplomacy-20141224-12dj2b.html |archive-date=17 January 2021}}</ref> which became the Oxford Word of the Month for December 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oup.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0027/89127/WotM_December_2016.pdf |title=Oxford Word of the Month – December: koala diplomacy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317214341/https://www.oup.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0027/89127/WotM_December_2016.pdf |archive-date=17 March 2022 |publisher=Oxford University Press|date=28 November 2016|access-date=23 February 2021 }}</ref> The term also includes the loan of koalas by the Australian government to overseas zoos in countries such as Singapore and Japan, as a form of "soft power diplomacy", like the "[[panda diplomacy]]" practised by China.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Koala diplomacy as furry envoys return to Australia |url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/news/news/Pages/koala-diplomacy-as-furry-envoys-return-to-australia,%20https://www.dfat.gov.au/news/news/Pages/koala-diplomacy-as-furry-envoys-return-to-australia |access-date=19 November 2024|website=www.dfat.gov.au |language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613211243/https://www.dfat.gov.au/news/news/Pages/koala-diplomacy-as-furry-envoys-return-to-australia |archive-date=13 June 2021 |publisher=Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |date=10 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Markwell |first1=Kevin |last2=Cushing |first2=Nancy |date=20 May 2015 |title=Koalas, platypuses and pandas and the power of soft diplomacy |url=http://theconversation.com/koalas-platypuses-and-pandas-and-the-power-of-soft-diplomacy-42051 |access-date=16 June 2024 |website=The Conversation |language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305111551/https://theconversation.com/koalas-platypuses-and-pandas-and-the-power-of-soft-diplomacy-42051 |archive-date=5 March 2021 }}</ref>