Poultry producer Inghams announces move after brown skua confirmed to have virus and petrel being tested, in first cases seen on Australia’s mainland

Agriculture Minister Julie Collins announced on Friday a bird has died and the initial test was positive for H5N1. Further tests will be performed for confirmation.

The first suspected case of a deadly strain of bird flu that has killed millions of birds and mammals worldwide has been found in Western Australia, the federal government has…

Migratory seabird known as brown skua tests positive for avian influenza

Amidst the deadly scare of bird flu, Australia was the only continent that was untouched by the highly destructive global H5 bird flu strain and was safe until a dead migratory…