Experts thought H5N1 bird flu would more likely reach Australia’s north. But an arrival from Antarctica had always been possible

The deadly H5 variant of avian influenza has been detected in a bird that washed up on a remote beach in Western Australia's south, the first time the disease has been found in…

Australia has detected its first suspected mainland case of H5N1 bird flu in a remote part of the country's southwest, authorities said on Friday.