The desperate effort to prevent a bird flu outbreak has widened, with authorities testing two dead seabirds found in South Australia.

Australia confirmed its first mainland H5N1 bird flu case in a seabird near Esperance, WA.

Wildlife groups say Australia is unprepared for the devastation the H5 bird flu virus has caused around the world.

Farmers across the country are on high alert for 'deadly bird flu strain', with the disease already costing billions overseas.

New Zealand needs to update its national pandemic plan, as a deadly bird flu virus hits Australia, a public health expert warns.

The Australian mainland has recorded its first case of H5N1 bird flu, but the disease has already wreaked havoc on Heard Island.

Testing is still under way on a second bird after Australia's first case of the deadly H5 bird flu was confirmed on WA's south coast.

The H5N1 variant of the virus was confirmed in a sick brown skua found on a remote beach near Esperance in Western Australia, about 700km southeast of Perth.

A second bird found sick on a remote beach in Western Australia's south coast has now tested positive for a deadly strain of bird flu, authorities have confirmed.

Agriculture minister Julie Cook has confirmed a second wild bird has tested positive to the H5 bird flu.

Six more birds are being tested as officials stress the outbreak appears isolated.

SYDNEY: Australia is checking for any sign of “entrenched” H5 bird flu in its wildlife after detecting the country’s first two cases, the government said Monday. Scientists…

The bird flu straing that arrived in Australia for the time last week has already caused the deaths of hundreds of millions of birds and mammals around the world.

A migratory seabird found near Esperance has become the second bird to test positive to the H5 avian flu in Australia

Producers across an enormous stretch of southern WA are facing a tense few days, as authorities investigate more than 50 dead birds found along the state's southern coast.

Dr Carol Booth of the Invasive Species Council says "in all likelihood", Australia faces a bird flu emergency.

On a remote beach near Esperance, Western Australia, two sick seabirds have brought the bird flu crisis to Australia.

Seabirds such as wandering albatross could continue to bring the deadly H5N1 bird flu from the Antarctic outbreak to Australia.

The desperate effort to prevent a bird flu outbreak has widened, with authorities testing two dead seabirds found in South Australia.

Two dead seabirds have been collected and are being tested for the H5N1 bird flu virus in South Australia, following Australia's first confirmed cases of the deadly variant this…

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