A major push is underway to catch and vaccinate more than 5,000 little penguins in Victoria to protect them against the virulent H5N1 bird flu. Victorian wildlife officers will carry out vaccinations ...

Bird flu has reached the world's smallest penguin colonies in Australia, and officials are racing against time with an ...

Australia confirmed its first case of H5N1 in June in migratory seabirds. Since then, the virus has spread rapidly, straining ...

South Australia has been a victim of bad luck, having borne the brunt of H5 bird flu's arrival to Australia, the state's chief veterinary officer says. To date, SA accounts for more than three ...

Federal government also hopes to vaccinate some wild birds but admits catching them once, let alone twice for both doses, is ‘difficult’ Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast ...

There’s still no evidence of the H5N1 infiltrating the poultry or agriculture industry, but with evidence of local transmission and a mass mortality event in South Australia confirmed, Australia’s ...

Authorities confirm first Australian death of species found with virus near where it attracts crowds to a ‘penguin parade’ Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia’s first ...

Backyard bird keepers are calling for vaccines to be made available to protect at-risk species and privately owned birds as avian influenza spreads inland. There have been reports of new cases more ...

A dangerous strain of avian influenza (bird flu) is now wreaking havoc on every continent except Australia and the rest of Oceania. While we remain free from this strain for now, it’s only a matter of ...

Poultry farmers have been ordered to keep free-range chickens indoors for at least two weeks as the state’s Chief Veterinary Officer warns a deadly strain of H5 bird flu is spreading in new directions ...