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First bird flu death in an Australian mainland mammal is a grim milestone. We know how bad this can get

Jane Younger, Senior Lecturer in Southern Ocean Vertebrate Ecology, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of TasmaniaAugust 23, 2026August 23, 2026

Australia has crossed another grim threshold in its H5N1 bird flu outbreak. For the first…

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Australia now faces a devastating bird flu outbreak in wildlife

Jane Younger, Senior Lecturer in Southern Ocean Vertebrate Ecology, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of TasmaniaAugust 2, 2026

The spread of H5N1 birdflu is worsening. At the time of writing, Australia has 53…