8+ hour, 51+ min ago  (148+ words) 7 NEWS brings you the latest local news from Australia and around the world. Stay up to date with all of the breaking sport, politics, entertainment, finance, weather and business headlines. Today's news, live updates & all the latest breaking stories from…...

9+ hour, 2+ min ago  (656+ words) Authorities continue to test sick and dead birds that could be infected with a deadly bird flu as a reporting hotline picks up speed. More than 100 reports of potentially sick birds have been made to the national emergency hotline since…...

19+ hour, 3+ min ago  (519+ words) A Western Australian poultry farmer has said he is "very concerned" after a second case of the deadly H5 N1 bird flu strain was confirmed on the state's south coast, prompting major producers to lock down operations across the state. The virus…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (129+ words) A second bird found on a remote beach on WA's south coast has tested positive for a deadly strain of bird flu, authorities have confirmed. Testing undertaken by the CSIRO confirmed a northern giant petrel found in Esperance had been…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (402+ words) A second seabird is undergoing testing for H5 bird flu after Australia recorded its first mainland case of the deadly strain, prompting authorities to intensify surveillance efforts along Western Australia's south coast. A giant petrel was found in the same Esperance…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago  (477+ words) Australia's poultry industry is on high alert as authorities search for signs the deadly H5 N1 bird flu strain has spread beyond the country's first mainland detection. Rangers are combing the coastline around Esperance after H5 N1 was detected in a brown skua found…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (656+ words) This article first appeared in The Conversation. For months, a flood of mice has engulfed Western Australia's agricultural regions. For people living through it, this latest mouse plague is all-consuming. Houses, sheds, paddocks and roads are blanketed with mice. And…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago  (634+ words) Federal Agriculture Minister Julie Collins will confirm the first positive result of H5 N1 on the Australian mainland at a press conference in Canberra this morning. An initial test of a seabird found sick on June 14 near Esperance, in southwest WA, confirmed…...

4+ day, 48+ min ago  (88+ words) 7 NEWS Deadly bird flu strain may have reached Australia Understanding good and bad fats in your diet Anne Hathaway confirms baby joy Fatal train collision near Bedford Socceroos" misery rubbed in during comical scenes: "Seen it all" As the clock…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (239+ words) A farmer has been charged more than a year after a worker died following a machinery incident in southeast Victoria. The 47-year-old woman was working alone at a farm in Jack River, Gippsland, on November 13, 2024, when the incident occurred. She…...