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Bird flu spreads to farmed animals from wild birds. The 2024 infections are Australia’s 10th outbreak since 1976, each contained and eradicated, the government has said.

The federally agreed biosecurity plan states all birds with high pathogenic bird flu must be killed. About 600,000 birds have been culled due to the current outbreak. More to come.

“I’m a big bird-watcher,” she said, with 2,006 life birds. Australia was a natural choice because it has 850 species of birds, 450 of which are found only in that country.