Ellie Busby Updated July 3, 2026 — 11:50am, first published July 3, 2026 — 6:50am
Key Posts NSW responding to a suspect positive case of H5 bird flu By Max Maddison
A suspect positive case of bird flu has been identified near Hawks Nest, the NSW government has confirmed.
Samples from a Giant Petrel tested positive to H5 influenza, with authorities now racing to determine whether it actually is avian flu.
The infection marks the first wild migratory seabird in NSW to return a suspect positive result for H5 bird flu.
Agriculture Minister Tara Moriarty said the risk to humans remained low, and bird flu had not been detected in commercial poultry flocks, captive birds or any other birds in NSW.
A statement asked people to avoid contact with wild birds who had died or were ill by “unusual” means.
More to come
Latest Posts 11.10am Labor MP headbutted, undergoes urgent surgery By Kieran Rooney
Victorian state Labor MP Katie Hall was assaulted and needed urgent surgery after she intervened to rescue a woman who was being attacked and kicked in the face.
The Footscray MP told The Age on Friday about the attack she witnessed outside her electorate office on June 25.
Labor’s member for Footscray, Katie Hall, on the day of the 2022 state election. Paul Jeffers Hall said that, at lunchtime that day, she saw a man running past her, and he collided with two women headed in the opposite direction in Nicholson Street, Footscray. One of the women fell to the ground, and the man kicked her in the head until Hall moved to stop him.
As the MP called for help, the man then allegedly headbutted Hall, knocking her over and damaging the tendons in her hand to the point at which she required emergency surgery.
10.46am Stage falls apart, officials give speeches to no one at Trump’s state fair By Michael Koziol
Washington: Donald Trump’s trouble-plagued celebrations for America’s 250th anniversary took another hit after part
Read More