Hon. Julie Collins MP - Press Conference
30 June 2026
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Press Conferences Australian Parliament
08:06 - 08:20
Speaker 15
Good. Thanks. Alright. Is everybody good? Look at the cameras.
08:27 - 08:45
Speaker 2
Okay. Everybody good? Alright. I'm pleased to be joined by our chief veterinary officer, doctor Beth Cookson, today to provide you all with an update on the h five bird flu testing results from the CSIRO labs. We've just received an update from doctor Cookson, and I'm happy to advise...
08:45 - 09:57
Speaker 12
Well, not happy to advise, but I'm pleased to advise that the CSIRO testing has confirmed the detection of the h five bird flu in an additional migratory seabird. This giant petrol was found at Rose's Beach near Esperance in Western Australia. This brings the total number of confirmed h five bird flu detections to five in all detections in migratory seabirds. So four of these detections were from seabirds found in Western Australia and the one seabird that was found in South Australia. As of this afternoon, there remains no new suspected positives from state testing.
I also wanna confirm that state testing on a sick migratory seabird in Victoria has today returned a negative result for the h five bird flu. I want to again reiterate, there remains no evidence of any mass mortalities in wildlife. There is no evidence currently of infection in our poultry or agriculture systems and there remains a low risk to human health. As I've said many times, given the spread of the H5 globally, it's not unexpected that other migratory seabirds may have also arrived at other locations along Australia's coastline. That's why our government has been preparing for this.
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