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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese endured heckling from South Coast locals throughout his morning press conference in the ...

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Supermarkets across Australia could be hit with egg shortages after a new strain of bird flu was detected at a farm in Victoria's north-east.

On Thursday, the federal government announced Australia was officially bird flu-free after there had been no detections of H7 ...

Authorities are racing to contain a positive detection of bird flu at a farm in northern Victoria just days after last year’s outbreak was declared “eradicated”.

Garry Linnell is one of Australia’s most experienced journalists. He has won several awards for his writing, including a Walkley for best feature writing. He writes a weekly column for ACM and the ...