A long-nosed fur seal is Australia's first case of H5 bird flu in a mammal.  (ABC South East SA: Caroline Horn/File)

Australia's first case of bird flu in a mammal has been confirmed following testing of a long-nosed fur seal found in South Australia.

Federal Agriculture Minister Julie Collins has told reporters in Hobart the seal was found at Beachport, 300 kilometres south of Adelaide.

"This is sadly our first confirmed case of H5 bird flu in a mammal in Australia," Ms Collins said.

"Although this is a concerning development, it is not unexpected for us to start to see infection in other wildlife, particularly in marine mammals, particularly in areas where there are high infection rates in wild birds.

"I have been advised that at this time the detection does not appear to be associated with other sick or dead marine mammals.

"An infection of this individual animal is likely to have occurred due to exposure to infected wild birds or the environment that they share."

There have now been 298 positive H5 bird flu events recorded in Australia since the outbreak.

Ms Collins said there was no evidence of infection in poultry or agriculture.

She said she would be travelling to South Australia "in the coming days" to discuss the state's response to H5 bird flu.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-23/australias-first-bird-flu-case-in-mammal-...

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More like humanity has made a suicide pact with ourselves and sooner more likely than later, we will succeed.

H5N1 is another attack on the global food chain. Collapse is a little closer.

What's China and Indian human population have to do with H5N1 ?

Japan, South Korea, Italy, Spain, Poland, Greece, Portugal, Latvia, etc demographic time bombs from aging. Russia and Ukraine, from a collapse in their male populations due to Russia's attack.

India has a vast youth population. 800 million under 35.

China is countering it's aging population by automation it's economy. Leading the world in ai and robotics.




What plan does Australia have. What I understand is, we are standing back while H5N1 kills off our wildlife. Probably extincting a few.

A few injections into zoo animals. A few injection into tourist penguins is shite preparation.

Verses NZ, where 300 pairs of each their five most endangered bird species have already being vaccinated.
NZ health authorities are updating national pandemic plans to include H5N1 scenarios.

Ai_Killed_Humanity wrote on Aug 25^th, 2026 at 3:35am:


Somone made the comment that mother nature was doing its bit to reduce the human population. H5N1 being one of the more recent ways to cull human numbers by killing off our food sources.