Three farms are under lockdown and thousands of poultry have died after the bird flu was detected in Sydney.

Three farms are under lockdown and thousands of poultry have died after the bird flu was detected in Sydney.

Some 240,000 birds will be destroyed on a NSW egg farm to tackle the spread of bird flu in two states.

The highly contagious and deadly strain of avian flu was detected near the first site, with authorities now required to euthanise an estimated 87,000...

by SYDNEY BALDWIN   The NSW Government is rolling out and enacting an emergency biosecurity plan following the avian influenza outbreak on Hawkesbury...

Authorities are urgently confirming whether a large-scale bird flu outbreak in one state has spread across the border.

The highly contagious and deadly H7N8 strain of bird flu has been detected at a second farm in the Hawkesbury region, NSW's health minister says.

Woolworths has introduced a purchase limit on eggs amid the country’s bird flu outbreak.

Egg shortages caused by bird flu have forced McDonald's to shorten its breakfast hours while the Melbourne Royal Show cancelled its poultry...

A second chicken farm at Hawkesbury on the outskirts of Sydney has been infected with bird flu, prompting a mass cull.