In today's National Rural News:  

** A second suspected positive H5bird flu case is found in Victoria - again at Portland - while four sick crested terns on Kangaroo Island have been confirmed,

** Officers from the tax office, Border Force and Fair Work Ombudsman converge on a dozen farms in the Griffith area.

** And Queensland rolls out more bio-security officers in regional areas.

Plus the latest from the markets and more. 

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In today's National Rural News: &nbsp;
** A second suspected positive H5bird flu case is found in Victoria - again at Portland - while four sick crested terns on Kangaroo Island have been confirmed,
** Officers from the tax office, Border Force and Fair Work Ombudsman converge on a dozen farms in the Griffith area.
** And Queensland rolls out more bio-security officers in regional areas.
Plus the latest from the markets and more.&nbsp;
Subscribe to the National Rural News podcast: http://bit.ly/RuralNewsPodcast

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National Rural News Friday July 31

Many myths have been circulating online about H5 avian influenza.

Wild seabirds with bird flu have  now been confirmed in every part of Australia except Tasmania, Canberra and the Northern Territory.

Today's toll is more than double what it was a week ago.

Long time chicken farmer - now poultry consultant - Jack Mills - from Go Ahead Solutions says the myths have to be busted - and doing nothing isn't an option.

Many myths have been circulating online about H5 avian influenza.
Wild seabirds with bird flu have &nbsp;now been confirmed in every part of Australia except Tasmania, Canberra and the Northern Territory.
Today's toll is more than double what it was a week ago.
Long time chicken farmer - now poultry consultant - Jack Mills - from Go Ahead Solutions says the myths have to be busted - and doing nothing isn't an option.

Meet the bird flu myth-buster

It's estimated there are anywhere between three- and 23-million feral pigs in Australia - with the worst problems in New South Wales, the far north of WA and in Queensland.

Now a  General Bio-Security Directive have been slapped on the Walgett region - the first for pis in NSW - and it requires every landholder to actively take part in a mandatory eradication program.

Rural reporter Gabrielle Hodson spoke with Invasive Species CEO Jack Gough - who wants to see somehting similar in Victoria.

It's estimated there are anywhere between three- and 23-million feral pigs in Australia - with the worst problems in New South Wales, the far north of WA and in Queensland.
Now a &nbsp;General Bio-Security Directive have been slapped on the Walgett region - the first for pis in NSW - and it requires every landholder to actively take part in a mandatory eradication program.
Rural reporter Gabrielle Hodson spoke with Invasive Species CEO Jack Gough - who wants to see somehting similar in Victoria.

Feral pigs finally in the cross-hairs

In today's National Rural News:  

** H-5 Bird Flu is confirmed for the first time in Victoria - after a sick Greater Crested Tern was found in the far west of the state,

** Researchers find an Australian garlic cultivar that can kill influenza and COVID-19 in the lab, 

** And anger over a camp for high voltage transmission line workers in the central west of New South Wales.

Plus the latest from the markets and more. 

Subscribe to the National Rural News podcast: http://bit.ly/RuralNewsPodcast

 

In today's National Rural News: &nbsp;
** H-5 Bird Flu is confirmed for the first time in Victoria - after a sick Greater Crested Tern was found in the far west of the state,
** Researchers find an Australian garlic cultivar that can kill influenza and COVID-19 in the lab,&nbsp;
** And anger over a camp for high voltage transmission line workers in the central west of New South Wales.
Plus the latest from the markets and more.&nbsp;
Subscribe to the National Rural News podcast: <a href="http://bit.ly/RuralNewsPodcast">http://bit.ly/RuralNewsPodcast</a>
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National Rural News Friday July 31

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