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How bird flu could spread among Australia's mammals, and what it means for your pets

After weeks of spread among birds in Australia, H5 bird flu has now been confirmed in three mammals.

As bird flu edges towards this remote territory, an unprecedented move is taking place
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'Contaminated': How deadly bird flu crossed a new threshold in Australia
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At least 27 killed near Kyiv after Russian strike exacerbated by 'official negligence'
A Russian drone strike reportedly caused an explosion, which triggered a large-scale fire that spread to homes and a restaurant.
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Nepal suspends search and rescue operations as flood death toll rises to 626
As survival stories emerge from Nepal, authorities have been forced to temporarily suspend the search for thousands of people still missing.
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130,000 faces scanned in a week: The technology changing Australian policing
Long-held expectations about life in public are being quietly rewritten, experts warn.
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WA Labor faces 'tough fight' as One Nation targets historic by-election win This Australian crisis is entering a 'confronting' new phase Exclusive: Memo reveals why NT Police were not charged over this death in custody A teenager's death has prompted fresh calls for relationship education

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Australia wants more data centres. A disagreement over power sources stands in the way Albanese reveals humanitarian visa intake won't be cut, amid migration reform questions Number of Australians missing in Nepal floods climbs to 35 The antisemitism royal commission hearings are over. What happens now?

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Exclusive: Memo reveals why NT Police were not charged over this death in custody

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'A mistake': John Howard's admission decades on from a major controversy

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The Pitt made her a breakout star overnight. She thinks that's the problem

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Afghan refugees like Lina are being deported back to face the Taliban. Can Australia help?

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Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell has been talking about autism. Experts say he's recruiting

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Sam was jailed for helping Hong Kong's protesters. He came home to a city in silence

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'I kept going in and out': For some pensioner shoplifters, prison is the goal

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Glenn started new treatment for Parkinson's. Then came the obsessive sexual thoughts

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