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28 August 2026

Australia to withdraw staff from Macquarie Island due to 'psychological risk' of bird flu

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Australia to withdraw staff from Macquarie Island due to 'psychological risk' of bird flu

The Australian Antarctic Division will launch a mission to extract personnel from Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean due to the psychological risk posed by a potential outbreak of bird flu at the ...

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