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Australia withdraws expeditioners from Macquarie Island over H5 bird flu threat

The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water is temporarily pulling Australian Antarctic Program staff off Macquarie Island as the H5 bird flu virus approaches the sub-Antarctic territory.

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The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water is temporarily pulling Australian Antarctic Program staff off Macquarie Island as the H5 bird flu virus approaches the sub-Antarctic territory.