Qld in clear but 'ready' for bird flu

Qld in clear but 'ready' for bird flu

Gympie MP Tony Perrett was wearing his Primary Industries Minister’s hat in Parliament last Friday, telling the assembly that when it comes to the bird flu, Queensland is “prepared and well positioned to act swiftly if and when required.” Mr Perrett said there had been no detections of the H5 avian influenza strain in Queensland, with known cases at the time confined to Western Australia and South Australia. “All detections have been in migrator…