My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. What has been the Albanese Labor government's response to H5 bird flu in Australia? And how is the government helping support communities and industry to prepare for and respond to detections?

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My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. What has been the Albanese Labor government's response to H5 bird flu in Australia? And how is the government helping support communities and industry to prepare for and respond to detections?

I want to thank our wonderful member for Maribyrnong for that question. I know that she, like many members, particularly those from the heavily impacted states of Victoria and New South Wales, have been engaged in this. I also know that the member for Maribyrnong and other Victorians, including the member for Macnamara, are very interested in the little penguin vaccinations that have been happening in Victoria. They continue to progress; they are getting through those vaccinations.

I can update the House that there have now been 725 positive H5 events nationally. We've had 247 in the state of Victoria, 337 in South Australia, 75 in New South Wales, 53 in Tasmania, 10 in Western Australia, two in Queensland and one at Jervis Bay. Importantly, I was recently advised by our technical experts that positive detections in recent weeks have been contained to areas that had previous detections. This is certainly very encouraging news and I'm sure very comforting for many Australians, but it's also very important that we do not get complacent and that we remain very vigilant. I also want to reiterate that there have been no detections in our agriculture or our poultry systems and that the risk to human health remains low.

The member for Maribyrnong also asked me about our work with the community, and it is an important question. As I've said before, everyday Australians are our first line of defence when it comes to strong biosecurity in Australia. That's why, as part of our government's more than $270 million investment in the H5 bird flu response, we have been ensuring that Australians know what to do to prepare for the threat of this virus when it comes to the area. We do have practical advice available through our national ad campaign underway right now and also at bird flu.gov.au, where there's lots of practical advice, such as keeping your aviaries and surrounding areas clean if you have birds; keeping pets, food and water away from wild birds; and ensuring, of course, that, if you see a sick or dead bird or other animal, you avoid contact, record what you see and make a report to bird flu.gov.au or call the Emergency Animal Disease Hotline. I'm pleased to say we've now had over 70,000 calls to that national hotline, and I do want to thank Australians for this and for their cooperation.

We've had over 3,000 of the H5 vaccines administered to birds in Australia as part of the more than 13,000 native and endangered birds that we have identified for vaccination with the states and territories. As I've said, it does include the little penguins in Victoria and also little penguins in New South Wales, regent honeyeaters in South Australia, orange-bellied parrots and shy albatrosses in Tasmania, and Carnaby's black cockatoos in Western Australia. As I've also indicated, this is understood to be the largest vaccination program across the globe—something Australians should be very proud of.

I also do want to acknowledge the cooperation from right across the parliament, from every person in this place, because it is in our national interest that we do respond together. I particularly want to thank the shadow minister for agriculture for his cooperation and for the cooperation of his team. Certainly, I think that this is in our national interest, and I'm pleased that we're getting cooperation from right across the parliament.

I ask that further questions be placed on the Notice Paper.