Event dossier

First H5 bird flu death of endangered Australian sea lion recorded amid fears for small population

South Australian authorities say case discovered on Kangaroo Island is first for species of which less than 12,000 animals remain Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast South Australia has… Grouped from 3 articles across 2 sources.

3 reports2 sourcesSep 13, 2026, 5:04 AM
Back to newsroomRead lead coverage
FilterThe Guardian
Clustered coverageABC Australia, The Guardian
Coverage timeline3
Coverage timeline

Coverage timeline

Ranked reports inside the event cluster. Open any publisher link to read the original coverage.

The GuardianSep 13, 2026, 5:04 AM

First H5 bird flu death of endangered Australian sea lion recorded amid fears for small population

South Australian authorities say case discovered on Kangaroo Island is first for species of which less than 12,000 animals remain Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast South Australia has recorded the first death of an endangered Australian sea lion from H5 bird flu. Experts say about 12,000 Australian sea lions remain – though a more recent estimate put the figure at less than 10,000. Most of the population are found in South Australia, with the remainder in Western Australia. Continue reading...

Lead coverageRead lead coverage
ABC AustraliaSep 13, 2026, 3:23 AM

SA records first bird flu case in sea lion

The sea lion was found at the iconic Seal Bay on Kangaroo Island.

Read lead coverage
The GuardianSep 13, 2026, 5:02 AM

First case of bird flu in endangered Australian sea lion confirmed – as it happened

This blog is now closed. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Andrew Hastie says he “feels sorry” for Barnaby Joyce and that he and One Nation MP David Farley probably have “buyers remorse” after joining the rightwing party. Hastie has been feuding with Pauline Hanson this week over a One Nation animated cartoon which labelled him a “traitor” after he gave evidence against Ben Roberts-Smith in his failed defamation trial. If she were to be prime minister, is she going to run cartoons about all her political opponents? How’s she going to devote her time? Is she serious? Does she have a worldview that we can actually understand? These are all legitimate questions for One Nation … The whole party centres on her. I think this is why Barnaby Joyce and I reckon David Farley are probably having buyer’s remorse. They’re thinking, “what did I get myself into? ” Look, I’ll say this about Barnaby Joyce. I feel sorry for the bloke, all right? He left a party that made him deputy prime minister twice, to jump in with this rabble, there’s no principles, they’re all over the shop, and he’s out there every week cleaning up after them.” Continue reading...

Read lead coverage
Related events

Related events

Nearby clusters pulled from title, summary, and keyword similarity in PostgreSQL.