Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese said the detection of the case was concerning.

Australia was previously the only continent where the H5 bird flu strain, which can devastate poultry and wild bird populations, had not been detected.

Australia was previously the only continent where the H5 bird flu strain, which can devastate poultry and wild bird populations, had not been detected.

Scientists have detected the H5 strain of bird flu in Australia for the first time, the country's agriculture minister said on Saturday, meaning the highly contagious variant has now spread to every continent. Julie Collins told a press conference the disease had been found in a migratory sea bird, a…