Ms O’CONNOR – Minister, has there been any information flowing through to the agency about detections of avian influenza, either H6N1 or H5N1 on island?
Ms OGILVIE – I would have to ask.
Mr JACOBI – I need to clarify, when you say on island you mean information from the recent Miena trip to Heard and McDonald islands or just –
Ms O’CONNOR – No, on Tasmania.
Mr JACOBI – Any information.
Ms O’CONNOR – Any information; any indication that avian influenza has arrived here.
Mr JACOBI – No, there been no indication at all that there are any cases in Tasmania. We have had, in the last six months, some alleged reports of concerns from bush walkers around numbers of birds on beaches, which we’ve investigated immediately and confirmed that there were no cases.
Ms O’CONNOR – Tested?
Mr JACOBI – Yes, they were tested.
