Australia news live: charges laid after alleged replica gun scare in Sydney entertainment spot

Two men were arrested on Monday evening and one was charged over an alleged replica pistol. Follow today’s news live.Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAgriculture minister says bird flu could be in Australia for a ‘long period’Julie Collins, the federal agriculture minister, said Australia had prepared for H5N1 bird flu and would increase surveillance and monitoring after confirming the first mass mortality event on Monday.The state and territory governments are increasing surveillance so we can have a better understanding of where it’s become entrenched. … It’s important that we can keep up locations so industries nearby and wildlife carers nearby are on high alert in those regions. So that surveillance and monitoring is critical so we keep doing that. …This could be a long period and a long journey. We’ve been other countries deal with this since 2022, this particular H5 strand and we’ve seen devastating impacts overseas particularly of in terms of the mass mortality is that have occurred. Continue reading...