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Fear of mass seal deaths triggers Australian withdrawal from remote island - ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Published by ABC News (AU) By https://www.abc.net.au/news/jano-gibson/166982 · 28 August 2026 at 04:15
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Fear of mass seal deaths triggers Australian withdrawal from remote island - ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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The Australian Antarctic Division will launch a mission to extract personnel from Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean due to the psychological risk posed by a potential outbreak of bird flu at the remote wildlife sanctuary.

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