This is lifted from the DFAT web site.
"Avian influenza has been in Australia in the past and was successfully eradicated from poultry. The last reported case was in 1997 in Tamworth, NSW. Prior outbreaks occurred in commercial poultry farms in Victoria (1976, 1985 and 1992) and Queensland (199" (woops sorry, missed that..can't be bothered going back and finding)
Guess we've been living with the threat for many years now.
Sue;~)