Australia news live: police to resume search for body in infamous cold case of Indigenous child killed in 1990

Colleen Walker-Craig was just 16 when she was last seen in Bowraville 35 years ago. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Scientists see elephant seals with signs consistent with H5 bird flu on sub-Antarctic island Australian scientists recently observed signs consistent with H5 avian influenza, or bird flu, in elephant seals during a voyage to Heard Island in the sub-Antarctic. Scientists observed unusual levels of mortality in elephant seals on Heard Island in recent days. There were no observations of unusual levels of mortality in other species present on the island, including penguins and other seabirds. Seeing signs consistent with H5 bird flu in wildlife on Heard Island is not unexpected. …