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Alex Mitchell

Bird-flu restrictions ease but wildlife outbreak feared

Avian influenza was found at two farms in NSW in June, with 320,000 animals destroyed. (HANDOUT/DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE ACTION)

Biosecure zones set up to contain NSW's bird flu outbreak have begun to be wound back after huge meat and egg-producing flocks were destroyed to control the potentially devastating virus.

Emergency zones in the Hawkesbury district began to be reduced in size from Thursday, meaning that many of the properties that were inside the area will no longer need permits to move birds and other poultry products.

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