The federal government is accused of throwing "small change" at the looming bird flu threat after its own threatened species commissioner warned it could be Australia's worst ecological disaster.
Fiona Fraser has painted a confronting picture about what the nation can expect when the virus that's devastated wildlife overseas arrives.
She says there'll be no avoiding mass deaths from H5 High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza, which could arrive any day with migratory birds from the north and the south.
