Horse flu concerns postpone major event

One of the country's biggest horse events has been postponed because of uncertainty over Equine Influenza (EI) movement restrictions.
Horse Australia officials met yesterday afternoon and decided it was too risky to go ahead with the trade show, horse events, and workshops scheduled for Rockhampton in southern Queensland in May.

Horse Australia chairman Geoff Murphy says it is unclear if it will even go ahead this year.
"We accept that there is a green zone here, but in the south-east corner it's not a green zone yet," he said.
"We have considered all the information but we think it is too risky to run it.
"We are going to wait and see what happens over the next month to see if anything becomes clearer for us."