Horse flu movement restrictions lifted

The New South Wales Government has lifted all movement restrictions on horses, six months after equine influenza hit the state.
Nearly 50,000 horses were infected with the virus during the outbreak.

Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald says as a precautionary measure horse owners will still need to notify authorities if they plan to move their animals.
Mr Macdonald says a Travelling Horse Statement can be easily lodged over the internet.
"The reason being is that we want to monitor, for the future, movements for a period of time," he said.
"There are international classifications and international protocols about the eradication of the disease. We have to meet that and it will take us some time to do that."
The head of Racing NSW, Peter V'Landys, has praised the work done to eradicate the virus.
"We've waited for this day since the 26th of August last year," he said.
"It's been a great strain both emotionally and financially to hundreds of thousands of people, and we certainly don't want to go through it again and it's a wonderful day for us."