Australia is experiencing its worst-ever flu season, with some 410,000 cases of influenza reported this year, the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners says.

The figures already exceeded 2024's record 365,000 case numbers and were driven largely by slumping vaccination rates, college president Michael Wright said.

"This is not a record we want to be breaking," Dr Wright said in a statement.

"We must boost vaccination rates and reverse this trend."

The college said 25.7 per cent of those aged six months to five years were vaccinated in 2025 - the lowest rate since 2021.

Vaccination rates were also down among those older than 65, with the cohort's 60.5 per cent rate the lowest since 2020.

Cases continued to climb, with more than 13,000 confirmed so far in October - an incre

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