LEGISLATION tabled today in parliament to make the interim Australian Centre for Disease Control (Aus CDC) permanent has been hailed by the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) as "a momentous and welcome step forward for health", and "testament to decades of persistent advocacy".
"We're thrilled because this decision by the Albanese Government to deliver on its promise to legislate to create the Aus CDC is the fulfilment of something that Australia has needed for decades," said PHAA CEO, Adj Prof Terry Slevin.
"Subject to the passage of the Australian Centre for Disease Control Bill 2025 through the Senate, the timetable of the new agency opening its doors on 01 Jan 2026 can now be met.
"We look forward to Parliament finalising the details in the next few months so that the new Aus CDC can get cracking, and be ambitious in its goals," he added.
Prof Slevin pointed to issues such as the threat of bird flu, chronic disease prevention, public health misinformation, and falling immunisation rates, with the Australian CDC a key central, credible source of information.
"We look forward to reviewing the detail of the bill," he said.
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