From the BMJ, 15 September 2025:
After decades in the making, legislation to create Australia’s first Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has been put before federal parliament.
Australia’s incumbent Labour government first promised to create a CDC while in opposition in 2020,2 at the height of the covid-19 pandemic. It has now delivered the legislation, accompanied by an AU$250m (£123m; €142m; $166m) initial budget, for an agency that will begin operating on 1 January 2026. Read more.
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