Tag: Budget
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Federal Budget updates on the Australian CDC
PHAA Just over $90 million has been allocated (Budget Paper 2, p.131) over two years to the establishment of the Australian Centre for Disease Control (ACDC), according to the Budget papers published last night, Tuesday 9 May 2023. The Government plans to operate an interim ACDC from 1 January 2024,…
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A disappointing week, but signs we are at least facing in the right direction
Terry Slevin, CEO of the PHAA The Australian Government Budget for 2020-21 was finally released last week, after a delay of five months due to COVID. What should Australia’s public health community think of it? Let’s be blunt: this was a pretty hopeless Budget for public health and for future…