Australian Lower House Passes Bill to Set up Local Centre for Disease Control

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta on May 21, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch TimesA bill to establish a permanent Australian Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has passed the House of Representatives with support of Labor, the teals, Greens, and Centre Alliance.Health Minister Mark Butler told parliament the Australian CDC would be an “independent” commonwealth agency separate from the Department of Health.