A sign of the CDC is seen on a podium during the meeting of the members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) advisory panel for vaccines convenes in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 25, 2025. Megan Varner/File Photo/Reuters
A 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.