It’s a long way to the top if you want to reform the Australian health system. Prime Minister Albanese has promised an Australian Centre for Disease Control, and it’s the subject of our new report The Australian Centre for Disease Control (ACDC): Highway to health.
While the call for an ACDC comes out of the wake of the pandemic, you’d be forgiven for thinking its role is to deal with infection control. But Grattan’s report focusses on the ACDC’s role to prevent chronic diseases.
Report authors Peter Breadon, Program Director, and Lachie Fox, Associate, discuss the broader role of the ACDC with host Kat Clay.
Kat Clay
Peter Breadon
Lachlan Fox
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