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***MEDIA ALERT*** Australia must step up preparation for global health crises

Pacific Friends of Global Health < 1 mins read

***MEDIA ALERT***

Australia must step up preparation for global health crises

 

Macarthur MP Mike Freelander will join the chair of the Pacific Friends of Global Health Brendan Crabb at Parliament House to launch two new landmark reports which reveal Australia is becoming increasingly vulnerable to international health threats in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s cuts to global health programs.


WHEN: 11.45am, Monday July 28, 2025

 

WHERE: Mural Hall, Parliament House

 

WHO:

  • Professor Brendan Crabb AC, Chair of Pacific Friends of Global Health and Director and CEO of the Burnet Institute

  • Mike Freelander, Macarthur MP

 

MEDIA CONTACT: Lauren Ferri 0422 581 506 // Nick Lucchinelli 0422 229 032

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