Federal government rejects doctors group's call for a new national Centre for Disease Control

By Daniel Burdon
Updated January 17 2017 - 10:08am, first published January 5 2017 - 9:00pm
AMA president Michael Gannon's call for a new national  Centre for Disease Control has been rejected by the Turnbull Government. Photo: Bohdan Warchomij
AMA president Michael Gannon's call for a new national Centre for Disease Control has been rejected by the Turnbull Government. Photo: Bohdan Warchomij

The Turnbull Government has rejected a call from the Australian Medical Association to create a nation-wide Centre for Disease Control, to help prepare for and respond to outbreaks of infectious diseases.

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