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🧵 #CDIC2023: We now have a Q&A session with @healthgovau CMO Prof @PKelly_CBR in the Riverside Theatre, for anyone who wishes to ask Prof Kelly about the Australian CDC. #AusCDC

@healthgovau @PKelly_CBR @BizEventsPerth @terryslevin @tarunw @HelenSMarshall @abcperth @SBSNews @theage @Deakin's Professor Catherine Bennett asks Prof @PKelly_CBR about the level of independence, & funding of the #AusCDC. #CDIC2023

@healthgovau @PKelly_CBR @BizEventsPerth @terryslevin @tarunw @HelenSMarshall @abcperth @SBSNews @theage @Deakin In response to another question, Prof Kelly discusses advisory committees & how the #AusCDC could fit among current frameworks. #CDIC2023

@healthgovau @PKelly_CBR @BizEventsPerth @terryslevin @tarunw @HelenSMarshall @abcperth @SBSNews @theage @Deakin On what the #AusCDC won't do, Prof Kelly says: "The CDC won’t do regulation or procurement." He also says it will avoid stepping on toes/overlapping things currently working. #CDIC2023

@healthgovau @PKelly_CBR @BizEventsPerth @terryslevin @tarunw @HelenSMarshall @abcperth @SBSNews @theage @Deakin Prof Kelly notes the need to get the relationship right between the @healthgovau CMO & the head of the ACDC. #CDIC2023

@healthgovau @PKelly_CBR @BizEventsPerth @terryslevin @tarunw @HelenSMarshall @abcperth @SBSNews @theage @Deakin A question from the audience about #OneHealth. Prof Kelly says data sharing, trust, multidisciplinary approaches important for a One Health approach. #CDIC2023 @PHAA_OneHealth

@healthgovau @PKelly_CBR @BizEventsPerth @terryslevin @tarunw @HelenSMarshall @abcperth @SBSNews @theage @Deakin @PHAA_OneHealth Of the team funded under the $91 million announced for the #AusCDC in the federal Budget, Prof Kelly says 2 teams (#OneHealth team incl. vets, & Health Security team) already funded. #CDIC2023

@healthgovau @PKelly_CBR @BizEventsPerth @terryslevin @tarunw @HelenSMarshall @abcperth @SBSNews @theage @Deakin @PHAA_OneHealth Prof Kelly discusses transitional arrangements for the #AusCDC beyond the interim body; says legislation will be key. #CDIC2023