1987
Epidemiologist Prof Bob Douglas asks in Medical Journal of Australia Does Australia need a centre for disease control?
2011
Public Health Association of Australia and the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine release a discussion paper about the need for an Australian CDC
June 2020
Then Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese calls for an independent Australian CDC
October 2022
New federal 2022–23 budget includes A$3.2m toward designing an Australian CDC
May 2023
$90m allocated over two years to establish an Australian CDC
January 2024
Interim Australian CDC begins work in Australian Dept of Health and Aged Care
October 2024
COVID-19 Response Inquiry Report recommends government establishes permanent Australian CDC. Government allocates $251m over four years
September 3 2025
Australian Centre for Disease Control Bill 2025 and Australian Centre for Disease Control (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025 introduced into Australian Parliament
January 1 2026
Australian CDC set to start.
Based on a summary of events provided by the Public Health Association of Australia