Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

I understood that we had responded to the select committee report, but I will check that. There is another piece of work underway that is reviewing the pandemic response, and I believe that will be finalised shortly. But I would also say that the systems and processes put in place and the learnings that were experienced during the pandemic have helped shape the response now. So things like the mpox—

An honourable senator: The CDC.

Yes—and that. The work that's been done on the CDC has been informed by the pandemic response and, indeed, the National Incident Centre, which is operating now in light of the mpox outbreak in Africa. So I would say that the learnings have already been implemented, but I will check and see whether there's anything further I can provide about the select committee report, if that's the report you're after.