Australian Federal Opposition Promises Centre for Disease Control

Then director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Dr. Robert Redfield, holds up a document while testifying in Washington, DC, on Sept. 16, 2020 in Andrew Harnik-Pool/Getty Images

Anthony Albanese has declared Labor is switching its strategy as he vowed to establish a centre for disease control on the basis that he wins the next federal election.

Albanese, the federal opposition leader, will use budget week as a springboard towards greater policy clarity after his reluctance to make announcements so far away from the next poll.