| 2022 |
Antimicrobial resistance: the silent global pandemic (External link)
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Antimicrobial resistance is one of the most serious global health threats of the 21st century, linking the interests, concerns and efforts of human, animal and environmental health. The report proposes solutions to position Australia as a global leader and support a coordinated, sustained, and unified health approach to addressing antimicrobial resistance and other health threats. |
Independent |
| 2022 |
Navigating the crisis: how governments used intelligence for decision making during the COVID-19 pandemic (External link)
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An examination of how governments — and the societies around them — mobilised intelligence to handle the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects, it makes recommendations that could improve the ability to organise intelligence for future challenges of all kinds, from pandemics to climate change. |
Independent |
| 2022 |
Ombudsman's recommendations - fourth report (External link)
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A summary of the outcomes and improvements following 11 Ombudsman reports and recommendations tabled in Parliament in between May 2020 and December 2021. The reports span two years when the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to inequality, disadvantage and vulnerability. |
Victorian Ombudsman |
| 2022 |
Fault Lines - An independent review into Australia's response to COVID-19 (External link)
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An independent review that aims to learn the lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic in order for Australia to be better prepared for future health crises, it makes four findings where improvements can be made, and six recommendations to put societal fault lines at the centre of improving response to the next health crisis. |
Independent |
| 2022 |
Review of Victoria's emergency ambulance call answer performance COVID-19 pandemic-related 000 demand surge (External link)
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A review that examines and assesses both ESTA’s and the broader emergency management sector’s planning and preparedness for a major surge in emergency ambulance calls due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The review also examines how the sector responded to the surge in emergency ambulance calls, the effectiveness of its response, and collaborative efforts to address the challenges. |
Inspector-General for Emergency Management |
| 2022 |
Review of the Pandemic (Visitors to Hospitals and Care Facilities) Orders (External link)
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A review of the Pandemic (Visitors to Hospitals and Care Facilities) Orders undertaken due to the considerable impact visitor restrictions have had on patients, residents of care facilities, and their loved ones. Restrictions on visiting a care facility were in place until June 2022, and it was only in April 2022 that restrictions under the pandemic orders were relaxed for hospital visitors. The review also considered the issues caused by the pandemic orders more generally finding that the way Victorian Government communicates pandemic orders and changes to orders should be improved. |
Parliament of Victoria |
| 2022 |
Review of Victoria's preparedness for major public health emergencies, including pandemics (External link)
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A review of Victoria's preparedness for a range of events which might have wide-ranging public health impacts, it considers six different cases to contextualise Victoria's preparedness for major public health emergencies which will test the emergency management sector’s capability and capacity to respond. |
Inspector-General for Emergency Management |
| 2022 |
Strengthening Australia's Pandemic Preparedness (External link)
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This report assesses a range of science and technology (S&T) areas identified as being critical to a more technology-enabled approach to pandemic preparedness against viral diseases. These S&T areas, and the recommendations listed to further enhance their impact on Australia’s pandemic preparedness, were developed through deep system-wide engagement, including contributions from over 140 experts across industry, research and government. |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| 2022 |
Review of COVID-19 Communications in Victoria (External link)
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An assessment of the Victorian Government’s approach relating to pandemic orders and health related communications against best practice. The report found that significant effort was made to ensure the timely provision of consistent and relevant information utilising a diversity of methods and platforms. |
Parliament of Victoria |
| 2022 |
Australia’s COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout (External link)
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A performance audit conducted under phase two of the ANAO’s multi-year strategy, it focuses on the effective, efficient, economical and ethical delivery of the Australian Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The audit found that while 90 per cent of the eligible Australian population was vaccinated by the end of 2021, the planning and implementation of the vaccine rollout to priority groups was not as effective - it makes ten findings and two recommendations regarding improvement opportunities in the event of a future vaccination rollout. |
Australian National Audit Office |
