Devex: A united front in the battle against TB shows Australian politics at its best
“The United Nations General Assembly High-level Meeting on Tuberculosis will take place in New York in September as part of leader’s week, which is considered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to cement a global strategy to combat and eliminate TB. … [I]n Australia, a bipartisan group of politicians supported by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and opposition leader Bill Shorten is ignoring party lines to call for strong action. … Speaking with Devex, [Labor Senator Lisa Singh, co-chair of the Australian TB caucus,] discussed what the caucus is calling for and the strategies to increase Australia’s investment in this space…” (Cornish, 7/6).