Summary of principal areas of legislation available to support pandemic actions

States and territories have legislative powers to implement biosecurity arrangements within their borders. They also have a broad range of public health and emergency response powers available under public and emergency legislation for responding to public health emergencies.

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Summary of principal areas of legislation available to support pandemic actions

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