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Decade spotlight: 1920s 🕰️ In the 1920’s the first ideas emerged for a national, coordinated approach to health and medical research, which set the foundation for the system we rely on today to drive better health outcomes across Australia. When the new Federal Health Council first met in 1927 in Melbourne, then Acting Minister for Health Sir Earle Page said, ‘It is my hope that this will mark the commencement of a new phase in public health progress in Australia.’ From early ideas to national impact. Take a journey through more stories of our early days in the timeline on our website🔗 https://ow.ly/XYMc50ZjTTa