Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has met with billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates at his official residence. The pair met at Kirribilli House in Sydney on Saturday morning to discuss sustainable energy, health and climate change. 9News
Before the meeting, the also duo highlighted the need for better future pandemic planning.
"I've admired your work and your contribution, not just financially, but in raising debates, including the need to deal with health issues," Albanese said."The work that's being done on eradicating malaria and other diseases in our region is very important." "As you say, the preparedness for the next pandemic is still a discussion that hasn't been figured out," Gates said.
"You know, malaria in the long run, we want to do the same thing we're doing with polio, which is eradicated regionally, and then eradicated all over the world."
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