Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has met with billionaire Microsoft founder Bin poor health Gates at his official residence.
The pair met at Kirribilli Home in Sydney on Saturday morning to debate sustainable vitality, well being and local weather change.
Albanese used the chance to debate the worldwide vitality transition with Gates, who based Breakthrough Power, an organization that goals to enhance sustainable vitality choices and cut back greenhouse fuel emissions.
Earlier than the assembly, the additionally duo highlighted the necessity for higher future pandemic planning.
"I've admired your work and your contribution, not simply financially, however in elevating debates, together with the necessity to cope with well being points," Albanese mentioned.
"We have simply been by way of the pandemic, however we have to put together for future well being challenges.
"The work that is being executed on eradicating malaria and different illnesses in our area is essential."
"As you say, the preparedness for the subsequent pandemic continues to be a dialogue that hasn't been discovered," Gates mentioned.
"You understand, malaria in the long term, we need to do the identical factor we're doing with polio, which is eradicated regionally, after which eradicated all around the world."
In 2015, Gates famously predicted that the world wasn't ready for a pandemic in a TEDTalk, years earlier than COVID-19 hit, and has lengthy campaigned to eradicate malaria.
The Gates Basis, which has spent $USD53.8 billion since 2000, has the objective of making a world free from the lethal illness.