Following a referral in September 2022 from the Federal Health and Aged Care Minister, Mark Butler, the House Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport inquired into and reported on long COVID and repeated COVID infections.

Following their inquiry, the Committee makes nine recommendations aimed at strengthening the Australian government’s management of long COVID, including regarding:

• A definition of long COVID for use in Australia
• Evidence-based living guidelines for long COVID, co-designed with patients with lived experience
• A nationally coordinated research program for long COVID and COVID-19
• The COVID-19 vaccination communication strategy
• Access to antiviral treatments for COVID-19
• Support for primary healthcare providers
• Indoor air quality and ventilation