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Listed below are media items for The Hon Mark Butler MP, Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Minister for Social Inclusion, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Mental Health Reform, Minister for Housing and Homelessness
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Previous MinistersDecember 2010
30 December 2010
$113m Mental Health Boost to Start 1 January
Hundreds of thousands of Australians with mental health problems will benefit from a $113.2 million boost in treatment and services from 1 January 2011
23 December 2010
Spare Some Time for Aged Neighbours this Festive Season
Minister for Mental Health and Ageing Mark Butler has encouraged Australians to spare a thought for their elderly relatives and neighbours during the festive season.
23 December 2010
Mental Health Expert Advisory Group Established
A new expert advisory group on mental health will provide the Federal Government with advice on the important reforms needed in the mental health sector.
22 December 2010
Cloning Legislative Review Committee Established
An independent committee has been established by the Australian Government to review cloning legislation.
20 December 2010
New Deputy Chair Appointed to Key Mental Health Advisory Group
South Australia's Social Inclusion Commissioner Monsignor David Cappo has been appointed as Deputy Chair to the National Advisory Council on Mental Health (NACMH) - a key strategic group providing specialist policy advice on mental health to the Federal Government.
10 December 2010
Better Practice in Aged Care Award for Aldersgate
Aldersgate Aged Care Facility in Felixstow has received a Better Practice in Aged Care award in recognition of its leading-edge art therapy program.
09 December 2010
$1.5m for Innovative Community-Based Dementia Projects
Applications are being sought from groups and organisations for funding for projects that increase awareness of dementia in local communities.
08 December 2010
Minister for Ageing visits Goodwin Monash
Minister for Mental Health and Ageing Mark Butler has visited Goodwin’s Ralph Cartwright Centre in Monash to present staff training awards and turn the first sod for a new residential aged care home.
08 December 2010
Big Boost to Aged Care Places
Australia’s older people will gain 12,272 new aged care places, worth more than $450 million a year, in allocations in the 2009-10 Aged Care Approvals Round.
06 December 2010
Report Tracks Trends in Mental Health Services
The National Mental Health Report 2010 shows that total spending on mental health services by governments and private health insurers rose by 10 per cent in real terms in 2007-08 to $5.32 billion.
06 December 2010
Mental Illness Research a Priority for Second Term
Encouraging research into mental illness will be an important part of the Australian Government’s second term commitment to a sustainable and effective mental health system.
03 December 2010
$5.6 Million Support for Palliative Care Patients and Families
Community groups, health and aged care providers and charitable organisations have been invited to apply for grants totalling $5.6 million under the Local Palliative Care Grants Program.
03 December 2010
Impacts of Climate Change on Health - Research Funding
The Australian Government has announced funding for three climate change adaptation and health research projects under the Health Challenges of Climate Change special initiative.
03 December 2010
Minister Butler Announces New Aged Care Commissioner
Minister for Mental Health and Ageing Mark Butler announced the appointment of Rae Lamb as the new Aged Care Commissioner on 3 December.