The Hon Mark Butler MP
Minister for Health and Aged Care
The Hon Anika Wells MP
Minister for Aged Care
Minister for Sport
The Hon Ged Kearney MP
Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care
The Hon Emma McBride MP
Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
Assistant Minister Rural and Regional Health
Senator the Hon Malarndirri McCarthy
Assistant Minister for Indigenous Health
Latest media
Read the latest media releases, speeches and transcripts from the ministers of the health portfolio.
Annual private health insurance premium rise
The Australian Government is ensuring Australians get value for money from their private health insurance as the annual industry average premium is set to rise by 2.9 percent.-
Change to single dose HPV vaccine
From today, Australia will move from two doses to a single dose of the Gardasil®9 human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for routine immunisation of young people under the National Immunisation Program. -
TV Interview with Kieran Gilbert, Sky Sunday Agenda - 5 February 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler and Kieran Gilbert's interview on Strengthening Medicare; Health Workforce; Mental Health; NDIS 
Grants target local solutions to health problems
The Australian Government is funding communities on Tasmania’s east coast and the Gippsland region of Victoria to find local solutions to their health challenges.-
Minister for Health and Aged Care - press conference - 3 February 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on the Strengthening Medicare Taskforce Report; Urgent Care Clinics; Medicare; and hospital funding. -
Strengthening Medicare for the future
The Albanese Government has released the Strengthening Medicare Taskforce report.
Archives for former ministers
Media releases, speeches and transcripts from former ministers of the Health portfolio are available in the former ministers' media centre.
Visit the National Library of Australia's web archive for older media releases, speeches and transcripts.