Minister Butler's media

The Australian Government is providing a further $4.5 million and listing another treatment to ensure the continuing battle against motor neurone disease (MND) is well armed.

More than 60,000 mums in Australia have received the maternal RSV vaccine to protect their babies from serious illness.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Ali Moore on aged care reforms; illicit tobacco; vaping crackdown

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Natalie Barr on US beef tariffs

Read the transcript of Minister Butler and Minister Rae's press conference on the Aged Car Act; illicit tobacco

The Australian Government is delivering once-in-a-generation reforms to aged care to build a high-quality, respectful and sustainable system that puts older Australians at the centre of their care, now and into the future.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Natalie Barr on a sugar tax

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Sally Sara on COVID-19, bowel cancer, measles vaccination, Healthscope and NDIS.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on heart health checks; NDIS

The Australian Government is protecting Australians against our country’s biggest killer – heart disease.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Leon Compton Healthscope; Hobart Private Hospital; dental.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Nadia Mitsopoulos on Healthscope; private health insurance

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Hamish Macdonald on Healthscope; NDIS.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference about Healthscope; NDIS; ADHD medication prescribing; and Bali detainee.

Read the statement on Healthscope, one of Australia's largest private health care providers, entering administration.

More than 1.5 million Australians have received free, urgent care at a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic, without waiting hours in a busy hospital emergency department.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference about 8.5 billion investment into Medicare; Medicare Urgent Care Clinics; hospital funding; Donanemab approved by the TGA; specialist fees.

The Australian Government welcomes the adoption of the World Health Organization (WHO) Pandemic Agreement.

Read the statement on becoming Minister for Health and Ageing and Minister for Disability and the NDIS.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Graeme Goodings about re-election of the government; strengthening Medicare; funding for stoma patients; pathology; and Senate candidate Charlotte Walker.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Sally Sara on Illicit tobacco; US pharmaceuticals and the PBS; mental health and aged care.

With winter fast approaching, Australians are encouraged to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and influenza to help protect themselves and their families from experiencing serious complications from these diseases.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Sally Sara on ABC RN which covered tobacco, US pharmaceuticals and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, mental health, and aged care.

Australians with Cushing’s syndrome, retinal vein occlusion and psoriatic arthritis, leukaemia, and women needing contraception and menopause support will have access to new and expanded cheaper medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) from 1 March 2025.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Jules Schiller on Federal Budget; illicit tobacco; mental health.