Minister Butler's media

More Tasmanians will be able to access free urgent medical care closer to home with the Bridgewater Medicare Urgent Care Clinic officially opening.

The National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre (NCCTRC) in Darwin will receive more than $55 million from the Albanese Labor Government to support its operations.

The Australian Government is delivering on its commitment to Tasmanians with the opening of an additional Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) in Hobart.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Katie Woolf about CareFlight, Medicare Urgent Care Clinics, hospital pressures and aged care bed.

Delivering on the Albanese Government’s election commitment, CareFlight has received $19.95 million to increase lifesaving aeromedical services in the Top End with a second rescue helicopter and aeromedical jet.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Jo Laverty about CareFlight, hospital pressures, Medicare Urgent Care Clinics, recruiting doctors.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's and Senator Malarndirri McCarthy's press conference in Darwin about a new helicopter and jet for CareFlight.

The Minister for Health and Aged Care, Mark Butler, will attend the G20 Health Ministers’ Meeting in Gandhinagar and hold meetings on key health issues in New Delhi, India from 17 to 23 August.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's doorstop on NSW Medicare Urgent Care Clinics Expressions of Interest, general practice, 'my health' app, digital health systems, TGA cough syrup recall, mental health and Distribution Priority Areas.

An Expression of Interest for 14 Medicare Urgent Care Clinics locations across metropolitan and regional New South Wales will open on 2 March 2023.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's doorstop on Medicare Urgent Care Clinics.

An Expression of Interest will open on 24 February 2023 in South Australia to establish five Medicare Urgent Care Clinics.

Read the transcript for Minister Butler's doorstop on extending funding for the Childhood Dental Benefits Scheme, organ transplants, and COVID.

The Australian Government has this week launched a new advertising campaign to raise awareness of mosquito-borne diseases like Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) for travellers and holidaymakers and provide advice on how to prevent bites.

Read the transcript of the radio interview with Minister Butler and Jim Wilson on Health workforce; overseas doctors; reducing red tape and the Moderna bivalent vaccine.

Read the transcript of the radio interview with Minister Butler and Patricia Karvelas on the Optus data breach and Medicare; Halton review; Omicron vaccines, National Cabinet; hospital funding; The Albanese Government's cheaper medicines legislation.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference with Professor Jane Halton on the Halton review into vaccine and treatment procurement, Novavax, vaccine wastage, hospital funding.

The Australian Government has accepted a recommendation from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) on the use of the Moderna Spikevax Bivalent Original/Omicron BA.1 vaccine as a third and fourth dose in people aged 18 years and older.

The requirement to wear a mask on international flights to Australia will be removed, effective 12.01am on Friday 9 September 2022. Joint media release with Catherine King, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government.

Read the transcript of the Ten News First interview with Minister Butler on Scott Morrison’s secret appointments, bulk billing and domestic mRNA manufacturing.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on Moderna vaccines for children, public awareness campaign, COVID modelling, monkeypox vaccine, lung cancer screening, voluntary assisted dying bill.

The Australian Government has today launched a new communication campaign to encourage people to follow public health advice to help slow the spread of COVID-19.

The Australian Government today launched a new advertising campaign to encourage eligible Australians to access life-saving COVID-19 oral antiviral treatments.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on Omnicron, vaccines, third and fourth doses, provisional approval for Moderna for very young children, boosters, flu, aged care, masks, Pfizer and pressure on hospitals.

Read the transcript of the radio interview with Minister Butler and Liam Bartlett, 6PR on Vaccines, COVID-19 emergency payments, economy, COVID-19 isolation period, National Cabinet and staff shortages in health.