Minister Butler's media

A new palliative care pilot will be launched in South Australia to make care more accessible. 

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Neil Mitchell about CAR T-cell therapy and vaping.

A joint media release with the Hon. Mark Butler MP, Minister for Health and Aged Care and the Hon. Emma McBride MP, Minister for Mental and Suicide Prevention

Following an investment of $28.7 million from the Albanese Labor Government the GP Access After Hours Clinic at the Calvary Mater will re-open tomorrow.

Australians who need palliative care will benefit from enhanced workforce education and training and improved quality through Albanese Government funding totalling more than $68 million. 

Australians battling prostate cancer that has spread past the prostate will soon benefit from subsidised medicine under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference in Canberra about listing of Voxzogo on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme for children and adolescents with achondroplasia, women's health, traditional Indian medicine, First Nations mental health, aged care, telehealth and vaping. 

Children born with the most common form of dwarfism will have access to a new life changing treatment on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Katie Woolf about vaping.

The Albanese Government 2023–24 Budget is providing $900,000 to Hummingbird House Children’s Hospice in Chermside to ensure its continued operation.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference in Melbourne on Victoria's Urgent Care Clinics

The Albanese Government is delivering on its commitment to establish 10 Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (Medicare UCCs) in Victoria, making it easier for Victorians to get urgent care when and where they need it. 

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference in Perth about Medicare Urgent Care Clinic, strengthening Medicare, cancer research funding and funding for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder programs.

The first Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) provider in Western Australia has been selected following an Expression of Interest process.  

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Nadia Mitsopoulos about Medicare Urgent Care Clinics, bulk billing and strengthening Medicare reforms.

The independent, expert group advising the Australian Government on Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) medications has reviewed its recommendation to put tighter controls around an important asthma medication for children.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Chris O'Keefe about Flixotide Junior.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Patricia Karvelas about Medicare, bulk billing and Better Access. 

Read the transcript of Minister Wells' television interview with Karl Stefanovic and Scott Emerson on the Budget, regional parliament and The Wiggles.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Greg Jennett about strengthening Medicare and bulk billing.

Read the transcript of Minister Anika Wells and Tom Symondson's interview with Breakfast's Craig Zonca and Loretta Ryan on the Budget, aged care and Brisbane 2032.

The Albanese Government is making Medicare stronger for all Australians, delivering critical funding for the urgent needs of today, and reforms for the healthcare of tomorrow.

The 2023–24 Budget delivers on the Albanese Government’s commitment to restore dignity to aged care and ensure older Australians are treated with the respect they deserve with an overall spend in aged care of $36 billion in 2023–24.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's Press Conference in Adelaide on Heart Health Checks and cheaper medicines.

The Albanese Government is acting to protect Australians against our country’s biggest killer – heart disease.