Minister Butler's media

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with David Bevan on IV fluid shortages, pressure on emergency departments and the Disability Royal Commission.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on the PBS listing for Cystic Fibrosis medicine Trikafta.

Australian children with cystic fibrosis now have access to cheaper medicines earlier under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) thanks to the Australian Government.

The Albanese Government is awarding more than $19 million to six research projects that use mRNA – the medical technology that underpins the Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines – to find vaccines to prevent cancer and urinary tract infections.

The Australian Government is delivering on its commitment to people living in Greater Queanbeyan, with the Queanbeyan Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) opening today, 24 July 2024.

Hervey Bay residents will be able to access fully bulk billed care with a new Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC).

Illawarra residents will now have access to fully bulk billed urgent care from highly trained doctors and nurses, at the Dapto Medicare Urgent Care Clinic.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Heidi Murphy on vaping law enforcements; medicine shortages.

Associate Professor Antonio Di Dio has been appointed as Director of the Professional Services Review (PSR) to ensure integrity is maintained across the Medicare program.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Matthew Doran on vapes; access to DFMO.

Every Australian child and young adult with high-risk neuroblastoma will have free access at Australian hospitals to a promising medicine not otherwise available in Australia, known as DFMO, thanks to funding from the Australian Government.

Read the transcript from Minister Butler's joint press conference with the New South Wales Minister for Health and Regional Health, the Hon Ryan Park MP, which covered vaping and free access to a life changing drug to treat childhood neuroblastoma.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Melinda James on his visit to Shoalhaven, the success of Medicare Urgent Care Clinics, and aged care beds.

The Australian Government is delivering for people in south and south-west Sydney with two Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (Medicare UCC) to open in Carlton and Bankstown. 

The Australian Government is strengthening Medicare to deliver a better, fairer and stronger health system and responsible cost of living relief.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Angel Parsons on vaping.

Newly released data shows there has been over two million additional bulk billed visits since the Australian Government tripled the bulk billing incentive, with close to a million additional free visits in May.

The Australian Government is establishing two new independent peak bodies to represent people with lived experience of mental ill-health.

The Australian Government’s comprehensive health reform agenda is enabling Australia to meet key health challenges highlighted in the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s (AIHW) Australia’s Health 2024 report.

The Australian Government is delivering for residents in southwest Brisbane with two Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (Medicare UCC) to open in Inala and Redbank.

The Albanese Government has established the role of an Illicit Tobacco and E cigarette Commissioner to further ramp up the fight against black market nicotine products.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on new world leading vaping laws; Illicit Tobacco and E-Cigarette Commissioner appointment; TGA regulation of vapes; drugs and alcohol in detention; aged care funding negotiations.

The Australian Government is investing $20 million to commercialise digital health research, taking it from the lab and putting it in the hands of patients and their health team, like using artificial intelligence to unlock the secrets of neurological disorders like multiple sclerosis and dementia.

The Australian Government’s world leading vaping reforms will become a reality from this Monday 1 July, after the unanimous backing of the Senate and the passage of the Bill through Parliament.

The Australian Government is unlocking the power of genomics research to improve early cancer detection and treatment, with more than $27 million for eight new projects from leading researchers across the country.