Minister Butler's media

While in Geneva to advance Australia’s interests at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) World Health Assembly, the Minister for Health and Aged Care, Mark Butler, has announced Australia will invest $5 million over the next four years to help prevent rheumatic heart disease across the Pacific.

The Australian Government is investing nearly $14.5 million into research to improve our understanding of the impacts of Long COVID on individuals, the community and the Australian health system.

The Australian Government is providing support for Australians to quit vaping and smoking, with new Government advertising campaigns and updated quit support services.

Read the transcript from Minister Butler's interview which covered the new vaping and smoking campaigns.

Read the transcript from Minister Butler's press conference which covered the vaping and smoking campaigns, and avian flu.

Newly released data shows the GP bulk billing rate continues to improve each month, since the Australian Government tripled the bulk billing incentive on 1 November.

Read the transcript for Minister Butler's interview with Sarah Abo on NDIS fraud and bulk billing being on the rise.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Patricia Karvelas on bulk billing being on the rise and NDIS fraud.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference in Canberra on bulk billing being on the rise, GP shortages, ADF recruitment and NDIS fraud.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's doorstop on the 8th Community Pharmacy Agreement; cheaper medicines.

The Australian Government and the Pharmacy Guild of Australia have signed the 8th Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA).

On the eve of World No Tobacco Day on 31 May, Australia’s leadership in the fight against smoking and vaping has been commended by the World Health Organization (WHO), with Regional Director Saia Ma'u Piukala saying “Australia's leadership in tobacco control is both commendable and inspiring”.

The Minister for Health and Aged Care, Mark Butler, will attend the 77th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland from 26 May.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Jacqui Felgate on shingles vaccine; COVID; Ozempic replica ban

Read the transcript for Minister Butler's interview with Sonya Feldhoff on Singapore Airlines SQ321 incident; new Medicare Urgent Care Clinic for South Australia; taking pressure off SA hospitals; medical student placements.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference in Adelaide on taking pressure off SA hospitals; additional Medicare Urgent Care Clinic for SA; COVID variant; breast cancer screening.

The Albanese Government is working with the Malinauskas Government to take pressure off South Australian hospitals.

The Australian Government is acting to protect Australians from the risks posed by injecting potentially unsafe and dangerous compounded replicas of weight loss products.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Bern Young on new Medicare Urgent Care Clinic for the Gold Coast.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Patricia Karvelas on banning pharmacy compounding of replica weight loss medicines; ICC independence; social media ban for children.

The Albanese Government is delivering on its promise to strengthen Medicare with another Medicare Urgent Care Clinic destined for the Gold Coast, this time in Southport.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler and Senator Watt's press conference on new Medicare Urgent Care Clinic for the Gold Coast; banning pharmacy compounding of replica weight loss medicines; ICC independence; taking pressure off hospitals.

The Australian Government is investing $43.9 million to put Australia on track to eliminate transmission of HIV on our shores by 2030.

The Australian Government is delivering for people in Northern Sydney with more access to fully bulk billed care for their urgent health needs, as the existing Top Ryde Urgent Care Service becomes a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic. 

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference about the New Medicare Urgent Care Clinic for Tasmania and energy bill relief for every Tasmanian household and small business.