Minister Butler's media

Read the transcript of the radio interview with Minister Butler and Andy Park on expanding access to fourth COVID-19 doses; vaccination strategy and capacity; vaccination information campaign; vaccinating under-fives; hospital capacity; masks; Monkeypox (MPX).

Read the transcript of the radio interview with Minister Butler and Luke Grant, 2GB on
Telehealth; expanding access to fourth doses; Omicron third wave; boosters and fourth doses.

Read the transcript of the Doorstop, Adelaide with Minister Butler on Third Omicron wave; consideration to expanded access to oral antivirals; ATAGI meeting and fourth doses; state clinics and capacity; vaccines for under fives and mask mandates.

The Australian Government’s health priorities and election commitments will drive timely improvements across a range of crucial areas highlighted in the latest report card on the health of Australians.

Read the transcript of the radio interview with Minister Butler and Sonya Feldhoff and David Bevan, ABC Adelaide on the Meeting of Health Ministers, COVID antiviral treatments, primary care and hospital pressures.

Read the transcript of the Doorstop at Parliament House, Canberra with Minister Butler on Type 1 Diabetes; NSW floods; COVID cases; importance of getting a booster vaccine; fuel excise; Ukraine; Territory rights; climate policy.

From 12.01am 6 July people will be able to travel to and from Australia without being required to declare their COVID-19 vaccination status.

The Albanese Government is delivering on our election commitment to give all 130,000 Australians with Type 1 diabetes access to subsidised CGM products under the National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS).

From 12.01am 6 July people will be able to travel to and from Australia without being required to declare their COVID-19 vaccination status.  

Read the transcript of the Doorstop, Adelaide with Minister Butler on Type 1 Diabetes; NSW floods; COVID cases; importance of getting a booster vaccine; fuel excise; Ukraine; Territory rights; climate policy.

The Australian Government is delivering on our election commitment to give all 130,000 Australians with Type 1 diabetes access to subsidised CGM products under the National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS).

Read the transcript of the Doorstop at Parliament House, Canberra with Minister Butler on the Health Ministers meeting, COVID vaccine for children under 5 and review of COVID-19 vaccine and treatment procurement.

Read the transcript of the interview with Minister Butler and Michael Usher, Sunrise on COVID vaccine for children under 5 and review of COVID-19 vaccine and treatment procurement.

Read the transcript of the Radio interview with Minister Butler and Patricia Karvelas, Radio National Breakfast on Government’s actions in relation to COVID-19 and vaccines, review of COVID-19 vaccine and treatment procurement, COVID vaccine for children under 5, and other topics.

Health Ministers and Health Chief Executives met today in Canberra to discuss priorities for the Australian health system. This was the first meeting of the Health Ministers since the Federal election on 21 May 2022.

From 1 July 2022, Australians will have access to three new drugs on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on the Government’s actions in relation to COVID-19 and vaccines.

The Australian Government is undertaking an independent review of Australia’s vaccine and treatment procurements, led by former Secretary of the Commonwealth Department of Health, Professor Jane Halton AO.

Read the opinion piece from Minister Butler on COVID-19

Today, 28 June, is International Neonatal Screening Day, a day that celebrates the birthday of Dr Robert Guthrie, the American microbiologist who introduced the first dried bloodspot testing for rare disease.

Read the transcript of the Radio interview with Minister Butler and Waleed Aly, ABC Melbourne on antivirals for COVID

The Australian Government today launched an $11 million six-week campaign to encourage people to get vaccinated for both COVID-19 and influenza this winter and underlined the availability of antivirals for those most vulnerable to severe effects of COVID-19.

The Australian Government will contribute funding towards a new Financial Intermediary Fund (FIF) for pandemics which will be established at the World Bank, as part of our commitment to protecting against the impact of future pandemics.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference at Parliament House - 22 June 2022 on the Government’s actions in relation to COVID; Financial Intermediary Fund; information campaign for booster doses; COVID treatments; hospital funding and other topics

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with David Koch on Sunrise - discussing the First wave of Omicron; Australia’s booster rate.