Biography
Mark Butler has been the Labor Member for Port Adelaide and Hindmarsh in the Federal Parliament since 2007 and is the Minister for Health, Disability and Ageing.
Mark served as Minister for Ageing and Australia’s first Minister for Mental Health in the Gillard Government. He has also held the ministries of Housing, Homelessness, Social Inclusion, Climate Change, Water and the Environment.
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Television interview with Minister Butler, Sky News – 20 March 2025
Read the transcript from Minister Butler's interview with Peter Stefanovic on Sky News which covered cheaper medicines and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.-
Television interview with Minister Butler, Sunrise - 20 March 2025
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. -
Television interview with Minister Butler, ABC News Breakfast – 20 March 2025
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview on ABC News Breakfast with Bridget Brennan which covered cheaper medicines and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler, ABC Radio Darwin – 20 March 2025
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview on ABC Radio Darwin with Adam Steer which covered cheaper medicines and adding dental to Medicare. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler and Simon Beaumont, 6PR – 18 March 2025
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Simon Beaumont on 50 additional Medicare Urgent Care Clinics. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care, press conference – 17 March 2025
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's transcript on Medical Costs Finder; Medicare Urgent Care Clinics. -
Strengthening Medicare: more transparency on patient medical fees
A re-elected Albanese Labor Government will help Australians find the best value when they need specialist medical advice and treatment, by fixing the former government’s failed price disclosure tool, Medical Costs Finder. -
Radio Interview with Minister Butler and Nadia Mitsopoulos, ABC Radio Perth – 17 March 2025
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview on the new Medical Costs Finder -
Minister for Health and Aged Care, press conference – 16 March 2025
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference about cheaper medicines for women's health -
Government delivering even more choice for women's contraception, endometriosis, and IVF journeys
The Government is delivering even more choice for Australian women with new and amended listings for contraception, endometriosis and IVF on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).