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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Radio interview with Minister Butler and Melinda James, ABC Illawarra – 9 July 2024
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.-
Delivering Medicare Urgent Care Clinics for Bankstown and Carlton
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. -
Half a million visits as new Medicare Urgent Care Clinic delivered in Queanbeyan
The Australian Government is strengthening Medicare to deliver a better, fairer and stronger health system and responsible cost of living relief. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler and Angel Parsons, Triple J Hack - 4 July 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Angel Parsons on vaping. -
Over 2 million additional bulk billed GP visits and $414 million saved on medicines
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. -
Peak bodies to represent carers, consumers with experience of mental health
The Australian Government is establishing two new independent peak bodies to represent people with lived experience of mental ill-health. -
Release of AIHW flagship report: Australia's Health 2024
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. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care - press conference - 1 July 2024
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. -
Delivering Medicare Urgent Care Clinics for Inala and Redbank
The Australian Government is delivering for residents in southwest Brisbane with two Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (Medicare UCC) to open in Inala and Redbank. -
Illicit Tobacco and E-Cigarette Commissioner to step up the fight against illegal nicotine products
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.