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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Read the latest media releases, speeches and transcripts.
Radio interview with Minister Butler on FIVEaa Mornings – 12 August 2024
Read the transcript from Minister Butler's radio interview with Matthew Pantelis which covered South Australian hospitals, the Aged Care Taskforce, bulk billing, Medicare Urgent Care Clinics, and medical students choosing general practice.-
New body to shape nations health workforce
The Australian Government has established a new body to shape the direction of Australia’s healthcare workforce. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care, speech – 2 August 2024
Read Minister Butler's speech at the Australian Medical Association's National Conference. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care, speech – 2 August 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's address to the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia's National Conference -
Radio interview with Minister Butler and Loretta Ryan, ABC Brisbane – 1 August 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Loretta Ryan and Craig Zonca on Medicare Urgent Care Clinics; increase in bulk billing. -
Delivering a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic for Morayfield
Morayfield residents will be able to access fully bulk billed care with a new Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC). -
Minister for Health and Aged Care, doorstop – 1 August 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's doorstop in Brisbane on the opening of the Morayfield Urgent Care Clinic. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler and David Bevan, ABC Adelaide Mornings – 31 July 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with David Bevan on IV fluid shortages, pressure on emergency departments and the Disability Royal Commission. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care – press conference – 29 July 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on the PBS listing for Cystic Fibrosis medicine Trikafta. -
Life changing medicine for children with cystic fibrosis
Australian children with cystic fibrosis now have access to cheaper medicines earlier under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) thanks to the Australian Government.