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 on ABC Radio Sydney Mornings - 7 February 2024
Read the transcript from Minister Butler's interview on ABC Radio Sydney Mornings with Sarah McDonald which covered vaping.-
$8 million to support healthcare trials in rural and remote Australia
The Australian Government is investing close to $8 million to support innovative healthcare trials in rural and remote Australia. -
Pop-up display celebrates and educates on 40 years of Medicare
Today Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Health Minister Mark Butler launched a special '40 Years of Medicare' pop-up display at Australian Parliament House in Canberra. -
$35 million to fight blindness with manufactured corneas
The University of Sydney will receive $35 million through the Medical Research Future Fund to establish a manufacturing facility that can produce, store and ship bioengineered corneas across Australia and the world. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care speech – 6 February 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's speech about the '40 years of Medicare' pop-up display at Parliament House. -
Cheaper medicines for advanced melanoma and multiple sclerosis
From 1 February 2024, Australians with advanced melanoma and relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) will have access to new and updated medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). -
Special access to childhood brain cancer medicine
The Australian Government has secured access to an experimental medicine to help in the fight against a rare and highly aggressive brain cancer in children—Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG). -
$20 million to find new treatments for DIPG and other childhood brain cancers
The Australian Government is funding a wide-ranging national research program that will give new hope and help to Australian children, adolescents and young adults with childhood brain cancers, including Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG). -
Radio interview with Minister Butler on ABC Perth WA Mornings - 2 February 2024
Read the transcript from Minister Butler's interview with Nadia Mitsopoulos, which covered Medicare Urgent Care Clinics, the 40th anniversary of Medicare and bulk billing. -
Television interview with Minister Butler and Kieran Gilbert, Sky News - 1 February 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Kieran Gilbert on Medicare's 40th anniversary; 360,000 more bulk billed visits to the GP; COVID inquiry.