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 and Aged Care.
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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Professor Paul Kelly retirement
Today, Professor Paul Kelly has announced his decision to retire from his position as Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of the Department of Health and Aged Care.-
Reviews consider how to further strengthen Medicare
Three reviews that examined some of the structures and systems that underpin Medicare, general practice and primary care are now complete:
• the Review of General Practice Incentives
• the Review of After Hours Primary Care Programs and Policy, and
• the Working Better for Medicare Review. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care, speech - 8 October 2024
Read Minister Butler's address to RACGP Health of the Nation Report launch at Parliament House. -
New cheaper medicines for autoimmune conditions, cancer and heart disease
Australians with types of vasculitis, leukaemia, heart disease, ulcerative colitis and arthritis now have access to new and expanded cheaper medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). -
Victoria's Stronger Medicare Awards finalists
Eleven individuals and teams, covering general practice, psychology, nursing and multidisciplinary teams, are Victoria’s finalists in the Stronger Medicare Awards. -
Ensuring access to rare cancer treatment for patients with neuroblastoma
Every Australian child and young adult with high-risk neuroblastoma will continue to have free access at Australian hospitals to a promising medicine not otherwise available in Australia, known as DFMO, thanks to an agreement secured from the Albanese Government. -
Queensland's Stronger Medicare Awards finalists
A GP, a nurse, an Aboriginal health practitioner and two multidisciplinary health teams are Queensland’s finalists in the Stronger Medicare Awards. -
Almost $18 million for world-first Australian research project for heart attack protection
The Albanese Government is investing almost $18 million in a world-first Australian research project that will trial a drug discovered by Australian researchers that protects the heart during a heart attack. -
SA Medicare Urgent Care Clinics hit 50,000 presentations as new clinic opens in Para Hills
The Australian Government is delivering better access to urgent health care for residents in Adelaide’s northeast with the opening of a new Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) at the McIntyre Medical Centre. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care - press conference - 3 October 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on Para Hills Medicare Urgent Care Clinic.