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.
Contact
Latest media
Read the latest media releases, speeches and transcripts.
Provider selected for Tamworth Medicare Urgent Care Clinic
The Australian Government is delivering on its commitment to Tamworth residents to help strengthen Medicare.-
Medicare Urgent Care Clinic opens in Penrith
The Albanese Government is delivering on its commitment to residents of Western Sydney, as locals from today will have better access to fully bulk-billed urgent care, with a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (UCC) opening at Our Medical Home in Jamisontown. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care – interview of ABC RN Breakfast – 14 August 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Hamish Macdonald about vaping, health workforce, cheaper medicines, Mary-Louise McLaws. -
Medicare Urgent Care Clinic Opens in Logan
The Australian Government has honoured an important election commitment to the people of Logan – delivering a brand new Medicare Urgent Care Clinic at the Browns Plains Medical & Dental Centre. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care – podcast interview on Australian Politics (The Guardian) – 12 August 2023
Read the transcript of Mark Butler's interview with Paul Karp on The Guardian's Australian Politics podcast about cheaper medicines, Ozempic, vaping and Urgent Care Clinics.
-
Medicare Urgent Care Clinic opens in Rooty Hill
People in Rooty Hill and surrounding suburbs will have access to fully bulk billed urgent care provided by highly trained doctors and nurses, with the opening of a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (UCC) at Rooty Hill Medical and Dental Centre on Rooty Hill Road North. -
Minister Butler to attend G20 Health Ministers' Meeting in India
The Minister for Health and Aged Care, Mark Butler, will attend the G20 Health Ministers’ Meeting in Gandhinagar and hold meetings on key health issues in New Delhi, India from 17 to 23 August. -
Medicare Urgent Care Clinic opens in Maroubra
The opening of a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) at Maroubra Medical and Dental Centre on Anzac Parade delivers on an Albanese Government commitment to make it easier to get the care you need, when and where you need it. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler and Chris O'Keefe, 2GB Sydney Drive - 10 August 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Chris O'Keefe on cheaper medicines. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care – Press Conference in Canberra – 10 August 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference at Parliament House about 60-day prescriptions coming into effect on September 1.