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, 5AA – 21 August 2025
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with David Penberthy on securing the future of the NDIS; Thriving Kids.-
Minister Butler - The Australian Financial Review, Thursday, 21 August 2025.
Read Minister Butler's opinion piece on the NDIS published in the Australian Financial Review -
Radio interview with Minister Butler, 3AW – 21 August 2025
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Tom Elliott on securing the future of the NDIS; Thriving Kids; vaping crackdown. -
Television interview with Minister Butler, Sky News – 21 August 2025
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Peter Stefanovic on securing the future of the NDIS. -
Television interview with Minister Butler, Today - 21 August
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview on Autism in the NDIS, the Thriving Kids Program and Monash IVF -
Television interview with Minister Butler, ABC Breakfast - 21 August 2025
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview on changes to the NDIS -
Radio interview with Minister Butler, 2GB – 21 August 2025
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Mark Levy on securing the future of the NDIS; Thriving Kids. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler, ABC AM – 21 August 2025
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Sabra Lane on securing the future of the NDIS; Thriving Kids. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler, ABC Adelaide Drive - 21 August 2025
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Narelle Graham on securing the future of the NDIS, Thriving Kids and aged care. -
Q&A from Minister Butler, National Press Club – 20 August 2025
Read the Q&A from Minister Butler's speech at the National Press Club in Canberra about securing the future of the NDIS.