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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Minister for Health and Aged Care - press conference - 12 May 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference in Adelaide on strengthening Medicare; more Urgent Care Clinics; hospital funding; mental health; elective surgery waitlists.Expanding mental health and suicide prevention services in South Australia
More than $26 million will boost essential mental health and suicide prevention support services in South Australia over the next three years.New trial to attract and retain more doctors in regional and rural South Australia
The Australian Government is making it easier for South Australians to see a doctor by attracting and retaining more doctors in regional and rural South Australia.Radio interview with Minister Butler and Michael Rowland, ABC News Breakfast - 10 May 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Michael Rowland and Bridget Brennan on historic Medicare changes for women battling endometriosis; domestic violence.Television interview interview with Minister Butler and Sarah Abo, Today - 10 May 2024
Read Minister Butler's interview with Sarah Abo on historic Medicare changes for women battling endometriosis.Historic Medicare changes for women battling endometriosis
The Australian Government has listened to Australian women suffering endometriosis and complex gynaecological conditions like chronic pelvic pain and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).Radio interview with Minister Butler and Matthew Pantelis, FIVEAA - 10 May 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Matthew Pantelis on attracting more doctors to SA regions; historic changes to Medicare for endometriosis.Minister for Health and Aged Care - press conference - 10 May 2024
Read Minister Butler and Assistant Minister Kearney's press conference on historic Medicare changes for women battling endometriosis; more doctors in Adelaide.Australian Government delivers CDU medical school
The Albanese Government is delivering on the long-term call for Charles Darwin University to establish a medical school in the Northern Territory.Clock is ticking to nominate a Medicare champion
Nominations are rolling in for the Australian Government’s Stronger Medicare Awards.