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 and Sonya Feldhoff, ABC Radio Adelaide - 24 May 2024
Read the transcript for Minister Butler's interview with Sonya Feldhoff on Singapore Airlines SQ321 incident; new Medicare Urgent Care Clinic for South Australia; taking pressure off SA hospitals; medical student placements.-
Taking pressure off SA hospitals
The Albanese Government is working with the Malinauskas Government to take pressure off South Australian hospitals. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care - press conference - 23 May 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference in Adelaide on taking pressure off SA hospitals; additional Medicare Urgent Care Clinic for SA; COVID variant; breast cancer screening. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler and Bern Young, ABC Gold Coast - 22 May 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Bern Young on new Medicare Urgent Care Clinic for the Gold Coast. -
Radio Interview with Minister Butler and Patricia Karvelas, ABC RN Breakfast - 22 May 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Patricia Karvelas on banning pharmacy compounding of replica weight loss medicines; ICC independence; social media ban for children. -
Protecting Australians from unsafe compounding of replica weight loss products
The Australian Government is acting to protect Australians from the risks posed by injecting potentially unsafe and dangerous compounded replicas of weight loss products. -
Another Medicare Urgent Care Clinic for the Gold Coast
The Albanese Government is delivering on its promise to strengthen Medicare with another Medicare Urgent Care Clinic destined for the Gold Coast, this time in Southport. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care - press conference - 22 May 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler and Senator Watt's press conference on new Medicare Urgent Care Clinic for the Gold Coast; banning pharmacy compounding of replica weight loss medicines; ICC independence; taking pressure off hospitals. -
$43.9 million to boost fight against HIV
The Australian Government is investing $43.9 million to put Australia on track to eliminate transmission of HIV on our shores by 2030. -
Delivering a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic for Ryde
The Australian Government is delivering for people in Northern Sydney with more access to fully bulk billed care for their urgent health needs, as the existing Top Ryde Urgent Care Service becomes a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic.