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.
Contact
Minister for Health and Aged Care – interview on ABC North West – 29 September 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Tom Mann about the Whyalla Regional Health Forum, Mount Gambier Urgent Care Clinic, making it easier to see a doctor or nurse in regional and rural Australia and Voice to Parliament.-
Minister for Health and Aged Care – interview on ABC Regional SA Drive – 28 September 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Emma Peddler about the Whyalla Regional Health Forum, Mount Gambier Urgent Care Clinic, and making it easier to see a doctor or nurse in regional and rural Australia. -
Support for First Nations doctors
The Albanese Government is supporting specialist training for First Nations doctors and medical students with the Australian Indigenous Doctors Association (AIDA) receiving a $900,000 funding boost. -
Providers selected for Central Coast Medicare Urgent Care Clinics
The Albanese Government is delivering on its commitment to make it easier for residents of the Central Coast to get the urgent care they need with providers selected for their two Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (Medicare UCC). -
Minister for Health and Aged Care – press conference in Adelaide – 27 September 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference about a Voice to Parliament, funding for Australian Indigenous Doctors Association, Australia’s health system; Qatar; Timor Leste and China; South Australian Voice to Parliament. -
Improve use of medicines and medical tests with $26 million in grants
Australians will benefit from better medicine use thanks to nearly $26 million in programs funded by the Albanese Government. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care – interview on ABC Radio South East SA – 26 September 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Rebekah Lowe about a new Medicare Urgent Care Clinic in Mount Gambier, one of four new Clinics opening in South Australia. -
Providers selected for South Australian Medicare Urgent Care Clinics
The Albanese Government is partnering with the Malinauskas Government to deliver for South Australians, today announcing the providers for four Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (Medicare UCCs). -
Minister for Health and Aged Care – interview on ABC Radio Adelaide – 26 September 2023
Read the transcript about Minister Butler's interview with Stacey Lee, Nikolai Beilharz and David Bevan about four new Medicare Urgent Care Clinics opening in South Australia. -
Government cuts red tape for overseas trained doctors
The Albanese Government is cutting red tape to make it easier to recruit doctors from overseas – a major step forward to ease skills shortages.