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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Television interview with Minister Butler on Today - 1 February 2024
Read the transcript from Minister Butler's television interview on bulk billing rates-
Television interview with Minister Butler on Sunrise - 1 February 2024
Read the transcript from Minister Butler's television interview on bulk billing rates -
Radio interview with Minister Butler on ABC News Breakfast - 1 February 2024
Read the transcript from Minister Butler's interview on ABC News which covered the 40th anniversary of Medicare, bulk billing and concussion guidelines for sport. -
Television interview with Minister Butler and Kieran Gilbert, Sky News - 1 February 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Kieran Gilbert on Medicare's 40th anniversary; 360,000 more bulk billed visits to the GP; COVID inquiry. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care – press conference – 1 February 2024
Read the transcript of Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler's press conference in Carrum Downs on 1 February 2024 about Medicare 40th anniversary, bulk billing, Dunkley by-election, and GP payroll tax. -
Bulk billing on the rise for the Central Coast thanks to Albanese Government
Central Coast residents have seen some of the largest increases in bulk billing in Australia, since the Albanese Government tripled the bulk billing incentive. -
Regional Victoria a big winner on bulk billing thanks to the Australian Government
Australians in rural and regional Victoria have seen some of the largest increases in bulk billing in the country, since the Australian Government tripled the bulk billing incentive. -
150,000 vapes seized in South Australia
The Australian Border Force (ABF) has stopped more than 13 tonnes of disposable vapes from entering the community after seizing a number of air cargo consignments in Adelaide. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care - press conference - 30 January 2024
Read the transcript from Minister Butler's press conference on vaping. -
Commemorating 40 years of Medicare
The Australian Government is releasing a special edition Medicare card in 2024 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Australia’s world class universal health insurance scheme.