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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Doorstop, Sydney with Minister Butler on 13 July 2022
Read the transcript of the Doorstop, Sydney with Minister Butler on Children’s Cancer Hub, free RATs, emergency payments, Halton vaccine review, ADF support, COVID winter peak, variant vaccines and advice from CHO and CMOs.-
Radio interview with Minister Butler and Neil Mitchell, 3AW Mornings - 12 July 2022
Read the transcript of the radio interview with Minister Butler and and Neil Mitchell, 3AW Mornings on Omicron third wave and response; antivirals; hospitalisations; masks and rapid antigen tests
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Doorstop, Canberra with Minister Butler on 11 July 2022
Read the transcript of the Doorstop, Canberra with Minister Butler on COVID variants; booster shots; mandates and emergency payments. -
TV interview with Minister Butler and Lachlan Kennedy, Channel 10 News First - 11 July 2022
Read the transcript of the TV interview with Minister Butler and Lachlan Kennedy, Channel 10 News First on Antivirals, access to antivirals by GP script, new variants and aged care. -
TV interview with Minister Butler and Allison Langdon, The Today Show - 11 July 2022
Read the transcript of the TV interview with Minister Butler and Allison Langdon, The Today Show, on Emergency payments and third and fourth vaccine doses -
Minister Butler press conference in Adelaide - 10 July 2022
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on Antiviral treatments; fourth COVID vaccine doses; emergency leave payments; childcare reforms; and national anti-corruption commission.
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TV interview with Minister Butler and David Speers, Insiders ABC - 10 July 2022
Read the transcript of the TV interview with Minister Butler and David Speers from ABC's Insiders, on fourth doses; COVID vaccines; COVID antiviral treatments; information campaign; masks; emergency leave payments; Telehealth.
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Millions of Australians to gain access to COVID treatments
Eligibility for potentially lifesaving COVID-19 antiviral treatments will be widened from tomorrow, Monday 11 July. -
TV interview with Minister Butler and Michael Rowland, ABC News Breakfast - 8 July 2022
Read the transcript of the TV interview with Minister Butler and Michael Rowland, ABC News Breakfast - 8 July 2022 on new advice for fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccines; vaccine rollout and uptake; public health restrictions and the UK politics. -
Minister Butler press conference in Adelaide - 7 July 2022
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on new advice on fourth COVID-19 doses; vaccination strategy and capacity; vaccination information campaign; masks.