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.
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Minister for Health and Aged Care – speech – Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Conference – 28 July 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's speech at the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Conference 2023 in Sydney.-
Medicare Urgent Care Clinic opens in Wollongong
From Wednesday 26 July, people in Wollongong will have access to fully bulk billed urgent care, with a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) opening at the Corrimal Medical and Dental Centre on Underwood Street. -
Minister Butler doorstop in Melbourne - 25 July 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's doorstop on the opening of the expanded cell and gene therapy manufacturing facility at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre; CAR T cell therapy; MRFF funding. -
Breakthrough lung disease scanner
The Albanese Government has provided $1.1 million towards development of a new scanner which could revolutionise diagnosis of deadly lung conditions around the world. -
Boosting regional and rural doctors in Queensland
Hundreds of junior Queensland doctors will have the chance to undertake training in regional and rural areas in a boost to the local health workforce thanks to an Albanese Government program aimed at attracting doctors to careers in rural health care. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care – press conference – Canberra – 20 July 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference about the new cardiovascular disease prevention guidelines. -
Launch of new cardiovascular disease guidelines
The Albanese Government has today launched the first major update to the cardiovascular disease prevention guidelines in over a decade, in a move that the Heart Foundation estimates could impact the care of 8 million Australians. -
Australia supporting safe, quality medicines in our region
The Australian Government is supporting access to high-quality, safe, and effective medicines in the Pacific and Southeast Asia by investing $13.3 million in new partnerships between the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) and governments in our region. -
Launceston Medicare Urgent Care Clinic provider selected
A provider for the Launceston Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) has been selected. -
Helping more doctors train and work in rural and regional Australia
Universities can now apply for additional Commonwealth supported places (CSPs) for rural-trained medical students, as well as capital funding for new regional training facilities.