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 Patricia Karvelas, ABC RN Breakfast - 14 November 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Patricia Karvelas on national anti-vaping program for young people; vaping; social media reforms; access to terminations in hospitals.-
National anti-vaping program for young Australians
The Australian Government is rolling out a national program to prevent young people from taking up vaping.
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Radio interview with Minister Butler, Craig Zonca and Loretta Ryan, ABC Brisbane Breakfast – 13 November 2024
Read the transcript of the interview with Minister Butler and Craig Zonca on the national anti-vaping program for young people and plain packaging. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler and Peter Fegan, 4BC Brisbane Breakfast – 13 November 2024
Read the transcript of the interview with Minister Butler and Peter Fegan on the national anti-vaping program for young people and the US election. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care, press conference – 13 November 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference in Brisbane on the national anti-vaping program for young people and social media ban. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler and Ali Moore, ABC Radio Melbourne - 13 November 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Ali Moore on tobacco control laws; national anti-vaping program for young people; access to terminations in hospital. -
Fairfield Medicare Urgent Care Clinic now open
The Australian Government is delivering for residents in Sydney’s southwest with the opening of the Fairfield Medicare Urgent Care Clinic. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler and David Bevan, ABC Adelaide Mornings - 11 November 2024
Read the transcript of the interview with Minister Butler and David Bevan on aged care reforms. -
World-leading approach to protect babies from RSV
Australian mums and their newborn babies will have free access to the best and most comprehensive protection in the world against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) ahead of Winter in 2025. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care, press conference - 10 November 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference which covered the new RSV vaccine program and the PWSS annual report.