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 on ABC Melbourne Drive - 11 December 2024
Read the transcript from Minister Butler's interview on ABC Melbourne Drive on Illicit Tobacco Symposium and vaping crackdown-
Minister for Health and Aged Care - press conference - 11 December 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on additional funding for the regulation and enforcement of world-leading vaping laws; reproductive health; menopause inquiry; tobacco excise. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care, speech - 11 December 2024
Read Minister Butler's speech at the ITEC Symposium 2024 -
Australian Government ensures future of Royal Flying Doctor Service
The Australian Government has secured the future of Australia’s iconic Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) with a $74.8 million investment. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care, press conference – 10 December 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference with Senator Nita Green in Cairns on the $1 billion 10-year Royal Flying Doctors Service agreement, rural healthcare services, national flags, the anti-Semitic synagogue attack, drink spiking, fluoridation in water and more. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler and Murray Jones, 4CA Breakfast – 10 December 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Murray Jones on the Cairns Medicare Urgent Care Clinic, $1 billion 10-year Royal Flying Doctors Service agreement and private health insurers using 'phoenixing' practices. -
Commonwealth Ombudsman Report into "loopholes" making private health insurance more expensive
Today the Commonwealth Ombudsman released a report into the “loophole” tactics that private health insurers have been using to charge millions of Australians more for private health cover. -
More mental health support for Perth parents
New and expectant WA parents will get free, personalised mental health support with a new perinatal mental health centre to be established in Wanneroo, Western Australia. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care, press conference – 9 December 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on the Commonwealth Ombudsman Report into “loopholes” making private health insurance more expensive, support for severe mental health and the anti-Semitic attack on a Melbourne synagogue. -
Delivering cheaper medicines for diabetes
The Australian Government is making medicines cheaper for over a hundred thousand Australians living with type 2 diabetes mellitus and with high risk of heart disease through expanded treatment options under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).