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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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. -
Expanded eligibility for fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose
An additional 7.4 million people will now be eligible to receive a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose from next week after the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) updated its recommendations. -
TV interview with Minister Butler and Sarah Harris, Hamish McDonald on The Project - Channel 10 - 7 July 2022
Read the transcript of the interview with Minister Butler and Sarah Harris, Hamish McDonald - The Project, Channel 10 on New advice for fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccines; vaccine rollout and campaigns; next generation vaccines. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler and Oliver Peterson, 6PR - 6 July 2022
Read the transcript of the radio interview with Minister Butler and Oliver Peterson, 6PR on
Telehealth; expanding access to fourth doses; Omicron third wave; boosters and fourth doses.