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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Minister for Health and Aged Care, speech - 28 November 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's speech at World Aids Day Parliamentary Breakfast.-
Release of new National HIV Strategy
On the eve of World AIDS Day, the Australian Government has launched the 9th National HIV Strategy to virtually eliminate HIV transmission in Australia by 2030. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care, speech – 26 November 2024
Read Minister Butler's address to Kids in the House 2024. -
$50 million towards a cure for Type 1 Diabetes
The Albanese Government is supporting the next phase of the search for a cure for Type 1 Diabetes through a $50.1 million investment in the Australian Type 1 Diabetes Clinical Research Network (T1DCRN), delivered through the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Australia. -
Television interview with Minister Butler and Sarah Abo, Today Show - 26 November 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Sarah Abo and Karl Stefanovic on type one diabetes. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care, press conference – 22 November
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on the Midland Medicare Urgent Care Clinic, and negotiations between private health insurers and private hospitals. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care, speech – 22 November 2024
Read Minister Butler's address to the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners GP24 Conference. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler and Gary Adshead, 6PR – 22 November 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Gary Adshead which covered Bupa and Healthscope, vaping, breast cancer and Medicare Urgent Care Clinics. -
Southport Medicare Urgent Care Clinic now open
The Albanese Government is delivering on its promise to strengthen Medicare with another Medicare Urgent Care Clinic destined for the Gold Coast, this time in Southport. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler and Nicole Dyer, ABC Gold Coast Breakfast Radio - 21 November 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Nicole Dyer on Southport Medicare Urgent Care Clinic opening; vaping crackdown.