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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Radio interview with Minister Butler – 30 October 2024
Read the transcript from Minister Butler's interview on ABC Adelaide Breakfast Radio with Sonya Feldholff and Jules Schiller which covered the COVID-19 Inquiry and the Australian Centre for Disease Control (CDC).-
Minister for Health and Aged Care, speech – 30 October 2024
Read Minister Butler's speech to the AusBioTech 2024 Conference. -
Television interview with Minister Butler on Sunrise - 30 October 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's television interview with Natalie Barr on the COVID-19 Inquiry Response Report. -
Patients benefit from historic change to Medicare that elevates nurses and midwives
In Medicare’s 40th birthday year, the Australian Government is making an historic change that will finally support nurses and midwives with some of the highest qualifications to independently provide Medicare services.
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Minister Butler and Assistant Minister Kearney, press conference – 30 October 2024
Read the transcript from the joint press conference with Minister Butler and Assistant Minister Kearney, which covered nurses and midwives providing Medicare Services. -
Television interview with Minister Butler and Angela Bishop, 10 News First – 30 October 2024
Read the transcript from Minister Butler's television interview with Angela Bishop on 10 News First which covered the COVID-19 Inquiry and the Australian Centre for Disease Control. -
Television interview with Minister Butler on ABC News Breakfast - 30 October 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's television interview with James Glenday on the COVID-19 Inquiry Response Report. -
Delivering an Australian CDC
The Australian Government is investing $251.7m to deliver Australia’s Centre for Disease Control (CDC). -
Tasmania's Stronger Medicare Award Finalists
A free nurse-led primary health service, a GP providing access to health care for diverse and vulnerable communities, and a nurse practitioner and manager of a multidisciplinary family practice are Tasmania’s finalists in the Stronger Medicare Awards. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care and Treasurer, press conference – 29 October 2024
Read the transcript of the Treasurer and Minister Butler press conference on the COVID-19 Inquiry and the Australian Centre for Disease Control.