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 – interview on ABC Radio Perth WA Mornings – 12 September 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Nadia Mitsopoulos about vaping.-
Have your say on how to unleash the potential of our health workforce
The Albanese Government is committing to making sure that our hard-working and highly educated health workforce can work to the full extent of their skills, experience and training. -
New Chair for AIHW as wellbeing report shows pandemic effects linger
The Government has appointed former Minister for Health and current Chair of VicHealth, Nicola Roxon, as the new Chair of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), as the Institute’s two-yearly report on the wellbeing of Australia shows a mixed recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Minister Butler doorstop in Canberra - 6 September 2023
Read Minister Butler's doorstop in Canberra on cost-of-living relief for millions of Australians with 60-day prescriptions; Covid inquiry. -
Indigenous voice should be listened to
Read Minister Butler's op-ed published in The Examiner on the 5th of September 2023. -
Provider selected for Cessnock Medicare Urgent Care Clinic
The Albanese Government is delivering on its commitment to the residents of the Hunter with All Ways Healthcare, supported by ForHealth being selected as the provider for the Cessnock Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC), following an Expression of Interest process. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care - press conference - 1 September 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on the commencement of 60-day prescriptions; 8th community pharmacy agreement; bulk billing; superannuation and paid parental leave. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler and Matthew Pantelis, FIVEaa Mornings - 1 September 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Matthew Pantelis on the commencement of 60-day prescriptions -
Additional COVID-19 vaccine dose recommended for adults aged 75 and over
The Australian Government has accepted advice from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) that all adults aged 75 years and older should receive an additional 2023 COVID-19 vaccine dose if six months have passed since their last dose. -
Additional COVID-19 vaccine dose recommended for adults 75 years and over
The Australian Government has accepted advice from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) that all adults aged 75 years and older should receive an additional 2023 COVID-19 vaccine dose if six months have passed since their last dose.