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, ABC Radio National – 30 May 2025
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Sally Sara on COVID-19, bowel cancer, measles vaccination, Healthscope and NDIS.-
Press conference with Minister Butler, Adelaide – 29 May
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on heart health checks; NDIS -
Protecting Australians from heart disease
The Australian Government is protecting Australians against our country’s biggest killer – heart disease. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler, ABC Hobart - 28 May 2025
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Leon Compton Healthscope; Hobart Private Hospital; dental. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler, ABC Sydney – 27 May 2025
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Hamish Macdonald on Healthscope; NDIS. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler, ABC Perth – 27 May 2025
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Nadia Mitsopoulos on Healthscope; private health insurance -
Press conference with Minister Butler, Canberra – 26 May 2025
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference about Healthscope; NDIS; ADHD medication prescribing; and Bali detainee. -
Statement from Minister Butler – Healthscope
Read the statement on Healthscope, one of Australia's largest private health care providers, entering administration. -
New milestone for Medicare Urgent Care Clinics with over 1.5 million Australians receiving free treatment
More than 1.5 million Australians have received free, urgent care at a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic, without waiting hours in a busy hospital emergency department. -
Press conference with Minister Butler, Adelaide – 22 May 2025
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference about 8.5 billion investment into Medicare; Medicare Urgent Care Clinics; hospital funding; Donanemab approved by the TGA; specialist fees.