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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Strengthening Medicare: More bulk billing, more doctors, more nurses
Media release outlining $8.5 billion to deliver an additional 18 million bulk billed GP visits each year, hundreds of nursing scholarships and thousands more doctors.-
Television interview with Minister Butler, Sunday Agenda - 23 February 2025
Read the transcript from Minister Butler's interview on Sunday Agenda on bulk billing. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler, 5AA Sunday Afternoons - 23 February 2025
Read the transcript from Minister Butler's interview on 5AA Sunday Afternoons, which covers bulk billing. -
National Suicide Prevention Strategy and $69 million for suicide prevention initiatives.
The Australian Government and the National Suicide Prevention Office have released the National Suicide Prevention Strategy 2025-2035. -
Delivering high-quality free digital mental health supports
The Australian Government is delivering high-quality free mental health supports for new parents, younger Australians, LGBTIQA+ people and culturally and linguistically diverse communities. -
Bankstown hospital video
The Australian Government utterly condemns the appalling video that has circulated on social media of two health workers from Bankstown Hospital. -
More GPs for regional and rural Australia
More specialist rural GPs are coming to rural and regional Australia, with the popular new rural GP specialty reaching a critical milestone, as 2025 welcomes the largest cohort of doctors starting GP training in Australian history. -
NSW nurses suspended
Registration of nurses in New South Wales is the responsibility of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of NSW (the Council). They have now suspended the registrations of registered nurses Ahmad Rashad Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh effective as of 13 February 2025. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler – 13 February 2025
Read the transcript from Minister Butler's appearance on 4BC Breakfast. -
Top researchers improving primary care in Australia
The Australian Government has committed over $22 million for primary care research to ensure Australians get the best possible care for decades to come.