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 Adelaide Breakfast – 24 February 2025
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Sonya Feldhoff and Jules Schiller on more bulk billing for Australians.-
$422 million for the future of Australia's health and medical research sector
To reaffirm its commitment towards Australia’s world-leading medical researchers, the Australian Government is investing $422 million in funding for the future of our national health and medical research sector. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler, 3AW Weekend Breakfast - 23 February 2025
Read the transcript from Minister Butler's appearance on 3AW Weekend Breakfast on bulk billing. -
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. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler – 13 February 2025
Read the transcript from Minister Butler's appearance on 4BC Breakfast.