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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TV interview with Minister Butler and Michael Rowland, ABC News Breakfast - 8 July 2022
Read the transcript of the TV interview with Minister Butler and Michael Rowland, ABC News Breakfast - 8 July 2022 on new advice for fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccines; vaccine rollout and uptake; public health restrictions and the UK politics.-
Minister Butler press conference in Adelaide - 7 July 2022
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on new advice on fourth COVID-19 doses; vaccination strategy and capacity; vaccination information campaign; masks. -
Expanded eligibility for fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose
An additional 7.4 million people will now be eligible to receive a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose from next week after the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) updated its recommendations. -
TV interview with Minister Butler and Sarah Harris, Hamish McDonald on The Project - Channel 10 - 7 July 2022
Read the transcript of the interview with Minister Butler and Sarah Harris, Hamish McDonald - The Project, Channel 10 on New advice for fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccines; vaccine rollout and campaigns; next generation vaccines. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler and Oliver Peterson, 6PR - 6 July 2022
Read the transcript of the radio interview with Minister Butler and Oliver Peterson, 6PR on
Telehealth; expanding access to fourth doses; Omicron third wave; boosters and fourth doses. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler and Shane McInnes, 3AW 693 - 6 July 2022
Read the transcript of the radio interview with Minister Butler and Shane McInnes on expanding access to fourth doses; Omicron third wave; boosters and fourth doses. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler and Andy Park, ABC RN - 6 July 2022
Read the transcript of the radio interview with Minister Butler and Andy Park on expanding access to fourth COVID-19 doses; vaccination strategy and capacity; vaccination information campaign; vaccinating under-fives; hospital capacity; masks; Monkeypox (MPX). -
Radio interview with Minister Butler and Luke Grant, 2GB - 6 July 2022
Read the transcript of the radio interview with Minister Butler and Luke Grant, 2GB on
Telehealth; expanding access to fourth doses; Omicron third wave; boosters and fourth doses. -
Doorstop, Adelaide with Minister Butler on 6 July 2022
Read the transcript of the Doorstop, Adelaide with Minister Butler on Third Omicron wave; consideration to expanded access to oral antivirals; ATAGI meeting and fourth doses; state clinics and capacity; vaccines for under fives and mask mandates. -
Australia's Health 2022
The Australian Government’s health priorities and election commitments will drive timely improvements across a range of crucial areas highlighted in the latest report card on the health of Australians.