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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More Nurses, Sooner: Removing Red Tape for Record Numbers of Nurses Moving to Australia
A record number of nurses are joining the Australian health workforce from overseas, with 16,622 internationally qualified nurses registering to practise here in the past financial year – three times more than the 5,610 nurses that joined in the final year before COVID (2018/19).-
Minister for Health and Aged Care - Press Conference - 19 January 2025
Read the transcript from Minister Butler's press conference which covered the Free RSV vaccine for expectant mothers; private health insurance and NSW psychiatrists. -
Protection Against RSV for Mums and Bubs with Free Vaccine Available from 3 February
From 3 February 2025, Australian mums and their newborn babies will have free access to the best and most comprehensive protection against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). -
Television interview with Minister Butler on Weekend Today
Read the transcript from Minister Butler's interview on Weekend Today which covered the free RSV vaccine available from 3 February and more. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler and Kylie Morris, ABC Radio National – 13 January 2025
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Kylie Morris about bulk billing rates, cost-of-living relief, anti-Semitic attacks and the Attorney General's trip to Israel. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler and Nikolai Beilharz, ABC Adelaide Drive – 13 January 2025
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Nikolai Beilharz about bulk billing rates and the record number of GPs choosing general practice. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care, doorstop interview – 13 January 2025
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's doorstop interview in Canberra about Medicare, bulk billing, vaping, public hospitals and NSW psychiatrists. -
Connecting Cancer Patients with Cancer Nurses
The Albanese Government is making it easier for cancer patients to find the support they need with $2.3 million, to the McGrath Foundation, over the next two years, to expand their “Find my Nurse” online tool to cover more cancer nurses. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care - press conference - 5 January 2025
Read the transcript from Minister Butler's press conference which covered funding for McGrath Foundation ‘Find My Nurse’ online tool; private health insurance; human metapneumovirus; Australian CDC; Welcome To Country ceremonies; Foreign Interference and Transparency Scheme. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care – press conference, 2 January 2025
Listing of breast cancer drug Lynparza on the PBS, cheaper medicines, more bulk billing and Urgent Care Clinics.