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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Radio interview with Minister Butler and Sabra Lane, ABC AM - 9 February 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler and Sabra Lane on Strengthening Medicare Taskforce; general practice.-
Television interview with Minister Butler and Lisa Millar, ABC News Breakfast - 9 February 2023
Read the transcript of the television interview with Minister Butler and Lisa Millar on COVID boosters; Medicare; private health insurance. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care - press conference - 8 February 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on COVID-19, ATAGI advice and vaccine doses; aged care and health workforce, and hospital discharge. -
All adults now eligible for a 2023 COVID-19 booster dose
The Australian Government has accepted advice from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) that all adults who have not had a COVID-19 booster or a confirmed case in the past six months can now get another booster. -
Annual private health insurance premium rise
The Australian Government is ensuring Australians get value for money from their private health insurance as the annual industry average premium is set to rise by 2.9 percent. -
Change to single dose HPV vaccine
From today, Australia will move from two doses to a single dose of the Gardasil®9 human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for routine immunisation of young people under the National Immunisation Program. -
TV Interview with Kieran Gilbert, Sky Sunday Agenda - 5 February 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler and Kieran Gilbert's interview on Strengthening Medicare; Health Workforce; Mental Health; NDIS -
Minister for Health and Aged Care - press conference - 3 February 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on the Strengthening Medicare Taskforce Report; Urgent Care Clinics; Medicare; and hospital funding. -
Strengthening Medicare for the future
The Albanese Government has released the Strengthening Medicare Taskforce report. -
Professor John Skerritt retirement
Today, Professor John Skerritt has announced his decision to retire from his position of Deputy Secretary Health Products Regulation Group, effective 18 April 2023.