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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Minister for Health and Aged Care – speech – 30 November 2022
Read the transcript for Minister Butler's speech on the 10th anniversary of tobacco plain packaging.-
Minister for Health and Aged Care – speech – 30 November 2022
Read the transcript for Minister Butler's speech on the 10th anniversary of tobacco plain packaging. -
Minister Butler doorstop in Canberra - 30 November 2022
Read the transcript for Minister Butler's doorstop on tobacco control reforms; plain packaging laws; vaping; eating disorders. -
Ten years of world-leading reforms and reigniting the fight against tobacco addiction
As Australia marks the 10th anniversary of Labor’s world-leading tobacco plain packaging laws, the Australian Government is reigniting the fight against tobacco addiction with new measures. -
Updated guiding principles to improve medication management
The Department of Health and Aged Care, in collaboration with the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, have updated national guiding principles to improve the quality and safety of medication management for all Australians. -
Updated guiding principles to improve medication management
The Department of Health and Aged Care, in collaboration with the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, have updated national guiding principles to improve the quality and safety of medication management for all Australians. -
Minister Butler doorstop in Adelaide - 27 November 2022
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's doorstop on new Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme medicines for high cholesterol, chronic heart failure, and a potentially life-threatening blood cell condition. -
Cheaper medicines for high cholesterol and chronic heart failure
From 1 December 2022, Australians with high cholesterol, chronic heart failure, and a potentially life-threatening blood cell condition will have access to new and updated medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). -
Backing aged care nurses
The Australian Government has been made aware of plans by Southern Cross Care in Tasmania to restructure and make redundant sections of its skilled nursing workforce. -
Backing aged care nurses
The Australian Government has been made aware of plans by Southern Cross Care in Tasmania to restructure and make redundant sections of its skilled nursing workforce.