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 Stacey Lee, ABC Adelaide Breakfast - 27 April 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Stacey Lee and David Bevan on cheaper medicines; hospitals; Urgent Care Clinics.-
Radio interview with Minister Butler and Virginia Trioli, ABC Melbourne Mornings - 27 April 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's radio interview with Virginia Trioli on cheaper medicines. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler and Nadia Mitsopoulos, ABC WA Mornings - 27 April 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Nadia Mitsopoulos on cheaper medicines and COVID-19 vaccines. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler and Matthew Pantelis, FIVEaa Mornings - 27 April 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Matthew Pantelis on cheaper medicines; nurses in nursing homes; Urgent Care Clinics. -
Television interview with Minister Butler and Karl Stefanovic, Today Show - 27 April 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Karl Stefanovic and Sarah Abo on cheaper medicines. -
Television interview with Minister Butler and Madeleine Morris, ABC News Breakfast - 27 April 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Madeleine Morris on cheaper medicines. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler and Gary Adshead, 6PR Mornings - 26 April 2023
Read the transcript of the radio interview with Minister Butler and Gary Adshead on cheaper medicines. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care - press conference - 26 April 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference at Parliament House on cheaper medicines; nurses in nursing homes; GP payroll tax. -
Cheaper medicines to ease cost of living
The Australian Government is easing cost of living pressures and making hundreds of common medicines cheaper, by allowing millions of Australians to buy two months’ worth of medicine for the price of a single prescription. -
$50 million for research in to long COVID
The Australian Government will provide a further $50 million from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) for research into post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) – commonly known as Long COVID.