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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Strengthening Medicare: more transparency on patient medical fees
A re-elected Albanese Labor Government will help Australians find the best value when they need specialist medical advice and treatment, by fixing the former government’s failed price disclosure tool, Medical Costs Finder.-
Government delivering even more choice for women's contraception, endometriosis, and IVF journeys
The Government is delivering even more choice for Australian women with new and amended listings for contraception, endometriosis and IVF on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). -
Minister for Health and Aged Care, press conference – 16 March 2025
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference about cheaper medicines for women's health -
Television interview with Minister Butler, Weekend Today – 16 March 2025
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Weekend Today which covered cheaper medicines for women's health -
Television interview with Minister Butler, Weekend Sunrise – 16 March 2025
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Weekend Sunrise which covered cheaper medicines for women's health -
Action to combat the trade of illicit tobacco
We’re cracking down on illicit tobacco and we’re putting the people profiting from black market tobacco on notice. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler, ABC Melbourne – 12 March 2025
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Raf Epstein on ABC Melbourne which covered tobacco and trade. -
Television interview with Minister Butler, ABC News Breakfast – 12 March 2025
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with James Glenday on ABC News Breakfast which covered tobacco, Ukraine and trade. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care, press conference – 12 March 2025
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference about cracking down on illicit tobacco; US trade tariffs and the clinical trials one-stop shop. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler, 3AW – 12 March 2025
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Tom Elliott on illicit tobacco