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 Jacqui Felgate, 3AW Drive – 1 October 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Jacqui Felgate on vape law changes.-
Government backs "Deadly Choices" preventative health program
The Australian Government is expanding the highly successful “Deadly Choices” preventative health program to improve the health outcomes of First Nations Australians. -
North Tasmanians to benefit from Australian Government’s $120 million investment in Northern Heart Centre
The Australian Government will invest $120 million to establish the Northern Heart Centre in Launceston, delivering better health care for northern Tasmanians with heart disease. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler and Scott Levi, ABC Central Coast Breakfast – 24 September 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Scott Levi on AFL, Central Coast listening tour, Medicare bulk billing rebates, vaping crackdown and the Royal Commission into Aged Care. -
Minister Butler and Assistant Minister McBride, doorstop – 24 September 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler, Assistant Minister McBride and Member for Robertson Dr Gordon Reid's doorstop in Gosford, NSW on healthcare on the Central Coast, cheaper medicines, Medicare Urgent Care Clinics, aged care reform, dementia care, superannuation and other topics. -
Government invests in future psychologists fast tracking workforce expansion
The Australian Government will increase the number of postgraduate psychology places at universities and provide more psychology internships and supervisors so Australians can access a psychologist when needed. -
More Australians now eligible for free Shingles vaccination
The Albanese Government has expanded eligibility for the free shingles vaccination program. -
Television interview with Minister Butler on ABC Insiders - 22 September 2024
Read the transcript from Minister Butler's television interview with David Speers on IV fluids, shingles vaccine expansion, menopause Senate inquiry, abortion access, IVF access, vaping crackdown, GP shortages and youth mental health. -
Minister for Health & Aged Care and Member for Boothby - Press Conference - 22 September 2024
Read the transcript from Minister Butler's joint press conference with Member for Boothby Louise Miller-Frost on increased free access to shingles vaccine, beer excise, in game gambling ads and preventive health funding. -
Medicare top performing health system in the world
Internationally renowned Commonwealth Fund has ranked Australia’s health system as the top performing country in 2024.