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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Transforming health and medical research in Australia
The Albanese Government is investing in a once in a generation transformation of health and medical research in Australia.
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Minister for Health and Aged Care - press conference - 2 May 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on transforming health and medical research in Australia; vaping. -
Ensuring lower surgery costs and continued access to healthcare through general use items
The Australian Government is taking steps to ensure the cost of essential surgical items don’t rise, stopping those costs being passed on to patients and hospitals. -
National trauma centre ready for future health crisis
The National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre (NCCTRC) in Darwin will receive more than $55 million from the Albanese Labor Government to support its operations. -
Television interview with Minister Butler and Michael Rowland, ABC News Breakfast - 29 April 2024
Read the interview between Minister Butler and Michael Rowland on bulk billing; health insurance. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler and Sabra Lane, ABC AM Radio - 29 April 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Sabra Lane on bulk billing. -
Television interview with Minister Butler and Tom Connell, Sky News - 29 April 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Tom Connell on bulk billing; domestic violence; vaping. -
Bulk billing slide stopped thanks to Albanese Government
Five months of official Medicare billing data shows after a decade of cuts and neglect from the Liberals, the slide in the GP bulk billing rate has stopped and bulk billing has now stabilised, since the Albanese Government tripled the bulk billing incentive. -
New hope to treat women with early breast cancer
For the first time in 15-years women with an invasive form of early breast cancer that has a high risk of returning after initial treatment will now have access to an additional medicine thanks to the Australian Government. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care - press conference - 28 April 2024
Read the transcript for Minister Butler's press conference in Adelaide on the new hope for breast cancer patients; cheaper medicines.