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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First Nations health leaders and Health Ministers gather to progress Close the Gap reform agenda
The Australian Government in partnership with the Lowitja Insitute have today hosted the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Ministers Roundtable.-
Television interview with Minister Butler and Bridget Brennan, ABC News Breakfast - 21 March 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Bridget Brennan on world leading vaping legislation being introduced to parliament. -
Television interview with Minister Butler and Karl Stefanovic, Today Show - 21 March 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Karl Stefanovic on world leading vaping legislation introduced to Parliament. -
World leading vaping legislation introduced to Parliament
The Australian Government today introduced to Parliament world leading vaping legislation to deliver on our promise to protect children, young people and all Australians from the harms of vaping. -
Television interview with Minister Butler and Peter Stefanovic, Sky News First Edition - 21 March 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Peter Stefanovic on world leading vaping legislation introduced to Parliament. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler and Sonya Feldhoff, ABC Radio Adelaide - 21 March 2024
Read the transcript of the radio interview with Sonya Feldhoff and Jules Schiller on world leading vaping legislation introduced to Parliament. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care - press conference - 21 March 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on world-leading vaping legislation introduced to Parliament. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler and Michael McLaren, 2GB Afternoons - 21 March 2024
Read the transcript of the radio interview between Minister Butler and Michael McLaren on world leading vaping legislation being introduced to Parliament. -
Increasing Australia’s bone marrow donors
The Australian Government, with state and territory Health Ministers, is increasing the number and diversity of bone marrow donors on the Australian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (ABMDR). -
New leaders for medicines and medical services committees
Two esteemed medical experts have been appointed to oversee the committees that advise Government on funding medicines, medical services, health programs and technologies for Australian patients.