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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Cheaper medicines for advanced melanoma and multiple sclerosis
From 1 February 2024, Australians with advanced melanoma and relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) will have access to new and updated medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).-
Special access to childhood brain cancer medicine
The Australian Government has secured access to an experimental medicine to help in the fight against a rare and highly aggressive brain cancer in children—Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG). -
$20 million to find new treatments for DIPG and other childhood brain cancers
The Australian Government is funding a wide-ranging national research program that will give new hope and help to Australian children, adolescents and young adults with childhood brain cancers, including Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG). -
Radio interview with Minister Butler on ABC Perth WA Mornings - 2 February 2024
Read the transcript from Minister Butler's interview with Nadia Mitsopoulos, which covered Medicare Urgent Care Clinics, the 40th anniversary of Medicare and bulk billing. -
Bulk billing on the rise
The GP bulk billing rate has risen by 2.1 percentage points in the first two months since the Australian Government tripled the bulk billing incentive. -
Television interview with Minister Butler on Today - 1 February 2024
Read the transcript from Minister Butler's television interview on bulk billing rates -
Television interview with Minister Butler on Sunrise - 1 February 2024
Read the transcript from Minister Butler's television interview on bulk billing rates -
Radio interview with Minister Butler on ABC News Breakfast - 1 February 2024
Read the transcript from Minister Butler's interview on ABC News which covered the 40th anniversary of Medicare, bulk billing and concussion guidelines for sport. -
Television interview with Minister Butler and Kieran Gilbert, Sky News - 1 February 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Kieran Gilbert on Medicare's 40th anniversary; 360,000 more bulk billed visits to the GP; COVID inquiry. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care – press conference – 1 February 2024
Read the transcript of Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler's press conference in Carrum Downs on 1 February 2024 about Medicare 40th anniversary, bulk billing, Dunkley by-election, and GP payroll tax.