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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All Medicare Urgent Care Clinics open across the country
The Australian Government has delivered on its commitment with all 58 Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (Medicare UCCs) open and operating before the end of 2023.-
Read Minister Butler’s doorstop in Adelaide on the shingles vaccine program in Adelaide on 24 December 2023
New shingles vaccine program has delivered half a million doses of the Shingrix vaccine with a further half a million due to be delivered in January. -
10-year vision for digital health unveiled
The Australian Government’s vision for digital health over the next 10 years has been unveiled in a new plan released today.
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Medicare Urgent Care Clinic opens in Lake Haven
The Australian Government is delivering on its commitment to the people on the Central Coast, with the Lake Haven Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) now open. -
Medicare Urgent Care Clinic opens in inner Melbourne
The Australian Government is delivering on its commitment and making it easier for Victorians to get the care they need by opening the Inner Melbourne Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC). -
National Cabinet will lift stalemate on hospital funding
Read Minister Butler's opinion piece published in The Australian. -
Medicare Urgent Care Clinic opens in Cairns
The Australian Government is delivering on its commitment to Far North Queenslanders, with the Cairns South Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) opening on Tuesday 19 December 2023 at Balance! Edmonton Family Practice. -
Helpline supporting people with rare and complex conditions
The Australian Government has delivered on another election commitment, with around two million Australians diagnosed with a rare or complex health condition now able to call a dedicated helpline that provides vital information and support that fits their needs. -
Medicare Urgent Care Clinic opens in Townsville
The Australian Government is delivering on its commitments to Townsville residents, with the Townsville Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) opening on 18 December 2023 at Eastbrooke Family Clinic on Thuringowa Drive. -
Ensuring headspace is fit-for-purpose
The Albanese Government is making sure Australia’s primary youth mental health service – headspace – is fit-for-purpose, appropriately resourced and well-integrated with other services.