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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New Frontier will lead to better health outcomes
The Government has today tabled its response to an inquiry considering how to give Australian patients timely access to new drugs and novel medical technologies.-
NATIONAL APOLOGY TO THALIDOMIDE SURVIVORS AND THEIR FAMILIES
The Albanese Government and the Australian Parliament, on behalf of the people of Australia has today offered a full, unreserved and overdue apology to all thalidomide survivors, their families, loved ones and carers. -
Hope for childhood brain cancer treatment
The Australian Government is investing over $700,000 to develop a new treatment that targets a type of childhood brain cancer with no known cure or treatment options, known as diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG). -
Next steps on vaping reforms
The first stage of Australia's new vaping reforms are set to commence on 1 January, with further protections implemented and strengthened over the course of 2024. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care - press conference - 28 November 2023
Read Minister Butler's press conference at Parliament House about the next steps on vaping reforms. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler and Dave Marchese, Triple J Hack - 28 November 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Dave Marchese about the next steps on vaping reforms. -
Cheaper medicines and more bulk billing
Australians are on track to save a quarter of a billion dollars on their medicines in 2023, thanks to the Australian Government’s changes to make medicines cheaper. -
Indemnity insurance restored for midwives delivering labour care at home
The Australian Government has restored the ability of midwives to deliver care to women who labour in their home before a planned birth in hospital. -
Medicare Urgent Care Clinic opens in Greater Bunbury
The Australian Government is delivering on its commitment to Western Australians, with the Greater Bunbury Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) opening from 20 November 2023 at Eaton Fair Shopping Centre on Recreation Drive, Eaton. -
$50 million boost to research for health problems
The Australian Government is investing $50 million in innovative research teams to address a range of health problems like prostate cancer, high blood pressure, stroke, and chronic pain.