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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Better access to healthcare for South Australians
South Australians will have better access to healthcare, with the opening of a new Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) in Elizabeth and the expansion of Healthdirect services to connect patients to General Practitioners.-
Minister for Health and Aged Care - speech - 25 October 2023
Read Minister Butler's speech at the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) Conference. -
Medicare Urgent Care Clinic opens in South Brisbane
The Australian Government is delivering on its commitment to Brisbane Southsiders, with the Brisbane South Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) opening on 23 October 2023. -
Life changing gene therapy for babies with spinal muscular atrophy
The Australian Government is giving more families access to life changing gene therapy for spinal muscular atrophy through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). -
Toowoomba Medicare Urgent Care Clinic to open next week
The Australian Government is making it easier for Toowoomba residents to see a doctor, with the Toowoomba Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) opening next week. -
$30.8 million for health research that listens to Indigenous communities
The Australian Government is working to improve the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders through 26 research projects that have all involved First Nations people from the start. -
Delivering Medicare Urgent Care Clinics in the ACT
The Albanese Government is delivering on its commitment to make it easier for Canberrans to get the healthcare they need with Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (Medicare UCCs). -
Cheaper medicines for cervical cancer, urotherial cancer and spinal muscle atrophy
From 1 October 2023, Australians with cervical cancer, urothelial cancer and spinal muscular atrophy will have access to new or expanded treatment options through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). -
Minister for Health and Aged Care – interview on Sky News Sunday Agenda – 15 October 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Kieran Gilbert about the Voice referendum results. -
Provider selected for Murrumba Downs Medicare Urgent Care Clinic
The Australian Government is delivering on its commitment to Queenslanders with a provider for the Murrumba Downs Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) selected, following an Expression of Interest process.