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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Radio interview with Minister Butler and Emma Pedler, ABC North and West SA - 4 October 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Emma Pedler on the Regional Health Forum in Whyalla; bulk billing investments.-
Minister for Health and Aged Care – interview on ABC RN Drive – 3 October 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Andy Park about all 58 Urgent Care Clinics to be open by the end of the year as promised, and taking action on vaping. -
Yes will help close health gap
Read Minister Butler's op-ed published in The West Australian on the 30th of September 2023. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care – interview on ABC North West – 29 September 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Tom Mann about the Whyalla Regional Health Forum, Mount Gambier Urgent Care Clinic, making it easier to see a doctor or nurse in regional and rural Australia and Voice to Parliament. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care – interview on ABC Regional SA Drive – 28 September 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Emma Peddler about the Whyalla Regional Health Forum, Mount Gambier Urgent Care Clinic, and making it easier to see a doctor or nurse in regional and rural Australia. -
Providers selected for Central Coast Medicare Urgent Care Clinics
The Albanese Government is delivering on its commitment to make it easier for residents of the Central Coast to get the urgent care they need with providers selected for their two Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (Medicare UCC). -
Improve use of medicines and medical tests with $26 million in grants
Australians will benefit from better medicine use thanks to nearly $26 million in programs funded by the Albanese Government. -
Support for First Nations doctors
The Albanese Government is supporting specialist training for First Nations doctors and medical students with the Australian Indigenous Doctors Association (AIDA) receiving a $900,000 funding boost. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care – press conference in Adelaide – 27 September 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference about a Voice to Parliament, funding for Australian Indigenous Doctors Association, Australia’s health system; Qatar; Timor Leste and China; South Australian Voice to Parliament. -
Providers selected for South Australian Medicare Urgent Care Clinics
The Albanese Government is partnering with the Malinauskas Government to deliver for South Australians, today announcing the providers for four Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (Medicare UCCs).