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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Minister for Health and Aged Care – interview on ABC Darwin – 19 September 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Jo Laverty about CareFlight, hospital pressures, Medicare Urgent Care Clinics, recruiting doctors.-
Minister for Health and Aged Care and Assistant Minister for Indigenous Health – press conference in Darwin – 19 September 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's and Senator Malarndirri McCarthy's press conference in Darwin about a new helicopter and jet for CareFlight. -
Provider selected for Batemans Bay Medicare Urgent Care Clinic
The Albanese Government is delivering on its commitment to residents of the South Coast with a provider for the Batemans Bay Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) selected, following an Expression of Interest process. -
New form of fast-acting insulin added to the PBS
The Albanese Government is listing a new form of fast-acting insulin on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) from 1 October 2023. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care – interview on 2GB Sydney Breakfast – 18 September 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Mark Levy about diabetes medication Fiasp being added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. -
Upgrading My Health Record to save time and money
The Albanese Government is upgrading My Health Record to ensure that when Australians get a blood test or other diagnostic test, the results are uploaded to their My Health Record so the patient and their practitioner can see the result, quickly and automatically. -
New Little Wings plane takes flight
Today a special medical retrieval plane, funded by the Australian Government, will join the Little Wings fleet dedicated to transporting seriously ill children in regional, rural and remote locations. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care – interview on Sky News AM Agenda – 14 September 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Laura Jayes about tobacco control legislation being introduced into Parliament. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care – interview on the Today Show – 13 September 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Karl Stefanovic about tobacco control legislation being introduced into Parliament, Medicare Urgent Care Clinics and the Voice. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care – interview on ABC News Breakfast – 13 September 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Michael Rowland about tobacco control legislation being introduced into Parliament, and the Voice.