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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Medicare Urgent Care Clinic opens in Albury
The Australian Government is delivering on its commitment to Albury residents, with a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) opened at the Border General Practice on David Street.-
More funding for Men's Sheds across Australia
A total of 131 Men’s Sheds will share almost $670,000 in Australian Government funding to continue supporting the health and wellbeing of their community. -
Minister Butler doorstop in Adelaide - 15 August 2023
Read the transcript on First Nations health; bulk billing. -
New treatments for people with chronic migraine and soft tissue sarcoma added to the PBS
From August 2023, Australians with chronic migraine and soft tissue sarcoma will have access to new medicines through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). -
Provider selected for Tamworth Medicare Urgent Care Clinic
The Australian Government is delivering on its commitment to Tamworth residents to help strengthen Medicare. -
Medicare Urgent Care Clinic opens in Penrith
The Albanese Government is delivering on its commitment to residents of Western Sydney, as locals from today will have better access to fully bulk-billed urgent care, with a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (UCC) opening at Our Medical Home in Jamisontown. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care – interview of ABC RN Breakfast – 14 August 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Hamish Macdonald about vaping, health workforce, cheaper medicines, Mary-Louise McLaws. -
Medicare Urgent Care Clinic Opens in Logan
The Australian Government has honoured an important election commitment to the people of Logan – delivering a brand new Medicare Urgent Care Clinic at the Browns Plains Medical & Dental Centre. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care – podcast interview on Australian Politics (The Guardian) – 12 August 2023
Read the transcript of Mark Butler's interview with Paul Karp on The Guardian's Australian Politics podcast about cheaper medicines, Ozempic, vaping and Urgent Care Clinics.
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Medicare Urgent Care Clinic opens in Rooty Hill
People in Rooty Hill and surrounding suburbs will have access to fully bulk billed urgent care provided by highly trained doctors and nurses, with the opening of a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (UCC) at Rooty Hill Medical and Dental Centre on Rooty Hill Road North.