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 Butler to attend G20 Health Ministers' Meeting in India
The Minister for Health and Aged Care, Mark Butler, will attend the G20 Health Ministers’ Meeting in Gandhinagar and hold meetings on key health issues in New Delhi, India from 17 to 23 August.-
Medicare Urgent Care Clinic opens in Maroubra
The opening of a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) at Maroubra Medical and Dental Centre on Anzac Parade delivers on an Albanese Government commitment to make it easier to get the care you need, when and where you need it. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler and Chris O'Keefe, 2GB Sydney Drive - 10 August 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Chris O'Keefe on cheaper medicines. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care – Press Conference in Canberra – 10 August 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference at Parliament House about 60-day prescriptions coming into effect on September 1. -
Radio interview with Minister Butler and Gary Adshead, 6PR Mornings - 10 August 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Gary Adshead on cheaper medicines. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care – interview on ABC Adelaide – 10 August 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with David Bevan about 60-day medicines dispensing. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care – interview on ABC News Breakfast – 10 August 2023
Read the transcript of Mark Butler's interview with Lisa Millar on ABC News Breakfast. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care – interview on Sky News – 10 August 2023
Read the transcript of Mark Butler's interview with Peter Stefanovic on Sky News. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care – doorstop in Canberra – 10 August 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's doorstop in Canberra. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care – interview on the Today Show – 10 August 2023
Read the transcript of Mark Butler's interview with Sarah Abo on the Today Show.