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 Luke Grant, 2GB The Ray Hadley Show - 6 April 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Luke Grant on expanded PBS access to Trikafta for children aged 6-11 years; and Better Access.-
Television interview with Minister Butler and Sarah Abo, Today Show - 6 April 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Sarah Abo and Karl Stefanovic on expanded access to Trikafta for children aged 6-11; Independent review into Medicare compliance. -
Life changing cystic fibrosis treatment now available to children 6 years and above
From 1 May 2023, children aged 6 to 11 with cystic fibrosis will have access to the medicine Trikafta® (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor and ivacaftor), through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). -
Medicare non-compliance and fraud costing Australians
The Albanese Government has today released the findings of a review into the compliance system that underpins Medicare. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care – press conference – 30 March 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference in Canberra on expanded access to subsidised paxlovid; COVID-19 2023 booster dose ad campaign; COVID-19 leave grants for aged care workers; Chief Medical Officer’s fourth wave report. -
Expanded access to subsidised oral antiviral Paxlovid and other COVID-19 supports
From 1 April, more than 160,000 people aged 60 to 69 will have access to the antiviral treatment Paxlovid as the Albanese Government expands eligibility under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). -
Radio interview with Minister Butler and Chris O'Keefe, 2GB Drive - 29 March 2023
Read the transcript of the radio interview between Minister Butler and Chris O'Keefe on general practice, skin cancer checks, and the May Budget. -
Minister Butler doorstop in Canberra - 23 March 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's doorstop in Canberra on vaping. -
Television interview with Minister Butler and Lisa Millar, ABC News Breakfast - 23 March 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler and Lisa Millar's television interview on vaping, and the First Nations Referendum Working Group. -
Radio Interview with Minister Butler and Patricia Karvelas, ABC RN Breakfast - 23 March 2023
Read the transcript of the radio interview with Minister Butler and Patricia Karvelas on vaping and the National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry.