The Hon Mark Butler MP
Minister for Health and Aged Care
The Hon Anika Wells MP
Minister for Aged Care
Minister for Sport
The Hon Ged Kearney MP
Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care
Assistant Minister for Indigenous Health
The Hon Emma McBride MP
Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
Assistant Minister Rural and Regional Health
The Hon Kate Thwaites MP
Assistant Minister for Social Security, Ageing and Women
Latest media
Read the latest media releases, speeches and transcripts from the ministers of the Health and Aged Care portfolio.
Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, press conference - 5 December 2024
Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride and the Treasurer Jim Chalmers' press conference on Medicare mental health centres; MYEFO; childcare.
Empowering communities: funding available for groups supporting people with cancer
The Australian Government today announced the latest round of funding to help community-based and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups support Australians affected by cancer.
Commonwealth Ombudsman Report into "loopholes" making private health insurance more expensive
Today the Commonwealth Ombudsman released a report into the “loophole” tactics that private health insurers have been using to charge millions of Australians more for private health cover.-
More mental health support for Perth parents
New and expectant WA parents will get free, personalised mental health support with a new perinatal mental health centre to be established in Wanneroo, Western Australia. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care, press conference - 7 December 2024
Read the transcript from Minister Butler's press conference which covered the decision to make diabetes medicine cheaper for hundreds of thousands of Australians. -
Delivering cheaper medicines for diabetes
The Australian Government is making medicines cheaper for over a hundred thousand Australians living with type 2 diabetes mellitus and with high risk of heart disease through expanded treatment options under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
Archives for former ministers
Media releases, speeches and transcripts from former ministers of the Health portfolio are available in the former ministers' media centre.
Visit the National Library of Australia's web archive for older media releases, speeches and transcripts.