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 McBride, speech – 29 October 2024
Read Assistant Minister McBride's speech at the South Asian Suicide Prevention Summit 2024.Radio interview with Minister Butler and Sabra Lane, ABC AM - 5 November 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Sabra Lane on scope of practice.Announcing Australia's Medicare champions
Twenty of the nation’s finest health professionals and health teams have been recognised as Medicare Champions in the Stronger Medicare Awards.Minister for Health and Aged Care, speech – 4 November 2024
Read Minister Butler's speech at the Stronger Medicare Awards.Landmark report on how to unleash the potential of our health professions
A landmark independent review commissioned by the Australian Government has found that virtually all the nation’s health professions face restrictions and barriers in working to their fullest – restrictions that are unrelated to their skills, training and experience.Television interview with Minister Butler and James Glenday, ABC News Breakfast - 4 November 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with James Glenday on 5.4 million additional bulk billed visits since tripling to bulk billing measure.
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.