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
The Hon Emma McBride MP
Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
Assistant Minister Rural and Regional Health
Senator the Hon Malarndirri McCarthy
Assistant Minister for Indigenous Health
Latest media
Read the latest media releases, speeches and transcripts from the ministers of the health portfolio.
Assistant Minister McBride doorstop at Parliament House - 8 February 2023
Read the transcript for Assistant Minister McBride's doorstop at Parliament House, Canberra on 8 February 2023, on the Jenkins Report and workplace safety, and COVID-19 booster vaccines.
Minister for Health and Aged Care - press conference - 8 February 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on COVID-19, ATAGI advice and vaccine doses; aged care and health workforce, and hospital discharge.-
All adults now eligible for a 2023 COVID-19 booster dose
The Australian Government has accepted advice from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) that all adults who have not had a COVID-19 booster or a confirmed case in the past six months can now get another booster. -
Radio interview with Assistant Minister McBride and Tom Oriti, ABC NewsRadio - 7 February 2023
Read the transcript of Minister McBride and Tom Oriti's radio interview on mental health, rural health, Black Dog Institute funding, GP shortages, Voice to Parliament, and the pandemic. 
Speech to the Ovarian Cancer Foundation's Teal Ribbon Breakfast - 7 February 2023
Read Assistant Minister Kearney's speech to the Ovarian Cancer Foundation's Teal Ribbon Breakfast in Canberra on the 7th of February 2023. Check against delivery-
More mental health support for the health workforce
The Australian Government has invested $1.7 million to extend The Essential Network (TEN) project until 30 June 2024.
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.