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 and Aged Care portfolio.
Minister for Health and Aged Care speech - 30 November 2023
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's speech at the World AIDS Day Parliamentary Breakfast.-
Opening of the Alice Springs Medicare Urgent Care Clinic
Alice Springs residents will have better access to health care, with the opening of a new Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC). -
New medical school programs put doctors where they're most needed in regional Australia
An extra 160 medical students each year will begin end-to-end rural medical training at six new medical school programs in rural communities, thanks to a $90 million investment from the Australian Government. -
Exploring the possibility of the Territory's own medical school
The Australian Government is providing $2.8 million to fund preliminary exploratory work on the establishment of a new medical school in the Northern Territory. 
Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care - speech - 3 December 2023
Read Assistant Minister Kearney's speech launching Australia's National Health and Climate Strategy.-
Australian-first: meeting the health challenges of climate change
The Australian Government has launched Australia’s first National Health and Climate Strategy that is aimed at ensuring our health system can meet the challenges of climate change.
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.