Mark Butler

Minister for Health & Aged Care, Deputy Leader of the House / Parliament of Australia

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Mark Butler is an Australian politician and a member of the Australian Labor Party, representing the Division of Hindmarsh since 2019. He was previously a member for Port Adelaide from 2007 until the division was abolished.

Mr Butler was a minister in the Gillard and Rudd Governments, and also served as national president of the ALP from 2015 to 2018 - the youngest president in the party's history. He was made a parliamentary secretary in 2009, becoming a minister after the 2010 election and winning promotion to cabinet the following year. He subsequently held the portfolios of Minister for Mental Health and Ageing (2010–2013), Social Inclusion (2011–2013), Housing and Homelessness (2013), Environment and Water (2013), and Climate Change (2013). Following the Labor Party's victory at the 2022 federal election, Mr Butler became the Minister for Health & Aged Care and Deputy Leader of the House under the Albanese government.

Mr Butler holds a Bachelor of Arts in Jurisprudence and a Bachelor of Laws with first class honours. He was shortlisted for a Rhodes Scholarship, and later completed a Master of International Relations at Deakin University.

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2022

Minister for Health & Aged Care, Deputy Leader of the House

Parliament of Australia

2019

Member for Hindmarsh, SA

Parliament of Australia

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	NEWS: Tagged in Federal Labor pledges $200m for St John of God Midland hospital	31 Mar 2025
	NEWS: Tagged in Private health set for reforms	13 Dec 2024
	NEWS: Tagged in Experts pull apart Australia’s COVID plan	29 Oct 2024
	NEWS: Tagged in Call out for mental health funding overhaul	20 Feb 2024
	NEWS: Tagged in Top-level talks on remedy for rising healthcare costs	02 Feb 2023
	NEWS: Tagged in Aged care sector a 'mess' as losses mount	06 Jan 2023
	NEWS: Tagged in National cabinet to meet on virus response	15 Jul 2022
	NEWS: Tagged in Fix funding, workforce issues first	12 Jul 2022
	NEW ROLE: Minister for Health & Aged Care, Deputy Leader of the House, Parliament of Australia	31 May 2022
	NEW ROLE: Member for Hindmarsh, SA, Parliament of Australia	31 May 2022

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Tuesday, 20 February, 2024 - 12:00
Call out for mental health funding overhaul
Youth suicide prevention charity zero2hero agrees with former Australian of the Year Professor Patrick McGorry’s warning to the Albanese government that a mental health overhaul is overdue.

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Tuesday, 12 July, 2022 - 15:09
Fix funding, workforce issues first
Amber Crosthwaite’s latest column for Business News takes the form of an open letter to Labor’s new aged care minister Mark Butler and Anika Wells.
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Friday, 15 July, 2022 - 08:35
National cabinet to meet on virus response
The prime minister has defended the government's decision to end COVID-19 isolation payments, ahead of a snap national cabinet meeting over rising case numbers.
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Monday, 17 October, 2022 - 12:10
Medicare rorts claims to be investigated
Health Minister Mark Butler has ordered his department to examine claims the Medicare system was being rorted by billions of dollars each year.
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Friday, 6 January, 2023 - 09:20
Aged care sector a 'mess' as losses mount
An accountancy firm has found seven out of 10 aged care centres ran at a loss over three months in 2022, as the federal government admits the sector is a mess.
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Thursday, 2 February, 2023 - 08:47
Top-level talks on remedy for rising healthcare costs
Anthony Albanese wants federal, state and territory healthcare systems to work together better but faces calls from leaders to increase Commonwealth spending.
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Tuesday, 29 October, 2024 - 15:39
Experts pull apart Australia’s COVID plan
The country’s inflation rate could be reduced by at least 2 per cent if Australia had an adequate COVID-19 response, a federal government-commissioned inquiry found.
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Friday, 13 December, 2024 - 15:11
Private health set for reforms
A slew of reforms to the private health sector, including expanding access for maternity cover, have been floated today as part of a push to make private hospitals more viable.
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Monday, 31 March, 2025 - 10:23
PM pledges $200m for Midland hospital
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged $200 million towards the expansion of St John of God hospital in Midland, if Labor is re-elected in the federal election.

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Positions - Current

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Position	Company	Year
Minister for Health & Aged Care, Deputy Leader of the House	Parliament of Australia	2022
Member for Hindmarsh, SA Member for Port Adelaide, SA (2007 to 2019)	Parliament of Australia	2019
Member	Australian Labor Party

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Position	Company	Year
Member for Port Adelaide, SA	Parliament of Australia	2007 - 2019
National President	Australian Labor Party	2015 - 2018
Minister for Climate Change, Environment & Water	Parliament of Australia	2013 - 2013
Minister for Social Inclusion	Parliament of Australia	2011 - 2013
Minister for Mental Health & Ageing	Parliament of Australia	2010 - 2013

Mark Butler

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Person Activity

Tuesday, 20 February, 2024 - 12:00

Call out for mental health funding overhaul

Tuesday, 12 July, 2022 - 15:09

Friday, 15 July, 2022 - 08:35

Monday, 17 October, 2022 - 12:10

Friday, 6 January, 2023 - 09:20

Thursday, 2 February, 2023 - 08:47

Tuesday, 29 October, 2024 - 15:39

Friday, 13 December, 2024 - 15:11

Monday, 31 March, 2025 - 10:23

Fix funding, workforce issues first

National cabinet to meet on virus response

Medicare rorts claims to be investigated

Aged care sector a 'mess' as losses mount

Top-level talks on remedy for rising healthcare costs

Experts pull apart Australia’s COVID plan

Private health set for reforms

PM pledges $200m for Midland hospital

Related Information

Positions - Current