The Hon Mark Butler MP
- Minister for Health and Aged Care
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School behaviour improving after mobile phone ban and vaping reforms
As students have returned back to school, new data shows student behaviour has improved after the Albanese Labor Government worked with states and territories to ban mobile phones in schools.
National anti-vaping program for young Australians
The Australian Government is rolling out a national program to prevent young people from taking up vaping.
The Albanese Government invests in future psychologists fast tracking workforce expansion
The Albanese Government will increase the number of postgraduate psychology places at universities and provide more psychology internships and supervisors so Australians can access a psychologist…
Albanese Government delivers CDU medical school
The Albanese Government is delivering on the long-term call for Charles Darwin University to establish a medical school in the Northern Territory.
Press Conference - Sydney
SUBJECTS: Vaping in schools; Cranbrook; National School Reform Agreement; Education funding.
Demand for new youth anti-vaping program surges as Parliament considers world leading vaping reforms
Unprecedented concerns around rising vaping rates in schools show the need for immediate action, a recent trial has shown.
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 Albanese…
Exploring the possibility of the territory's own medical school
The Albanese Government is providing $2.8 million to fund preliminary exploratory work on the establishment of a new medical school in the Northern Territory.
Helping more doctors train and work in rural and regional Australia
Universities can now apply for additional Commonwealth supported places (CSPs) for rural-trained medical students, as well as capital funding for new regional training facilities.
Albanese Government empowering young Australians
The Albanese Government is ensuring young Australians are engaged in the development of government policies and programs directly affecting young people.
Debt wiped for country practice
A doctor or nurse practitioner who lives and works in rural and remote Australia will have their HELP debt wiped under legislation passed today by the Albanese Government.
HELP debt wiped for doctors and nurse practitioners to work in rural and remote Australia
A doctor or nurse practitioner who lives and works in the most remote parts of Australia will have their HELP debt wiped under legislation being introduced by the Albanese Government today.