The Hon Mark Butler MP

  • Minister for Health and Aged Care

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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…

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 23 September 2024

Ministers:

  • The Hon Mark Butler MP
  • The Hon Jason Clare MP
  • The Hon Emma McBride MP

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.

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 10 May 2024

Ministers:

  • The Hon Mark Butler MP
  • The Hon Jason Clare MP
  • Senator The Hon Malarndirri McCarthy
  • Luke Gosling OAM MP
  • Marion Scrymgour MP
  • The Hon Selena Uibo MLA

Press Conference - Sydney

SUBJECTS: Vaping in schools; Cranbrook; National School Reform Agreement; Education funding.

Release type: Transcript

Date: 10 April 2024

Ministers:

  • The Hon Mark Butler MP
  • The Hon Jason Clare MP

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.

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 10 April 2024

Ministers:

  • The Hon Mark Butler MP
  • The Hon Jason Clare MP

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…

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 4 December 2023

Ministers:

  • The Hon Mark Butler MP
  • The Hon Jason Clare MP
  • The Hon Emma McBride MP

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.

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 4 December 2023

Ministers:

  • The Hon Mark Butler MP
  • The Hon Jason Clare MP
  • Natasha Fyles
  • Senator The Hon Malarndirri McCarthy

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.

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 4 July 2023

Ministers:

  • The Hon Mark Butler MP
  • The Hon Jason Clare MP
  • The Hon Emma McBride MP

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.

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 28 March 2023

Ministers:

  • The Hon Dr Anne Aly MP
  • The Hon Chris Bowen MP
  • The Hon Linda Burney MP
  • The Hon Mark Butler MP
  • The Hon Ed Husic MP
  • The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP

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.

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 9 February 2023

Ministers:

  • The Hon Jason Clare MP
  • The Hon Mark Butler MP
  • The Hon Emma McBride MP

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.

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 10 November 2022

Ministers:

  • The Hon Jason Clare MP
  • The Hon Mark Butler MP
  • The Hon Emma McBride MP