Mark Butler
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Apr- 2026 -30 AprilPolicy & Reform
Sector responds to new $3bn aged care package
Aged‑care organisations have praised the government’s commitment to new beds, capital subsidies and expanded dementia services, but caution that long‑term…
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23 AprilFunding
Budget to deliver $3b aged‑care boost
A $3 billion Budget package will boost residential bed supply, expand Specialist Dementia Care units and increase capital support for…
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23 AprilIn-home Care
Home-care co-payment for showering scrapped
Essential daily‑living supports will become free under Support at Home from October, following sustained pressure from advocates that argued older…
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20 AprilIndustry News
Older Australians to receive free RSV vaccine from May
Eligible Australians aged 75 and over, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 60 and over, will soon receive…
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Mar- 2026 -9 MarchFunding
Government’s $115m for aged care ‘hotspots’
The federal government will invest $115 million to fast‑track aged care beds in Adelaide, the Illawarra, Perth and the Hunter.…
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Jun- 2024 -24 JunePolicy & Reform
University of Newcastle professor appointed National Rural Health Commissioner
Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler has announced University of Newcastle's Professor Jennifer May is to take over…
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Apr- 2024 -22 AprilIndustry News
Free flu vaccines announced for aged care homes
The Health and Aged Care Minister announced a new initiative to expand access to flu vaccinations across aged care homes.…
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Oct- 2023 -16 OctoberIndustry News
Free shingles vaccination program
Nearly five million older and immunocompromised Australians will be given free access to a shingles vaccine starting from 1 November.…
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Aug- 2023 -9 AugustIndustry News
Health Minister labels $806 medicine claim as a ‘scare to vulnerable aged care residents’
Health Minister Mark Butler has condemned the community pharmacy peak body over its latest attack on impending changes to drug dispensing…
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Nov- 2022 -17 NovemberNews
No third booster for residents amid fifth wave
Australians, including vulnerable groups, will not be asked to roll up their sleeves for a fifth Covid-19 vaccine just yet,…
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Jun- 2022 -2 JuneNews
New aged care ministers sworn in by PM Albanese
Mark Butler has been named as the new Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care. The deputy leader of the…
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Sep- 2010 -28 September
New minister impresses in his first address
Abandoning his departmental script, Mark Butler spoke openly and was warmly received at the ACSA national conference. Despite the challenges…