The Health and Aged Care Minister announced a new initiative to expand access to flu vaccinations across aged care homes. Speaking to the press on Saturday, Mark Butler emphasised the importance of proactive health measures following a surge of flu ...

Nearly five million older and immunocompromised Australians will be given free access to a shingles vaccine starting from 1 November. Shingles, which is also known as herpes zoster, is caused by the same virus as chickenpox and presents itself as ...

Health Minister Mark Butler has condemned the community pharmacy peak body over its latest attack on impending changes to drug dispensing rules, in a move he labelled a "cynical scare campaign" designed to "scare vulnerable aged care residents". It follows a ...

Australians, including vulnerable groups, will not be asked to roll up their sleeves for a fifth Covid-19 vaccine just yet, Health Minister Mark Butler says. On the backdrop of a spike in cases across the country, Butler said ATAGI had ...

Mark Butler has been named as the new Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care. The deputy leader of the lower house was sworn in on Wednesday along with Queensland MP Anika Wells, who was appointed Minister for Aged Care ...

Abandoning his departmental script, Mark Butler spoke openly and was warmly received at the ACSA national conference. Despite the challenges of a minority government, the new minister for ageing is confident of reform as aged care is not “a major ...