Health Minister Mark Butler has declined to say how the government intends to respond to a damning report that found both the health system and workplaces were failing women. Released last week, the Senate Community Affairs References Committee's report made ...

Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler has announced University of Newcastle's Professor Jennifer May is to take over as National Rural Health Commissioner. The University of Newcastle graduate has dedicated her career to rural health care, working as ...

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 ...