Mark Butler

Health

'Something has gone wrong': jab push amid diphtheria outbreak

A serious outbreak of a disease most developed countries have relegated to the "dustbin of history"...

Lloyd Jones 22 May 2026

News

First Peoples Disability Network urges government to listen before NDIS overhaul

First Peoples Disability Network Australia has joined Australia's Disability Representative Organisa...

Giovanni Torre 23 Apr 2026

Health

Provider found for new bulk-billed Darwin urgent care clinic

A new fully bulk-billed Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (UCC) will open in Darwin after it was confirmed...

Dechlan Brennan 4 Mar 2026

News

First Peoples Disability Network: Indigenous co-design and leadership vital for success of Thriving Kids program

The Commonwealth's $2 billion Thriving Kids program could be a game-changer for children with develo...

Giovanni Torre 8 Sep 2025

News

'Huge kick in the guts' for grandmother jailed in Japan

The jailing of an Australian grandmother in Japan is a "kick in the guts" with WA Premier Roger Cook...

Rachael Ward and Aaron Bunch 5 Dec 2024

Health

'Something has gone wrong': jab push amid diphtheria outbreak

A serious outbreak of a disease most developed countries have relegated to the "...

Lloyd Jones 22 May 2026

News

First Peoples Disability Network urges government to listen before NDIS overhaul

First Peoples Disability Network Australia has joined Australia's Disability Rep...

Giovanni Torre 23 Apr 2026

Health

Provider found for new bulk-billed Darwin urgent care clinic

A new fully bulk-billed Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (UCC) will open in Darwin af...

Dechlan Brennan 4 Mar 2026

News

First Peoples Disability Network: Indigenous co-design and leadership vital for success of Thriving Kids program

The Commonwealth's $2 billion Thriving Kids program could be a game-changer for...

Giovanni Torre 8 Sep 2025

News

'Huge kick in the guts' for grandmother jailed in Japan

The jailing of an Australian grandmother in Japan is a "kick in the guts" with W...

Rachael Ward and Aaron Bunch 5 Dec 2024

New national cancer plan to boost support for patients

A new national plan will aim to improve the health care and support given to cancer patients. The Australian Cancer Plan will lay out strategies to increase prevention and screening, as well as treatm...

Andrew Brown Nov 2, 2023

Minister brings forward health talks after voice veto

Indigenous leaders and health ministers will gather early in the new year to work on new ways to improve services. Federal Health Minister Mark Butler said he and his state and territory colleagues, a...

Alex Mitchell and Paul Osborne Oct 25, 2023

"This is not what First Nations people want": Coalition of groups attack Peter Dutton's call for a Royal Commission

The chief executive of Djirra, a specialist family violence Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation, has released a statement condemning the calls for a Royal Commission into Sexual Abuse in Abor...

Dechlan Brennan Oct 19, 2023

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