The Latest Breaking News from Mark Butler

Tripling of the fee doctors receive for Medicare bulk billing and other measures aim to improve access to primary health care

These major budget measures reveal the type of plan the federal government has for Australia, writes Gareth Hutchens.

Mark Butler says group is ‘deliberately misleading consumers’ and a phased rollout of the scheme will avert a surge in demand

A range of new restrictions on vape products have been announced. Here is what’s being proposed – and what is yet to be decided

Australian Health Minister Mark Butler has announced a major policy shift on vaping. Its two primary objectives are to make it harder for children and non-smokers to access vapes and to allow people trying to quit smoking to access nicotine vapes with a prescription.

The government is cracking down on illegal e-cigarettes which are creating the "next generation" of nicotine-addicted adults.

Thousands of consumers across the nation will be forced to quit smoking as the government bans single-use vapes. Here's where to find free support.

Australian Health Minister Mark Butler said vaping had been sold to the public as a product meant to help smokers quit but instead spawned a new generation of nicotine users, particularly teens.

Health Minister Mark Butler vowed to close what he said was the biggest loophole in the history of Australian healthcare with the vaping ban.