Mark Butler

Latest speeches

1. House of Representatives Chamber (part 2 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 17 September 2026

   • Q6–8: PBS breast cancer drug replacement and economic credibility

     “Thank you Speaker and thank you to the member for Swan for that question. As she knows breast cancer is the most common cancer for Australian women and although we have some of the world's highest survival rates for this…”

     Watch from 30:21

   • Q23–25: AI Safety Institute funding, PM’s US/UN trip and UNSC bid

     “Yeah thanks Speaker. Speaker I table a document headed Member for Hume six projects outlining commitments made in his electorate by the Member for Hume totaling 18.1 million dollars including 7.5 million dollars to the MacArthur Bulls regional football facility.…”

     Watch from 1:24:25

2. Hon. Mark Butler MP - Press Conference · Australian Parliament · 17 September 2026

   • PBS breast cancer announcement: Triptorelin listing

     “All right. We're all good? Thanks very much for coming out this morning. We have a very exciting, important announcement around breast cancer treatment. I'm delighted to be joined by Vicky Durston, the head of policy and advocacy for the…”

     Watch from 16:04

   • Q: safeguarding PBS from drug withdrawals

     “Thank you, Katie, so much, and Jenny and Vicky, but Katie particularly for telling your personal story, which you've done a number of times and is a hard thing for you to do, I'm sure, but is a really powerful…”

     Watch from 30:57

   • Q: HTA review progress and PBS reform

     “Well, we do have to take that process forward. I announced last September a number of priority actions which are underway, particularly around a couple of the core criticisms that pharmaceutical companies make of the PBS guidelines, particularly the selection…”

     Watch from 33:25
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3. House of Representatives Chamber (part 2 of 3) · Australian Parliament · 16 September 2026

   • Women’s health, private health rebate cuts and budget savings

     “Yeah, thanks Speaker, and can I add to the Prime Minister's remarks? We deal obviously with this college as we deal all other colleges very regularly, and they've been an important partner as we've rolled out the women's health package…”

     Watch from 1:47:20

   • Private health rebate challenge from crossbench and government defence

     “Thank you, thank you Speaker. At the risk of repetition, let me run through what we've done, why we've done it, and what we think the impact of these changes will be. As I've said a number of times at…”

     Watch from 2:04:37

4. House of Representatives Chamber (part 1 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 15 September 2026

   • Question Time II: veterans, hydrogen policy, Robodebt, housing stress and online harms

     “Thank you, thank you, Speaker. The government is asked about $3 billion which will be invested entirely into more aged care beds, more support at home packages, and better care for people receiving those support at home packages. In particular,…”

     Watch from 2:53:08

   • Question Time II: veterans, hydrogen policy, Robodebt, housing stress and online harms

     “Thank you, thank you Speaker and thank you to the member for Tangney. I know right now he's thinking a lot about his friend Lindsay, who is in a real struggle, a terrible struggle with MND right now and our…”

     Watch from 3:18:37

5. House of Representatives Chamber (part 1 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 14 September 2026

   • Question Time: housing, aged care, digital safety and Marrickville Golf

     “Thank you, thank you Speaker, I thank the member for that question and for the work he's doing to talk to his community about some of the really difficult choices governments have to make now to support older Australians at…”

     Watch from 5:09:20

6. House of Representatives Chamber (part 2 of 3) · Australian Parliament · 9 September 2026

   • Question Time: tobacco excise, illicit tobacco and vaping crackdown

     “Thank you, Speaker. I thank the member again for her question about reversing excise increases that have taken place over the last number of years under this government, just under 40% increase, under the former government, 215% increase to excise.…”

     Watch from 2:07:03

   • Question Time: PBS immunotherapy listings for all cancer types

     “Thank you again, Speaker, and I thank the member for Bennelong. He's interested in medicines as a local member, but particularly because he represents that area of Sydney affectionately known as Pill Hill, where so much of Australia's medicines industry…”

     Watch from 2:16:56