The Latest Breaking News from Mark Butler

The former Morrison government's planning for Australia's COVID-19 vaccine rollout was not "timely", it underestimated how difficult it would be to protect aged care and disability residents and failed to adequately engage with the states and territories before the rollout began, a damning review has found.

National audit report on vaccine rollout found planning ‘was not timely’ and distribution to priority populations had not ‘met targets’

$22m platform dubbed a ‘colossal waste of taxpayers’ money’

The COVIDSafe app cost $21 million, ran for more than two years, and only identified two cases. Here's what went wrong.

The only pharmacy in a remote Tasmanian tourism town is struggling to stay open as it grapples with tragedy and a worker shortage.

Wednesday: Health minister says primary healthcare in ‘worst shape’ since Medicare began. Plus: Australia’s highest and lowest income suburbs

These GPs reveal how financial and emotional exhaustion is fuelling a gender pay gap and making it harder for patients to access mental health care.

Exclusive: ‘Primary care is in its worst shape since Medicare began,’ Mark Butler says amid taskforce review of Medicare system

Health Minister Mark Butler today announced Australia had secured 450,000 doses of a third-generation monkeypox vaccine, 22,000 of which will arrive later this week.