The Latest Breaking News from Mark Butler

Federal Health Minister Mark Butler has long said Medicare is in the worst shape it’s been in decades. Premiers have come to successive national cabinet meetings saying primary care is failing – and demanding reform and investment.

Currently, there is not a single vaping product containing nicotine approved by Australia's drug regulator, meaning that these medicines have not been tested for quality and safety.

Revenue from a federal budget hike in tobacco taxes will go towards programs to reduce smoking rates and vaping.

In a major speech today, Federal Health Minister Mark Butler said vaping has become “the number one behavioural issue in high schools”.

Say goodbye to your Watermelon Ice.

Australia said on Tuesday it will ban recreational vaping and tighten other aspects of e-cigarette laws in the biggest crackdown on the tobacco industry in more than a decade to try to stop an alarming rise in teenage vaping.

Health Minister Mark Butler is addressing the National Press Club, where he is detailing a ban on the sale of all disposable vapes, strict new controls on prescription products, and reforms to Medicare.

Our Essential poll says people think the unemployed should get more generous payments, while Mark Butler says vaping is a ‘menace’ and most imports will be banned

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