A new era in Australia’s health and aged care sector got off to a big start this week, with a new government elected, a new set of ministers announced, and a new name for the Department of Health (see below) revealed to a thrilled audience (see tweet).
Mark Butler has taken on the big job of Minister for Health and Aged Care, and with both sectors in crisis, it will be a massive task. He has an assistant in new minister for aged care Anika Wells and three junior ministers in Ged Kearney and Emma McBride – both of whom have clinical experience – and Malarndirri McCarthy, who has a great deal of experience in Indigenous policy.
