The Hon Mark Butler: National Press Club Address
Australia’s Minister for Health and Ageing, Minister for Disability and the NDIS, the Hon Mark Butler MP addressed the National Press Club on 22 April 2026. Key takeaways include:
- A major overhaul of the NDIS to rein in unsustainable growth and costs.
- A crackdown on fraud, rorting and design flaws within the NDIS.
- Reducing the number of people on the NDIS over time with boosted outside support. In particular, changing the entry gateway from ‘diagnosis’ to demonstrated need, in line with aged care.
- Significant investment in aged care, with a focus on extending Support at Home to increase access to showering and continence management.
- Reversal of co-payments for basic at-home aged care services.
- Removal of the private health insurance rebate increment for over-65s.
- The summary which follows is taken at 3pm on the day of the address. In its immediacy we will not have captured undocumented responses.