The Morrison Government is providing an additional $12.5 million to 46 emergency relief providers in areas of urgent need. Minister for Families and Social Services Anne Ruston…
Minister for Home Affairs Karen Andrews and Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme Linda Reynolds say the arrests of six people in relation to…
The Australian Government has extended the suspension of mutual obligation requirements for job seekers in regions affected by Ex-Tropical Cyclone Seroja. This includes the Greater…
E&OE… DANICA DE GIORGIO: To discuss today’s top stories I’m now joined by Minister for Families and Social Services, Anne Ruston. Minister, good morning. Thank…
The Australian Government has suspended mutual obligation requirements for job seekers in regions affected by Ex-Tropical Cylone Seroja. This includes the Greater Geraldton Local Government…
More than 160 organisations across Australia will share in $36 million to run projects to improve the employment prospects of people with disability and increase participation…
Community Services Ministers’ (CSM) met in Adelaide and via teleconference on 9 April 2021. Ministers primarily discussed the successor plan to the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s…
Australian design professionals are being asked to submit designs for the National Memorial for Victims and Survivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse. The Morrison Government…
Thank you Marise for your passionate words. I would like to begin by acknowledging the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we gather today,…
Assistant Minister for Children and Families, Michelle Landry, has today announced Relationships Australia South Australia (RASA) as the successful provider delivering the Morrison Government’s $4.75 million…
E&OE… ANNE RUSTON: The consultation for the National plan to end violence against women and their children will commence tonight. We’ll be looking at new…
The Morrison Government has opened public consultation on the next National Plan to reduce family, domestic and sexual violence in Australia. From tonight, all Australians…
The Australian Government is extending the period that mutual obligation requirements will be lifted for communities affected by flooding and storms in New South Wales. …
From today the rate of working age payments will be permanently boosted following the historic passage of the Strengthening Income Support package through Parliament in…
Ahead of World Autism Awareness Day on 2 April, the Morrison Government is granting $6 million to Autism CRC to improve health services and education and…
The Australian Government will lift mutual obligation requirements for job seekers in Ipswich, Logan, Redlands, Moreton Bay and Brisbane Local Government Areas from today 29 March 2021…
E&OE FRAN KELLY: About 1 million Australian workers face an uncertain future after the weekend with the end of their JobKeeper payments yesterday. Treasury estimates…
To serve the Australian people as a minister in the Morrison Government is a great honour. I thank the Prime Minister for the opportunity to…
Five former Fairbridge farm schools will now be covered by the National Redress Scheme allowing survivors of these institutions to have their applications progressed. The…
The temporary pause on new income support recipients going on to the Cashless Debit Card program, which was put in place in response to COVID-19,…
The Morrison Government is backing Australia’s volunteers, with up to $20 million in grants now available to support them in local communities across the nation.…
E&EO BEN FORDHAM: Stuart Robert is the Minister for Government Services and the NDIS, he joins me on the line to talk about other matters,…
The Morrison Government is delivering on its commitment to enhance Australia’s social security safety net after Parliament today passed the historic Strengthening Income Support package.…
E&EO LEON COMPTON: Thank you for talking with us this morning. Jane Woodlaw lives with a disability herself and represents many others in…
From today about 25,000 Income Management participants in the Northern Territory can now volunteer to transfer from the BasicsCard to the Cashless Debit Card. This…