Constitutional recognition of Indigenous People
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPE & OE – Proof only KIERAN GILBERT: Minister, thanks for your time. JENNY MACKLIN: Good morning. KIERAN GILBERT: What is the significance of today’s…
Summing Up Speech, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Recognition Bill 2012
Speech by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPCHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Speaker, it is an honour to be commending this Bill to the House today. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to…
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government today introduced legislation to amend the Royal Commissions Act 1902 to assist the work of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to…
Act of Recognition passes
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPAustralia has moved closer towards constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with the Act of Recognition passing the House of Representatives today.…
Leading academic to chair new research centre on prevention of violence against women
Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MPLeading expert in women’s social policy, Professor Anne Edwards, will chair a new National Centre of Excellence established to help reduce domestic, family and sexual…
Government to reduce pension deeming rates
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government will reduce the pension deeming rates from 20 March 2013 to benefit more than 740,000 pensioners by better reflecting returns available to…
Government extends funding for Women’s Alliances
Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MPThe six National Women’s Alliances will receive $4.8 million in Australian Government funding to continue bringing forward women’s views, voices and issues onto the national…
Beware of scammers asking for NDIS fees
Media Release by Senator the Hon Jan McLucasPeople are being warned to beware of contact from anyone claiming to work for the Government who tries to make them pay an administration fee…
Beware of scammers asking for NDIS fees
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPPeople are being warned to beware of contact from anyone claiming to work for the Government who tries to make them pay an administration fee…
National Disability Strategy – a blueprint for action
Media Release by Senator the Hon Jan McLucasA report setting out how governments across Australia will work together to deliver the National Disability Strategy has been tabled by the Standing Council on…
Local parents have their say at MyTime
Media Release by Senator the Hon Jan McLucasParliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers, Senator Jan McLucas and Member for Parramatta, Julie Owens today joined parents and carers of children with disability in…
New homes for local people with disability in Western Sydney
Media Release by Senator the Hon Jan McLucasThe Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers, Senator Jan McLucas and Member for Parramatta, Julie Owens today turned the first sod for an apartment complex…
Apology Anniversary Speech
Speech by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThank you Jeff. (MC Jeff McMullan) I would like to pay my respects to the traditional owners of the land on which we are meeting…
Supporting families in Reid
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Minister for Families, Jenny Macklin, and the Member for Reid, John Murphy, today met with local families at Auburn West Public School to discuss…
National Disability Strategy – a blueprint for action
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPA report setting out how governments across Australia will work together to deliver the National Disability Strategy has been tabled by the Standing Council on…
Consultations begin on Family Support Program
Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MPThe Minister for Community Services, Julie Collins, today met with family support service providers in Hobart at the start of a national consultation process on…
Landmark housing development brings more people to the city
Media Release by The Hon Mark Butler MPAffordable home ownership, private rental and public housing are on offer to South Australians in a landmark new city apartment building being officially opened today…
Launch of UNO Apartments Social Housing Initiative
Speech by The Hon Mark Butler MPAffordable housing is one of the enduring challenges of running a modern society and a modern economy. At its heart, a stable roof over your…
Abbott’s secret plan will cost families
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPTony Abbott’s secret plan for Northern Australia will cost ordinary Australian families, who will be made to pay for his plans to shift people up…
Australian delegates for international women’s forum
Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MPThe Minister for the Status of Women, Julie Collins, today announced the four exceptional women who will join her in representing Australia at the 57th…
Towards nationally consistent reporting on domestic and family violence
Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MPA paper released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) marks an important step towards developing a more comprehensive understanding of family, domestic and…
Study provides clearer picture of homelessness
Media Release by The Hon Mark Butler MPA ground-breaking study demonstrates the Gillard Government’s homelessness policies are working, showing a drop in homelessness among survey participants in an internationally recognised study conducted…
Reconnecting young people to break the cycle of homelessness
Media Release by The Hon Melissa Parke MPThe Gillard Government will invest $73 million over three years to help vulnerable young people break the cycle of homelessness. Minister for Housing and Homelessness…
Five star performance by Australian athletes in Korea
Media Release by Senator the Hon Jan McLucasMinister for Sport, Senator Kate Lundy and Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers, Senator Jan McLucas today congratulated Team Australia on their incredible performances at…
Early childhood education target to be achieved in 2013
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThere are now more Indigenous children than ever before with access to preschool or kindergarten programs as a result of the Gillard Government’s unprecedented efforts…