Brendan O’Connor MP Acting Minister for Families, Community Services & Indigenous Affairs Joint Media Release with:Senator Doug Cameron, Senator for New South Wales Older Australians…
Minister for Housing and Homelessness Brendan O’Connor reaffirmed the Gillard Government’s commitment to tackling homelessness following today’s release of the latest data on homelessness by…
E&OE – Check Against Delivery RUSSELL WOOLF: The Federal Government has today announced there’ll be a royal commission into the way institutions have responded to…
Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers, Senator Jan McLucas and Member for Isaacs, Mark Dreyfus joined local people with disability, their families, carers and service…
**Check against delivery** [Acknowledgments omitted] It is a great pleasure to be here today to talk about a National Disability Insurance Scheme. It is a…
Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers, Senator Jan McLucas and Senator for Western Australia, Louise Pratt today joined local people with disability, their families, carers…
A West Australian disability advocate has been recognised nationally for her ongoing and significant contribution to the disability reform agenda. Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and…
QUESTION: Minister, tell us about this new complex. BRENDAN O’CONNOR: Look, this is a fantastic complex, providing 40 separate dwellings for some of the most…
The Australian Government has today released draft minimum standards for Alcohol Management Plans, which are designed to help improve safety for Aboriginal communities in the…
***CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY*** Acknowledgments I acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of the land on which we meet today, and pay my respects to their…
Retired priest and well-known local resident Father Bob Maguire has found a new home next door to his beloved Sts Peter and Paul Church in…
Thank you very much Maurie. Can I firstly acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and pay my respects to their…
This week families with kids who could be starting primary or high school next year will receive a text, email or letter from Centrelink asking…
From today, community organisations can apply for funding to employ new workers to help people with mental illness, including by helping them find and keep…
The Government has today launched BoardLinks, a proactive initiative to support more Australian women into leadership positions, including increasing female representation on public and private…
World-first technology that enables people who are deaf or hearing impaired to enjoy live theatre is one of the innovative products developed by an Adelaide…
South Australian parents and carers of children with disability have a new web portal to help them navigate the broad range of available information on…
The Australian Government will deliver $1.2 million to support older employees working in Australian Disability Enterprises transition into retirement. Addressing the National Disability Services Employment…
The Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, today joined Western Australian Labor Senators Louise Pratt and Glenn Sterle to inspect the work underway on the…
The Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, today announced remote Indigenous communities in the Kimberley region would benefit from a $40 million Australian Government program…
Families in the Fitzroy Crossing community in Western Australia’s Kimberley region now have greater access to child care and early childhood support services with the…
The Australian Government is providing $400,000 to support the Wunan Foundation to continue developing a welfare reform model for the East Kimberley region. The Minister…
***CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY *** I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and pay my respects to their elders past and…
Local community organisations in Queensland are among 4,800 across Australia to benefit from the Gillard Government’s $16 million Volunteer Grants 2012 initiative. Minister for Housing…
Legislation to help problem gamblers introduced into the Parliament yesterday enshrines the package of support the Australian Government announced in January this year. Labor supports…