The Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers, Senator Jan McLucas will tomorrow welcome athletes and spectators from across Australia and New Zealand to Cairns for…
E & OE – Proof only Subject: Peter Slipper; Tony Abbott’s attacks on the Prime Minister; Labor delivering for Australian people. PAUL KENNEDY: Jenny Macklin,…
Joint Transcript with: Prime Minister, Minister for Community Services and the Status of Women E & O E – PROOF ONLY MINISTER COLLINS: Thank you…
The House of Representatives has today passed legislation that ensures the Australian Government’s $2.8 billion share of the equal pay increases awarded by Fair Work…
The Minister for the Status of Women, Julie Collins, has today congratulated the organisations behind the inaugural International Day of the Girl Child and the…
Australia’s hard-working and dedicated homelessness sector will be recognised with the second National Homelessness Services Achievement Awards, Minister for Housing and Homelessness Brendan O’Connor announced…
World Mental Health Day is an opportunity to raise awareness about mental health issues, combat stigma and encourage people in need to seek help. Speaking…
E & OE – Proof only Subject: Peter Slipper; Tony Abbott’s attacks on the Prime Minister; Labor delivering for Australian people. NEIL MITCHELL: The Minister…
E & OE – Proof only Subject: Peter Slipper, Tony Abbott’s attacks on the Prime Minister and Labor delivering for Australian people. DAVID LIPSON: Was…
E & OE – Proof only JON FAINE: Minister for Families, Community Services, Indigenous Affairs, Disability Reform, and one of the leading feminist voices in…
The Gillard Government will introduce legislation tomorrow to ensure its $2.8 billion contribution to equal pay increases for social and community sector (SACS) workers is…
ANDREW GEOGHEGAN: The Government’s policy for dealing with refugees has been dealt another blow with yesterday’s High Court ruling that the indefinite detention of a…
The National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI) will receive $286,000 from the Australian Government to improve access to the national accreditation system for…
BRENDAN O’CONNOR: I’m here today in Brisbane to make an important announcement about the future of the Queensland Tenant Advice and Advocacy Service. This is…
The Gillard Government will provide $3.3 million in emergency funding for the Queensland Tenant Advice and Advocacy Service (TAAS), a service scrapped by the Newman…
The Australian Government will help improve the lives of people with a disability in the Pacific through greater access to education, early intervention and further…
Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers, Senator Jan McLucas visited Daru today to inspect the progress of Australia’s program to help the Papua New Guinea…
NICK RHEINBERGER: If you’re a person with a disability, or perhaps a carer, no doubt you’re looking forward to the National Disability Insurance Scheme which…
The Minister for Community Services, Julie Collins, today met with teenagers in Launceston at the innovative enterprise Studentworks, which is promoting the importance of financial…
The Australian Government has begun the process of selecting providers for the new $1.5 billion Remote Jobs and Communities Program to deliver a more integrated…
Applications open today for the Australian Government’s new payment for dads and same-sex partners – Dad and Partner Pay. Dad and Partner Pay starts on…
A new social security agreement between Australia and Hungary will come into force today, making retirement a little easier for around 5000 Australian and Hungarian…
E & OE – Proof only WALEED ALY: Jenny Macklin, thank you for joining us on the program. JENNY MACKLIN: Thank you Waleed. WALEED ALY:…
STEVE PRICE: There’s been an announcement made today that fathers and same-sex partners will receive two weeks paid leave under a Federal Government scheme aimed…
International Day of Older Persons October 1 should serve as a reminder that too many women in Australia are reaching retirement age with insufficient financial…