Schoolkids Bonus, Budget.
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPE & OE – Proof only KIERAN GILBERT: Joining me on the program now the Minister for Community Services, Jenny Macklin. Minister thanks very much…
Schoolkids Bonus
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Gillard Government today announced that 1.3 million Australian families with children at school will get a new cash payment to help make ends meet.…
Joint Doorstop Interview with The Hon Julia Gillard MP, Prime Minister – Budget 2012-13; Schoolkids Bonus; National Disability Insurance Scheme; Mal Brough; Australian Labor Party
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPE & O E – PROOF ONLY PM: It’s great to be here today with Jenny Macklin and with our local members Andrew Leigh and…
Boost for arts and language in Mimili
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPA $183,000 Australian Government investment will help create local jobs and retain local culture and language in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands. The Minister…
New gym for Fregon’s kids
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPYoung people in Fregon in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands will have a new gym in which to play sport and socialise, with the…
Supporting families in the APY Lands
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government and South Australian Governments are providing improved support for families, mental health and financial management services as part of a $2.82 million…
More community mental health funding will help thousands
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPA program that has helped more than 17,000 Australians with severe mental illness will continue to provide support to people in need, thanks to a…
Energy saver scheme for vulnerable Australians set to start
Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MPThe organisations that will provide financially vulnerable Australians with the tools to be more energy efficient have been selected, the Minister for Community Services, Julie…
Engaging the disability sector to build a National Disability Insurance Scheme
Media Release by Senator the Hon Jan McLucasThe Australian Government today announced the members of an expert group that will help ensure a smooth transition for the delivery of services under a…
Liberals still divided on NDIS
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPShadow Treasurer Joe Hockey has yet again shown just how hollow the Liberals’ supposed commitment to a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) really is. Just…
Engaging the disability sector to build a National Disability Insurance Scheme
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government today announced the members of an expert group that will help ensure a smooth transition for the delivery of services under a…
Address to the National Disability Services Conference
Speech by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPAcknowledgments Thank you, Tim [Walton, National President, NDS]. I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land we are meeting on, and pay…
National child protection reforms make impact on frontline
Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MPThe Second Annual Report on the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children 2009-2020 shows how COAG level reforms can make a real difference on the…
Support for Young Homeless People in Perth
Media Release by The Hon Brendan O’Connor MPA new project to support young people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless in Perth will help break the cycle of homelessness,…
Independent investigation finds no wrongdoing at Indigenous Business Australia
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPAn independent investigation into anonymous allegations of misconduct by two Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) officers has found the accusations were unfounded. Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny…
Designing the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Media Release by Senator the Hon Jan McLucasThe Australian Government today announced three expert groups to help inform the design of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The expert groups will work…
Homelessness, affordable housing – Drive, ABC Perth
Transcript by The Hon Brendan O’Connor MPRUSSELL WOOLF: Brendan O’Connor is the ALP’s Federal Member for Gorton. He turned 50 on the second of March and three days later was sworn…
New affordable homes being built for UWA students
Media Release by The Hon Brendan O’Connor MPMinister for Housing and Homelessness Brendan O’Connor has inspected progress on 1,000 new student homes which are being built at the University of Western Australia…
Designing the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government today announced three expert groups to help inform the design of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The expert groups will work…
National Disability Insurance Scheme, polls, poker machine reform – Doorstop, Canberra
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPE & OE – Proof only JENNY MACKLIN: Thank you very, very much for being here with us today on this very special day. If…
National Disability Insurance Scheme, polls
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPE & OE – Proof only MARIUS BENSON: Jenny Macklin, good morning. JENNY MACKLIN: Good morning Marius. MARIUS BENSON: You are starting this scheme ahead…
Ai Group Annual Personnel and Industrial Relations Conference
Speech by The Hon Julie Collins MPGood morning and thank you for inviting me to talk to you today about the Gillard Government’s new workplace gender equality reforms – including the…
National Disability Insurance Scheme to launch in 2013
Media Release by Senator the Hon Jan McLucasA National Disability Insurance Scheme will start in Australia from July 2013 in up to four locations across the country. From mid 2013, about 10,000…
Hockey fails to support NDIS
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPShadow Treasurer Joe Hockey has today revealed just how hollow Tony Abbott’s bi-partisan commitment to a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is. Speaking just minutes…
Self-funded retirees need to update their details
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPFrom today Centrelink is posting letters to 9,000 self-funded retirees who need to update their details in order to receive new cash payments to help…