Women are becoming more influential on Australian Government boards with female executives filling 35.3 per cent of Government board positions in the last financial year.…
*** Check against delivery *** Good evening and thank you for welcoming me to the 2012 Australian Local Government Women’s Association Conference. I would like…
Good morning and thank you to Suzi Finkelstein for welcoming us all to the first National Assembly on Gender Equity and Inclusion. I would like…
***check against delivery*** ASHLEIGH GILLON: Changing tact now and the glass ceiling in Australia’s political sphere certainly has some huge cracks in it. But when…
The Gillard Government has extended funding for more than 100 services for young homeless people with a $24 million investment in the Reconnect Program. Minister…
Federal Minister for Housing and Homelessness Brendan O’Connor and NSW Minister for Planning and Infrastructure Brad Hazzard today announced $7.2 million for 61 new affordable…
E & OE – Proof only HOWARD SATTLER: Good afternoon and welcome to Drive and welcome especially to all the pensioners out there. Are you…
The Gillard Government is providing a $300,000 funding boost to enable Foodbank Australia to launch a program to distribute a million litres of UHT milk…
Good morning. I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which meet today and pay my respects to the Elders, past and…
The search is on for people with disability who want to develop their skills and confidence to become leaders in business, the community and government.…
Nationals Senate leader Barnaby Joyce has had to scramble this morning to deny his party’s commitment to double the Baby Bonus, an almost $3 billion…
E & OE – Proof only JENNY MACKLIN: From May and June this year 9 out of 10 households will be receiving assistance from the…
The Gillard Government is investing $14 million in projects to help Victorians who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, Minister for Housing and…
Minister for Housing and Homelessness Brendan O’Connor today welcomed the opening of a $2.17 million social housing development in Marysville, replacing two public housing estates…
E & OE – Proof only MARIUS BENSON: Jenny Macklin, what is your response to Tony Abbott’s approach? Do you welcome his bipartisan approach, or…
The Minister for Disability Reform, Jenny Macklin, and Member for Chisholm, Anna Burke, today visited the Oakleigh Centre in Melbourne’s east to meet with people…
E & OE – Proof only WENDY HARMER: Well as I say, it has been touted as the most significant medical reform in Australia since…
CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Acknowledgements Thank you John [Daley] for your warm welcome, and to the Grattan Institute for having me here today. I’d like to…
The release of the Specialist Homelessness Services Collection: first results provides a valuable insight into the challenges of homelessness, Minister for Housing and Minister for…
More Australians with severe mental illness will have access to practical support services with $8.1 million in funding from the Gillard Government. From May, the…
Regular postal services to a further four Alice Springs town camps have begun, supported under the Australian and Northern Territory Governments’ $150 million Alice Springs…
Twenty-one organisations across Australia will share $60 million to help build community-based accommodation for adults with severe or profound disability. People with disability need access…
Twenty-one organisations across Australia will share $60 million to help build community-based accommodation for adults with severe or profound disability. People with disability need access…
Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin has honoured the work of remarkable Australian and Aboriginal elder Ned Cheedy. Mr Cheedy died yesterday at age 105.…
Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin has paid tribute to singer Jimmy Little AO. Jimmy was an icon of the Australian music scene, best known…