The Gillard Government has welcomed the tabling of the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Annual Native Title and Social Justice Reports in Parliament today. The Social…
A national youth homelessness conference is bringing together Governments, homelessness services, advocates and young people who are united in a desire to end youth homelessness.…
Forced marriage and slavery-like practices will become a crime under draft legislation to combat people trafficking and slavery, released as part of today’s Fourth National…
Nine outstanding individuals and organisations were honoured today for their work to improve the lives of people with disability at the annual National Disability Awards.…
Supporting people with a psychosocial disability is the focus of report released today that will help to further develop mental health policy in Australia. Parliamentary…
Nine outstanding individuals and organisations were honoured today for their work to improve the lives of people with disability at the annual National Disability Awards.…
The Impairment Tables used to assess people’s eligibility for the Disability Support Pension will be able to be updated for the first time in more…
The Parliamentary Secretary for Community Services, Julie Collins, today congratulated Families Australia for a decade of support to Australian families. Ms Collins applauded Families Australia’s…
Anglicare Tasmania will receive a $333,000 boost from the Gillard Government to expand its telephone financial counselling services to vulnerable Tasmanians. The Parliamentary Secretary for…
Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness Mark Arbib and Member for Sydney Tanya Plibersek today opened the Camperdown Common Ground building providing permanent housing and…
New research funded by the Australian Government shows that children of younger mothers are more likely to experience poor outcomes compared with those of older…
An exhibition unveiling the lost childhoods of the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants will today be officially opened by the Minister for Families, Housing,…
E & OE – Proof only Thank you, Andrew [Sayers, Director of the National Museum of Australia]. I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners…
E & OE – Proof only JENNY MACKLIN: First of all, I’d like to acknowledge all of the representatives of the Forgotten Australians and Former…
E and OE only STUART BOCKING: A report’s revealed 60 per cent of women are retiring with no superannuation. Just over 70 per cent of all…
Educational outcomes for children across the Northern Territory will be improved under an expanded initiative that links income support payments with school attendance. The Australian…
Aboriginal people in remote communities across the Northern Territory will have greater employment and economic opportunities under a $19.1 million jobs package announced today. This…
The Australian Government has today announced new initiatives to tackle the priority issues for Aboriginal people living in remote communities in the Northern Territory. The…
E & OE – Proof only JENNY MACKLIN: Thanks very much everyone for joining us here this morning. I am very pleased to be here…
E & OE – Proof only DAVID SPEERS: …Four years on and after an extensive consultation process, the now Labor Government is well essentially extending…
E & OE – Proof only FRAN KELLY: And the Gillard Government has announced plans to extend the Commonwealth intervention in Aboriginal communities in the…
Vulnerable Australians in Western Sydney will now have a place to call home thanks to $29.6 million from the Australian Government for 125 new social…
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) communities in NSW will benefit from an educational campaign funded through the Australian Government’s National Plan to Reduce…
It is great to be here with you today. As Minister for the Status of Women, it is my job to highlight and address the…
The National Disability Insurance Scheme was the hot topic at a community forum hosted by Member for La Trobe Laura Smyth. Minister for Families, Housing,…