Joint Doorstop with Bill Shorten MP, Assistant Treasurer *** E & OE – Proof only *** JENNY MACKLIN: I would like to thank everyone for…
Conference organisers can now apply for grants of up to $12,000 to improve access for people with disability and their carers. The Parliamentary Secretary for…
The Australian Government has delivered its 100th PlayConnect Playgroup, with the official opening of a playgroup in Eden Hills in South Australia today. The PlayConnect…
Minister for the Status of Women, Kate Ellis has welcomed international praise for Australia’s National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children, which…
*** Check Against Delivery *** It is my pleasure to address the Commission on the Status of Women today on behalf of Australia. I begin…
The Australian Government today provided an update on its important gambling reforms ahead of the Council of Australian Governments Select Council on Gambling Reform meeting…
Families and business can rest assured Australia’s first national Paid Parental Leave scheme will not be wrecked by the Liberal-National Coalition. I am pleased the…
Joint Doorstop with: Bill Shorten MP, Assistant Treasurer *** E & OE – Proof only *** JENNY MACKLIN: Thanks very much everyone for being here…
The Parliamentary Secretary for Community Services, Julie Collins, today announced the Gillard Government will provide an additional $419,777 in Emergency Relief funding to two organisations…
The Parliamentary Secretary for Community Services, Julie Collins, today announced the Gillard Government will provide an additional $261,000 of Emergency Relief funding to help community…
Carers and their families will be able to access improved family relationship and support services that cater specifically to their needs, under reforms to the…
The Opposition has resorted to scaremongering in a last ditch effort to wreck Australia’s first Paid Parental Leave scheme. Today’s claim by the Member for…
The Australian Government will provide $1.1 million to trial a new tool to assess the needs of vulnerable children and their families in four communities…
Carers and their families will be able to access improved family relationship and support services that cater specifically to their needs, under reforms to the…
The Australian Government has extended the application period for grants of up to $100,000 to local councils to make their communities more accessible for people…
Today is International Asperger’s Day, an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of people with Asperger’s Syndrome, and show support for people with the condition, their…
Today the Gillard Government is meeting an election commitment by providing $143,000 over two years for a project to assist African refugees and migrants settle…
About 94,000 older Australians across the country are now enjoying free access to broadband internet and computer kiosks through the Australian Government’s Broadband for Seniors…
Australians excluded from mainstream banks and services will be assisted to access fair and appropriate financial products, including loans, under a $6.27 million Australian Government…
The Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness, Mark Arbib, the Tasmanian Minister for Human Services, Cassy O’Connor and Senator for Tasmania Carol Brown today launched…
Check against delivery. Today we are here to announce the endorsement of Commonwealth, State and Territory governments of the National Plan to Reduce Violence against…
The first national strategy to provide a long term road map for improving the lives of Australians with disability, their families and carers has been…
The Gillard Labor Government is taking action to help remove barriers to educational achievement, with a review of Disability Standards for Education. Minister for School…
The first national strategy to provide a long term road map for improving the lives of Australians with disability, their families and carers has been…
Minister for the Status of Women Kate Ellis and Attorney General Robert McClelland today announced the endorsement of Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments of the…