AFL Supporting Homeless Youth in Melbourne
Media Release by Senator the Hon Mark ArbibMinister for Social Housing and Homelessness and Minister for Sport Mark Arbib today visited Ladder, a charity the AFL and its players are supporting, which…
Joint Communique – Meeting of the Housing Ministers’ Conference – Melbourne
Statement by Senator the Hon Mark ArbibThe Housing Ministers Conference (HMC) met in Melbourne today. Housing Ministers discussed outcomes of joint programs that focused on housing supply for Australians particularly those…
Joint Meeting of the Housing Ministers’ Conference with Community and Disability Services Ministers’ Conference – Melbourne
Statement by Senator the Hon Mark ArbibThe Housing Ministers and Community and Disability Services Ministers met in Melbourne today. These two groups of Ministers have come together to progress national objectives…
Increasing employment and participation in remote Indigenous communities
Media Release by Senator the Hon Mark ArbibThe Australian Government is continuing to support Indigenous people in remote communities to find work and training opportunities, providing $6.5 million for Community Development Employment…
Increasing employment and participation in remote Indigenous communities
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government is continuing to support Indigenous people in remote communities to find work and training opportunities, providing $6.5 million for Community Development Employment…
New Illawarra Regional Partnership Agreement
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPToday the Australian and New South Wales Governments and 17 Illawarra Aboriginal organisations committed to work together to improve the lives of local Aboriginal people…
New autism services for young children in North-West Tasmania
Media Release by Senator the Hon Jan McLucasYoung children with autism spectrum disorders can now access specialist early childhood services vital for them to reach their full potential at a new, autism-specific…
New disability accommodation for northern Tasmania
Media Release by Senator the Hon Jan McLucasA new $1.45 million accommodation project is providing Launceston residents with disability with more long-term accommodation options. Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers, Jan McLucas,…
New autism services for young children in North-West Tasmania
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPYoung children with autism spectrum disorders can now access specialist early childhood services vital for them to reach their full potential at a new, autism-specific…
Delivering work opportunities for people with disability
Media Release by Senator the Hon Jan McLucasParliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers, Jan McLucas, today visited one of Tasmania’s oldest laundry businesses, the highly successful Australian Disability Enterprise, BlueLine Laundry. The…
Alice Springs Transforming One Year On
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPToday marks one year since the Australian and Northern Territory Governments began work on transforming the Alice Springs town camps. On 7 December last year…
Indexation increases payments to over 940,000 Australians
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPFrom 1 January 2011 more than 940,000 Australians who receive Carer Allowance, Disability Support Pension (under 21, without children), Austudy, ABSTUDY and Youth Allowance will…
International Volunteer Day – Celebrating Tasmania’s volunteers
Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MPThe Parliamentary Secretary for Community Services, Julie Collins MP, has marked International Volunteer Day by celebrating the important contribution of volunteers in Tasmania. “Volunteers play…
Ipswich opens its own Australian Disability Enterprise
Media Release by Senator the Hon Jan McLucasA new commercial business that will offer supported employment for up to 27 people with a disability was officially opened in Ipswich today by Parliamentary…
Disability, Discussion, Debate: New disability website unveiled
Media Release by Senator the Hon Jan McLucasA lively new website will provide a space for discussion, news, debate, humour and general information for people with disability, their families and people working…
Government encouraging better housing options for people with disability
Media Release by Senator the Hon Mark ArbibMinister for Social Housing and Homelessness Mark Arbib today welcomed International Day for People with Disability. Senator Arbib said today presented an important opportunity for…
New centre opens for children with autism in Melbourne
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPA new Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Centre in Melbourne will give young children with Autism Spectrum Disorders access to specialist early childhood services…
Supporting children and families in Ipswich
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Minister for Families, Jenny Macklin, today officially launched the Ipswich Communities for Children Plus service, which will provide a safe, happy and healthy environment…
Paid Parental Leave Scheme, interview with Terri Begley
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP*** E & OE – Proof only *** TERRI BEGLEY: From 1 January 2011, which isn’t that far away, Australia’s first National Paid Parental Leave…
Drug support for families in Perth
Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MPFamilies with drug and alcohol issues in Western Australia are receiving specialist support services through the Gillard Government’s Kids in Focus – Family Drug Support…
20th Annual Conference of the National Association for Gambling Studies, Gold Coast
Speech by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP*** Check Against Delivery *** I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we are meeting, the Kombumerri people, and…
30,000 Queensland families eligible for Paid Parental Leave from New Year
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPMore than 700 Queensland families have applied for Australia’s first national Paid Parental Leave scheme, with a month to go until the scheme begins on…
Professor Ron McCallum AO named NSW Senior Australian of the Year
Media Release by Senator the Hon Jan McLucasThe Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers, Senator Jan McLucas, today congratulated Professor Ron McCallum AO on his selection as the New South Wales Senior…
Independent evaluation of Cape York welfare reform finds signs of change
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPAn independent evaluation of the ground-breaking Indigenous welfare reform program underway in Cape York has found that positive change is occurring in the communities where…
Housing to help women facing domestic violence
Media Release by Senator the Hon Mark ArbibThe Gillard Government is committed to continuing to increase opportunities for women to live in safety after escaping domestic violence, Minister for Social Housing and…