The Rudd Government has today commenced a national consultation on the tax treatment of native title, including the interaction of native title, Indigenous economic development…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** SIMON BEAUMONT: Well we’ve heard from a couple of our listeners, our friends from within the welfare…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** I’d like to acknowledge the traditional owners of this land and pay my respects to their elders,…
A new partnership between the Rudd and Brumby Labor Governments is the first stage in the significant urban renewal projects on public housing sites in…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** JENNY MACKLIN: We are here today to welcome the release by the Productivity Commission of its issues…
The Minister for Community Services, Jenny Macklin, and the Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities, Bill Shorten, today welcomed the release of the Productivity Commission’s issues paper…
The Minister for Community Services, Jenny Macklin, and the Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities, Bill Shorten, today welcomed the release of the Productivity Commission’s issues paper…
The Rudd Government will invest a further $2.7 million over four years for Melbourne’s Adventure Playgrounds, providing exciting play spaces for more than 1,700 inner…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** JENNY MACKLIN: I am very, very pleased to be here in this fantastic Adventure Playground with my…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** JENNY MACKLIN: We are here today to welcome the release by the Productivity Commission of its issues…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** KIERAN GILBERT: The Government has received the Productivity Commission report issues paper into the idea of a…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** MICHAEL ROWLAND: A new report says the Federal Government’s quarantine on welfare payments in remote Indigenous communities…
Minister for the Status of Women, Tanya Plibersek, today opened the ‘Women Raising Our Voices National Forum’ at Sydney University. The National Forum is a…
Opposition leader, Tony Abbott, today confirmed his $10.8 billion paid parental leave plan is a great big new tax on business. On Sunday Today Mr…
The Australian Government is requesting an urgent report from key departments on policy options to help reduce the consumption of high sugar drinks in remote…
Minister for Housing Tanya Plibersek today officially opened a new affordable housing development in Matraville. Degree Constructions has built a total of 13 new one…
Opposition leader, Tony Abbott, today admitted he was rolled by Shadow Cabinet on an almost $4 billion proposal over four years to double the Australian…
More than 300 young Indigenous children living in Alice Springs will undergo health checks with the help of almost $1.5 million in funding from the…
The Australian Government has taken steps to make feeding power into the grid simpler and fairer for pensioners. The Government has clarified the way feed-in…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** JENNY MACKLIN: Thanks very much everyone for being here today. If I can first thank all the…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** MADONNA KING: Changes are being announced this morning to the Rudd Government’s solar electricity policy. Thousands of…
Over the last two and a half years the Australian Government has introduced the practical supports and framework to progress equality between women and men.…
The Australian Senate yesterday unanimously passed a resolution, moved by the Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector, Senator Stephens, in recognition of…
From next year, around 40,000 Centrelink customers living in community housing will no longer need to use a time-consuming paper-based process every six months to…
The Government will help Australians trying to realise the dream of home ownership by allowing First Home Saver Account-holders more flexibility to buy their first…