Major urban renewal project in inner Melbourne
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPA new partnership between the Rudd and Brumby Labor Governments is the first stage in the significant urban renewal projects on public housing sites in…
Productivity Commission Issues Paper on Disability Care and Support, bushfire reconstruction and Newspoll – Doorstop, Melbourne
Transcript by The Hon Bill Shorten MP*** E & OE – Proof only *** JENNY MACKLIN: We are here today to welcome the release by the Productivity Commission of its issues…
Government welcomes Productivity Commission Issues Paper on Disability Care and Support
Media Release by The Hon Bill Shorten MPThe 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…
Government welcomes Productivity Commission Issues Paper on Disability Care and Support
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe 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…
$2.7 million boost for Melbourne’s Adventure Playgrounds
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe 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…
Adventure playgrounds, Budget, Newspoll and Labor leadership
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP*** E & OE – Proof only *** JENNY MACKLIN: I am very, very pleased to be here in this fantastic Adventure Playground with my…
Productivity Commission Issues Paper on Disability Care and Support, bushfire reconstruction and Newspoll – Doorstop, Melbourne
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP*** E & OE – Proof only *** JENNY MACKLIN: We are here today to welcome the release by the Productivity Commission of its issues…
Productivity Commission Issues Paper on Disability Care and Support, income management – Sky PM Agenda
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP*** E & OE – Proof only *** KIERAN GILBERT: The Government has received the Productivity Commission report issues paper into the idea of a…
Menzies School of Health Research report on income management in the Northern Territory, Julia Gillard and Newspoll
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP*** E & OE – Proof only *** MICHAEL ROWLAND: A new report says the Federal Government’s quarantine on welfare payments in remote Indigenous communities…
Women Raising Our Voices Forum
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPMinister for the Status of Women, Tanya Plibersek, today opened the ‘Women Raising Our Voices National Forum’ at Sydney University. The National Forum is a…
Abbott’s big new tax will hurt Australian business
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPOpposition 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…
Reducing high sugar drink consumption in remote communities
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government is requesting an urgent report from key departments on policy options to help reduce the consumption of high sugar drinks in remote…
Stimulus delivers new affordable housing in Matraville
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPMinister for Housing Tanya Plibersek today officially opened a new affordable housing development in Matraville. Degree Constructions has built a total of 13 new one…
Abbott’s reckless spending – sham plans with no costings and no timelines
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPOpposition leader, Tony Abbott, today admitted he was rolled by Shadow Cabinet on an almost $4 billion proposal over four years to double the Australian…
Supporting Indigenous kids in Alice Springs to go to school
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPMore 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…
Clearer pension rules for household solar energy panels
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe 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…
Alice Springs Transformation Plan, Alice Springs town camps, SIHIP, National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing – Doorstop, Alice Springs
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP*** E & OE – Proof only *** JENNY MACKLIN: Thanks very much everyone for being here today. If I can first thank all the…
Pension rules for household solar energy panels
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP*** E & OE – Proof only *** MADONNA KING: Changes are being announced this morning to the Rudd Government’s solar electricity policy. Thousands of…
Women’s Budget Statement 2010-11
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPOver the last two and a half years the Australian Government has introduced the practical supports and framework to progress equality between women and men.…
Australian Parliament recognises volunteers
Media Release by Senator the Hon Ursula StephensThe Australian Senate yesterday unanimously passed a resolution, moved by the Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector, Senator Stephens, in recognition of…
Automated bulk verification system for community housing tenants
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPFrom 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…
Helping Australians buy their first home by increasing flexibility of first home saver accounts
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPThe 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…
Paid Parental Leave Bill 2010 – Second Reading Speech, Parliament House
Speech by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP*** Check Against Delivery *** This Bill will introduce Australia’s first national Paid Parental Leave scheme to begin on 1 January 2011. Eligible working parents…
Major win for Australian families – Introduction of Paid Parental Leave Bill 2010
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Government today introduced legislation into Parliament to deliver Australia’s first Paid Parental Leave scheme. This is a major win for Australian families who have…
New program to keep children safe in their families
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government today announced the organisations in each State and Territory which will share in $9.3 million over three years under a new program…