Paid Parental Leave scheme – Doorstop, Melbourne
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP*** E & OE – Proof only *** JENNY MACKLIN: Thanks everyone very much for joining us here today at Safeway. If I can first…
Cape Lambert, rate rise, Newspoll, paid parental leave – Sky PM Agenda
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP*** E & OE – Proof only *** KIERAN GILBERT: Joining me now the Families Minister Jenny Macklin. Jenny Macklin thank you very much for…
New Affordable Homes in Morayfield
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPMorayfield will soon have 1,300 new homes, years sooner, thanks to a $10.5 million investment from the Rudd Government’s Housing Affordability Fund. The $10.5 million…
Address to the Coalition of Organisations Committed to the Safety and Wellbeing of Australia’s Children, Melbourne
Speech by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP*** Check Against Delivery *** Before I begin I would like to acknowledge the Wurundjeri people, the traditional owners of the land where we are…
Building skills to protect Australia’s children
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government will develop and roll-out an accredited training program to boost the capacity of community service workers to identify and respond to families…
$1.8 million for new early childhood program in Melbourne
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government has provided $1.8 million over three years to provide at risk children with access to a new early childhood project bringing together…
National Executive announced for National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government today welcomed the announcement of the National Executive of the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples. The National Executive will oversee the…
$4 Million for Homelessness Research
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPMinister for Housing, Tanya Plibersek, today announced $4 million for research into homelessness at the launch of the latest edition of Parity magazine in Melbourne.…
Partnership to promote Greater Sydney as Australia’s global, creative city
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPThe establishment of an independent, not-for-profit organisation to enhance and promote Sydney’s interests as Australia’s global city has received endorsement from all levels of Australian…
AIHW Releases Report Into SAAP Services
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPThe Australian Institute of Health and Welfare today released its 2008/09 Supported Accommodation Assistance Program National Data Collection Report. The report identifies the demographics of…
New details on Australia’s first Paid Parental Leave scheme
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government today announced new details on Australia’s first Paid Parental Leave scheme to support Australian families. The Government will accept joint claim forms…
First Australian Indigenous woman elected to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Stephen Smith, welcomed the election of the…
Further updated modelling on child support reforms
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government today released two reports that provide further analysis of the child support reforms introduced by the previous government. The child support reforms…
Paid Parental Leave – Doorstop, Sydney
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP*** E & OE – Proof only *** JOURNALIST: Tell us about the changes that you announced today? JENNY MACKLIN: As you know we are…
Opening of the National Disability Summit, Melbourne
Speech by The Hon Bill Shorten MP*** E & OE – Proof only *** A wise man once said: The problem with being poor is that it takes up all of…
Stimulus plan boosts local housing supply at Mawson Lakes
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPTanya Plibersek today inspected a completed $5.5 million project at Mawson Lakes that has boosted housing supply and supported jobs through the global recession. The…
Peninsula Pals collaborating to support the community
Media Release by Senator the Hon Ursula StephensSenator Ursula Stephens, today congratulated the Peninsula Pals on their successful collaboration to raise money for community projects. Speaking at the Peninsula Pals charity fundraising…
New centre for people with vision impairments in Western Melbourne
Media Release by The Hon Bill Shorten MPThe Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services, Bill Shorten, today opened Vision Australia’s new $14.7 million Macaulay Road Centre for people with vision impairments…
Disability Support Pension reforms, solar panels – Leon Byner on 5AA
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP*** E & OE – Proof only *** LEON BYNER: Well, let’s talk to a lady who is responsible for what will be a major…
Making the Disability Support Pension fairer
Media Release by The Hon Bill Shorten MPThe Australian Government is reforming the Disability Support Pension (DSP) to make it simpler, fairer and sustainable for those who need it. The DSP is…
Making the Disability Support Pension fairer
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government is reforming the Disability Support Pension (DSP) to make it simpler, fairer and sustainable for those who need it. The DSP is…
Government Welcomes State of Supply Report 2010
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPFederal Minister for Housing, Tanya Plibersek, has welcomed the release of the National Housing Supply Council’s State of Supply Report 2010. The Council was set…
Planning the Future of Not-for-Profit Housing Providers
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPThe Australian Government today released its discussion paper on the community housing sector, Regulation and Growth of the not-for-profit housing sector. The paper marks the…
St Kilda crisis centre reborn thanks to joint investment
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPA new crisis accommodation centre in St Kilda will help to improve the lives of vulnerable Victorians experiencing homelessness in inner Melbourne. Federal Housing Minister…
Breaking the stigma of living with mental illness
Media Release by Senator the Hon Ursula StephensSenator Ursula Stephens, today addressed mental health peak body, the Queensland Alliance, to launch a research paper into anti stigma initiatives in mental health. Senator…