Simple Adoption Report
Speech by The Hon Michelle Landry MPGood morning everyone, thank you for being here and welcome to Parliament House. I would like to first of all acknowledge the traditional owners of…
Australian Council of Social Service National Conference
Speech by Senator the Hon Anne RustonIntroduction Thank you Cassandra. I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we are meeting, and pay my respects to…
Support for young people with mental illness to work
Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne RustonAn independent evaluation of the Coalition’s Individual Placement and Support Trial has revealed encouraging results that a tailored approach can help improve job outcomes for…
Delivering on our historic commitment to improve the safety of women and children
Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne RustonA new Implementation Plan across all Australian jurisdictions released today will support the delivery of the Fourth Action Plan of the National Plan to Reduce…
National Self-Exclusion Register to help reduce harm from online wagering
Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne RustonThe Morrison Government will move to legislate an online National Self-Exclusion Register that will allow people to ban themselves from all online wagering sites and…
Disability Employment Australia National Leader’s Forum
Speech by Senator the Hon Anne RustonE&OE Can I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet today and I pay my respects to their elders past, present…
Family and Relationship Services Australia 2019 National Conference – New Horizons: Building the future, Paving the way
Speech by The Hon Michelle Landry MP*** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY *** Good morning everyone, and thank you Marie for your kind introduction. It is a real pleasure to be here on…
Launch of Home Hub
Speech by The Hon Luke Howarth MP*** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY *** Good morning and thank you for inviting me here to help launch Home Hub. I want to thank Shelter WA…
Digital housing platform launches in WA
Media Release by The Hon Luke Howarth MPAssistant Minister for Community Housing, Homelessness and Community Services, Luke Howarth today joined with Hygge Community Life in Perth for the launch of Home Hub.…
Improving information sharing to protect vulnerable children
Media Release by The Hon Michelle Landry MPAustralia’s most at risk children will be better protected by a world-first information sharing platform from next year which is designed to improve collaboration between…
National Redress Scheme continues to add more institutions
Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne RustonMore than 550 sites have joined the National Redress Scheme driving down the number of applications on hold to the lowest level since the Scheme…
Untangling the knot of trauma – Blue Knot Day 2019
Media Release by The Hon Michelle Landry MPToday marks the tenth anniversary of Blue Knot Day, established by the Blue Knot Foundation to raise awareness of the more than five million adult…
Day for Daniel
Media Release by The Hon Michelle Landry MPThe child safety legacy of Daniel Morcombe unites Australia like little else. In Parliament today, on the eve of Day for Daniel, that unity will…
First Anniversary of the National Apology to Victims and Survivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse
Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne RustonThe National Apology to Victims and Survivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse has been inscribed on a vellum to ensure the voice of victims and…
Right to enjoy childhood focus of National Children’s Week
Media Release by The Hon Michelle Landry MPAssistant Minister for Children and Families Michelle Landry today calls on all Australians to participate in the wide variety of activities planned nationwide for National…
Work underway for 100 new affordable homes under the Hobart City Deal
Media Release by The Hon Luke Howarth MPWork will soon start on constructing more than 100 new affordable purpose-built homes under the Morrison Government’s Hobart City Deal after three capital works contracts…
Review of financial counselling services released
Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne RustonThe Morrison Government is strengthening our commitment to supporting the financial counselling sector with the release of the Review of the Coordination and Funding for…
Participation in the National Redress Scheme continues to grow
Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne RustonMinister for Families and Social Services Anne Ruston today announced more than 300 additional sites including churches, schools and community groups are now covered by…
Delivering for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students
Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne RustonMore than 2000 Indigenous Australian families with children who need to live away from home to access secondary school will benefit from an extra $5900…
September quarter welfare indexation takes effect
Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne RustonMore than 4.8 million Australians will receive an increase to their social security payments from 20 September when indexation takes effect. The base rates of…
New appointment to strengthen Disability Royal Commission
Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne RustonStatement on the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability following the signing of letters patent by his Excellency General…
Drug Testing Legislation, Cashless Debit Card – 891 ABC Adelaide
Transcript by Senator the Hon Anne RustonE&OE… ALI CLARKE: But now we are joined by Senator Anne Ruston, Minister for Families and Social Services, and Manager of the Government Business in…
Drug testing trials to help welfare recipients become job ready
Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne RustonThe Morrison Government will introduce legislation to trial drug testing for new welfare recipients as part of our commitment to remove barriers to employment. Minister…
Drug Testing Legislation – Channel 7, Sunrise
Transcript by Senator the Hon Anne RustonE&OE… NATALIE BARR: The Coalition is reviving its plan to drug test welfare recipients. It’s pushing to pass legislation next week to begin a two-year…
$48.5 million investment in innovative trials tackling disadvantage
Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne RustonThe Morrison Government is testing innovative ways to assist Australians at-risk of long-term welfare reliance through projects funded under the final round of the Try,…