The Australian Government today announced extra emergency relief and financial counselling services will soon be available in Laverton and the Ngaanyatjarra Lands in Western Australia…
The Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, today welcomed the release of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma’s final Social Justice…
Children and families in Playford will benefit from a new Communities for Children Plus site in South Australia. The Federal Minister for Families, Jenny Macklin,…
The Australian Government today welcomed Woolworths’ commitment to provide two million meals and $2 million of grants to food rescue organisations to get surplus food…
Tanya Plibersek and ACT Minister for Housing, Joy Burch today announced work has begun on an $11.65 million housing development in Henty Street, Braddon. The…
New national standards to safeguard the health, safety and wellbeing of children living in foster homes in all States and Territories will be developed by…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** JENNY MACKLIN: We’re very pleased to be here. Jennifer Rankin, my State Ministerial colleague, my local Federal…
The Rudd Labor Government has thrown its support behind the 2010 Year of Women in Local Government, an initiative to improve the participation of women…
More support than ever before will be provided to victims of domestic violence in South Australia, under new plans announced by the Australian and South…
Tanya Plibersek today visited a $5.5 million housing project at Hackham where 16 new homes are being constructed under the Nation Building Economic Stimulus Plan.…
Tanya Plibersek and Member for Kingston Amanda Rishworth today announced that the National Rental Affordability Scheme will deliver 83 new affordable rental homes in Adelaide’s…
More support than ever before will be provided to victims of domestic violence in South Australia, under new plans announced by the Australian and South…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** JENNY MACKLIN: Thanks very much. I am very pleased to be here with my Federal and State…
People at risk from alcohol abuse will receive intensive support through a new Safe and Sober Program under the $150 million Alice Springs Transformation Plan.…
The Australian Government will provide additional financial assistance to West Australians who have been seriously affected by this week’s devastating bushfires. The Government has activated…
Voluntary income management has been expanded across the four Cape York Welfare Reform communities to help people better manage their budgets to meet the costs…
The Doomadgee Sport and Recreation Precinct will be redeveloped with more than $2.5 million Australian and Queensland Government funding. A Police-Citizens Youth Club (PCYC) will…
New figures released by the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs show that over the last five years the numbers of Australians…
The Rudd Government today announced that at least 50 per cent of new social housing units delivered under the Nation Building Economic Stimulus Plan will…
The Rudd Government will provide the Albany Youth Support Association with $353,000 over the next 18 months to run a new Reconnect homeless intervention service…
Today is the 30th anniversary of the United Nations’ adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). In…
*** Check Against Delivery *** Above all, I want to acknowledge and pay my deepest respects to the strong Anangu, the traditional owners of these…
The Australian Government has formally handed Maralinga back to its traditional Aboriginal owners, 58 years after the British Nuclear Tests Program made parts of it…
An environmentally-sustainable 15-storey housing block will be built in Waymouth Street as part of a new Commonwealth and State Government project that will both showcase…
The upgrade to the Horn Island Airport will now go ahead following the announcement of an additional $3.1 million in joint Australian and Queensland Government…