Minister Ruston doorstop – Our Watch, Melbourne
Transcript by Senator the Hon Anne RustonE&OE… Minister Ruston: Thank you very much for being here today and I’m really pleased to be here today with Patty Kinnersly, the CEO of…
Record boost to prevention and consent initiatives
Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne RustonThe Morrison Government will invest an additional $189 million over five years to strengthen prevention and early intervention efforts in family, domestic and sexual violence.…
Morrison Government providing quicker and easier access to assistive technology for NDIS participants
Media Release by Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSCThe Morrison Government is improving the participant experience for people on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, with easier access to assistive technology. Minister for the…
$10.7 million boost for domestic violence services in the NT
Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne RustonThe Morrison Government will triple funding under the National Partnership on Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence responses to boost frontline services in the Northern Territory…
Dedicated trial to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women escaping violence
Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne RustonThe Morrison Government is establishing a place-based trial of the Escaping Violence Payment in Cairns, Queensland, to provide specialised support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait…
Community Services Ministers’ Meeting Communiqué
Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne RustonCommunity Services Ministers (CSM) met via videoconference on 16 February 2022. Ministers discussed progress to date on the development of the first Aboriginal and Torres…
Design unveiled for the National Memorial for Victims and Survivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse
Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne RustonThe Canberra National Memorials Committee has approved the selected design for the National Memorial for Victims and Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse allowing construction to…
NDIS Quarterly Report: NDIS now supporting more than half a million Australians
Media Release by Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSCThe National Disability Insurance Scheme’s (NDIS) latest Quarterly Report has marked a major milestone under the Morrison Government, with the world-first insurance scheme now transforming…
Rapid antigen test distribution to high-risk residential disability care settings
Media Release by Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSCThe Australian Government has commenced distributing 1.2 million rapid antigen tests to high-risk residential disability care settings, with five million test kits to be delivered…
New Cashless Debit Card Support Hub in Kalgoorlie-Boulder to help participants get on pathways to employment
Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne RustonThe City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder is today opening a Cashless Debit Card Support Hub as part of the Morrison Government’s Jobs Fund and job ready initiative…
More parenting support for culturally and linguistically diverse families
Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne RustonThe Morrison Government is supporting culturally and linguistically diverse Australians in the Geelong area to adapt to parenting in Australia and give their children the…
More support for young mothers to finish school and children to thrive
Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne RustonThe Morrison Government is supporting young mothers under 25 in the Frankston area to finish their Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning and give their children…
$2 million expansion for the National Debt Helpline online chat
Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne RustonMore Australians will be able to receive confidential, free, expert advice from financial counsellors online through the National Debt Helpline. Minister for Families and…
Delivering more jobs for people with disability
Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne RustonAustralian businesses will share in $20 million to increase the confidence and capacity of employers to recruit and retain people with disability through targeted initiatives…
NDIS participants can use plan funds to claim for rapid antigen tests
Media Release by Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSCMinister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC has today confirmed that eligible NDIS participants can purchase rapid antigen…
Telstra Health secures five-year contract to deliver 1800RESPECT
Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne RustonThe Morrison Government is pleased to announce Telstra Health as the successful provider to deliver 1800RESPECT – the national family, domestic and sexual violence counselling…
Ensuring child support is paid to care for young Australians
Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne RustonThe Morrison Government is introducing new measures to drive down unpaid child support, targeting child support owed by more than 18,000 parents to ensure children,…
Minister Ruston Interview – ABC Radio Adelaide
Transcript by Senator the Hon Anne RustonE&OE… LEIGH RADFORD: We’re going to move on now to trying to address the questions around preventing violence against women. Now the federal government has…
National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children 2022-32 draft released for public comment
Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne RustonThe draft National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032 outlines a shared long-term commitment to a future free from all forms of…
Minister Ruston interview – Sky News
Transcript by Senator the Hon Anne RustonE&OE DANICA DE GIORGIO: Critical industry groups held crisis meetings with the federal government last night over fears Omicron induced staff shortages could cripple the…
Supporting women on temporary visas experiencing family, domestic and sexual violence
Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne RustonThe Morrison Government continues to support women and children on temporary visas who are experiencing family, domestic or sexual violence. In March last year the…
Funding boost for frontline family, domestic and sexual violence services
Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne RustonThe $260 million National Partnership on Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence is being rolled out today with states and territories now having received their first…
Training to support women experiencing violence in disasters
Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne RustonFrontline responders will be offered training to help identify and support women and children who are experiencing family and domestic violence during natural disasters and…
Additional funding to improve child outcomes by supporting fathers
Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne RustonThe Morrison Government has committed an additional $4.1 million over two years to The Fathering Project so that fathers across the country can connect through…
Emergency support for ABSTUDY recipients boarding away from home
Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne RustonThe Morrison Government is ensuring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students receiving ABSTUDY who are boarding have financial support to travel home during emergencies. Minister…