The Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, today welcomed the appointment of Mick Gooda to the Australian Human Rights Commission…
Indigenous parents living in Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) communities have reported that their children are eating more and are healthier, since the introduction of…
To meet the growing demand for volunteers the Australian Government is delivering a $250,000 funding boost to train new volunteers and assist in accreditation of…
To meet the growing demand for volunteers the Australian Government is delivering a $250,000 funding boost to train new volunteers and assist in accreditation of…
The Opposition Shadow Minister for Families, Kevin Andrews, has confirmed that it is Liberal Party policy to remove the means test on the baby bonus…
The Commonwealth and State Government will today announce a $130 million urban renewal project, which will transform the Woodville West area with better housing, new…
The Australian Government is providing nearly $1.5 million worth of grants to support 22,500 volunteer fire-fighting and emergency workers across the country. Of this, New…
The increasing number of women becoming pregnant and having babies will benefit from the Rudd Government’s improved maternity services and support programs. The Australian Institute…
Early intervention services, which draw on kinship ties of Aboriginal people to build strong families and protect children, are being established in the Alice Springs…
Federal Tanya Plibersek and Queensland Member for Townsville Mandy Johnstone today launched a new RentConnect service in Townsville. The expansion of RentConnect – an existing…
Tanya Plibersek and Senator for North Queensland Jan McLucas today announced that the National Rental Affordability Scheme would deliver 15 new affordable rental homes at…
Tanya Plibersek today expressed disappointment at Tony Abbott’s decision to cut the number of women in senior positions on his new coalition front bench. Today’s…
An Australian Government funding boost of $180,000 will complete the upgrade of the Palm Island sporting and recreational facilities. The funding will help build a…
Families in Cairns, Cape York and the Torres Strait facing financial pressure will now have better access to financial counselling support and services. Lifeline Community…
The Australian and Northern Territory Governments today welcomed the start of work on the transformation of the Alice Springs town camps. Prisoner work gangs have…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** JENNY MACKLIN: Jim and I are very, very pleased to be here at Lifeline in Cairns and…
New figures out today show the Nation Building Economic Stimulus Plan continues to support housing sector jobs and first home buyers, with more than 190,000…
The Australian Government notes the new Liberal Party policy announced today to appoint individual commissioners to Indigenous communities to control most administration, including alcohol bans,…
More than 6700 community organisations across the country will benefit from $21 million in Australian Government funding for volunteer grants. The Volunteer Grants Program 2009…
The Australian Government today released the first six monthly report from the Coordinator General for Remote Indigenous Services on the progress being made in delivering…
From today, around 273,000 families will receive a letter from Centrelink to explain new requirements for Family Tax Benefit Part A for children aged 16…
From 1 January 2010, over 1.1 million Australians who receive Carer Allowance, Youth Allowance and Disability Support Pension (under 21 without children) will receive increases…
More than 6700 community organisations across the country will benefit from $21 million in Australian Government funding for volunteer grants. The Volunteer Grants Program 2009…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** JENNY MACKLIN: I’m very pleased to be here with Brian Gleeson, the Coordinator General of Remote Services…
Senator Ursula Stephens, today opened the new Head Office for Marist Youth Care in Blacktown, New South Wales. Senator Stephens said Marist Youth Care helps…