Cement Australia has been awarded the Minister’s Award for Outstanding EEO Practice for its efforts to address the gender pay gap. The Minister made the…
****Check against delivery**** I would like to pay my respects to the traditional owners of the land on which we are meeting, the Gadigal people…
****Check against delivery**** I would like to pay my respects to the traditional owners of the land on which we are meeting, and to their…
Improved infrastructure and better social and economic outcomes for Indigenous people in the Groote Eylandt region will be delivered following the signing of stage two…
Minister for Community Services, Jenny Macklin, today visited the Exodus Foundation to announce a $380,000 funding boost to help support the inner city organisation. Ms…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** JOURNALIST: Firstly, what are we talking about with this difference between Stage 1 and Stage 2 with…
The Rudd Government will deliver more affordable houses for low and moderate income earners through Round Two of the Housing Affordability Fund, which opens today.…
****Check against delivery**** Australia faces a serious housing shortage – a shortfall of around 85,000 homes. That means that we need 85,000 homes over and…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** GRANT CAMERON: We’ll start this afternoon with an interview I recorded earlier today with Jenny Macklin, the…
The Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment will be provided to eligible people adversely affected by the 5 November floods in the Mid North Coast and…
Tanya Plibersek and Attorney-General Robert McClelland today met with their state and territory colleagues to discuss progress on national efforts to reduce violence against women…
*** Check Against Delivery *** I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land where we meet. I also want to thank the…
Federal Tanya Plibersek today announced that provisional approval had been given to $24 million worth of social housing projects in Mackay and the Whitsunday Coast…
Tanya Plibersek and Federal Member for Dawson James Bidgood today announced that the National Rental Affordability Scheme would deliver 59 new affordable rental homes in…
* Check against delivery * The Ngunnawal people – traditional owners of this land Mr George Anderson – President and CEO of the Forum of…
Federal Tanya Plibersek today announced that provisional approval had been given to $80 million worth of social housing projects in Far North Queensland that will…
Federal Tanya Plibersek today announced that the National Rental Affordability Scheme was delivering 100 new affordable rental homes in Far North Queensland. Ms Plibersek made…
****Check against delivery**** I would like to pay my respects to the traditional owners of the land on which we are meeting this morning, the…
The Rudd Government is announcing today that after December 31, the Commonwealth will allow States and Territories to set a price-cap for recipients of the…
Federal Housing Minister Tanya Plibersek, Member for Werriwa Chris Hayes and NSW Housing Minister David Borger today announced that South Western Sydney will receive 400…
****Check against delivery**** I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet today and pay my respects to their elders, past and…
The Cape York Family Responsibilities Commission’s first Annual Report has been tabled in Queensland Parliament today by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships Minister Desley…
The Australian Government’s response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee report: Who Cares…? Report on the inquiry into better support for carers recognises the…
Senator Ursula Stephens, today officially opened the Australian Government Libraries and Information Network (AGLIN) Forum 2009. The forum explored how government libraries can respond to…
* Check against delivery * Firstly, I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet this evening, the Ngunnawal…