An address to the Native Title Representative Body / Service Provider forum in Melbourne on 7 October 2009 by Jenny Macklin, Minister for Families, Housing,…
A new police station in remote Western Australia will provide a permanent police presence in the Blackstone area. The station will service 520 residents between…
Five new, permanent police stations will be built in Northern Territory priority locations under an agreement between the Australian and Northern Territory Governments. The Australian…
Today Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, and Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services, Bill Shorten, announced the finalists…
Income Management for Child Protection and Voluntary Income Management will be expanded across Perth to help families better manage their budgets to meet the costs…
Today Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, and Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services, Bill Shorten, announced the finalists…
The Australian Government holds five year leases over 64 communities in the Northern Territory as a result of the NTER legislation passed by the previous…
The Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, and the Minister for Early Childhood Education, Child Care and Youth, Kate Ellis,…
New short to medium-term accommodation for Indigenous people in Alice Springs will be delivered by the Australian and Northern Territory Governments to meet the pressing…
The first of 510 new housing units to increase the supply of social housing in Tasmania have been completed. The Federal , Tanya Plibersek, and…
Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector, Senator Ursula Stephens, this morning launched the Golden Gurus website and invited interested organisations to become…
****Check against delivery**** I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet today, the Dharrug people, and pay my…
Two reports tabled today in the Queensland Parliament show positive trends in school attendance in the Cape York Welfare Reform Trial communities. The latest Family…
*** Check Against Delivery *** I would like to begin by acknowledging the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, the traditional owners of this land…
A major funding boost from the Australian Government will help provide emergency food supplies to almost two million vulnerable Australians. Foodbank Australia will receive $2…
The remains of five Indigenous Australians will be repatriated from the Netherlands following an historic agreement between the Australian Government and the Leiden University Medical…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** STEVE PRICE: The Minister who is responsible for the Public Housing and the Rental Assistance in the…
TONY EASTLEY: The Federal Government is upset over the levels of some executive salaries but a new dispute over payments has been opened up after…
Housing Ministers met today to progress the significant reform agenda in the delivery of social and affordable housing in Australia. Ministers reported back on progress…
New figures show the Rudd Government’s Nation Building Economic Stimulus Plan continues to support housing sector jobs and first home buyers, with more than 153,000…
Tanya Plibersek and Federal Member for Ballarat Catherine King today visited the first new home at Bacchus Marsh delivered under the National Rental Affordability Scheme.…
*** Check Against Delivery *** When the Prime Minister formally apologised to Indigenous Australians he said it gave us the chance to deal with unfinished…
The Australian Government today welcomed the release of a report on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation. Voices from the campfires: Establishing the…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** KIM KLEIDON: Some rather exciting news for aged pensioners this week set to receive an increase to…
In recent days, the Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Tony Abbott, has claimed the Northern Territory Emergency Response has lost momentum. Nothing could be further…