BasicsCard sales top $100 million

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

The Australian Government today announced more than $100 million has been spent on BasicsCards across Australia. More than $70 million of spending has gone towards…

Social Housing Upgrades Supporting Jobs in Hobart

Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MP

Tanya Plibersek and Tasmanian Minister for Human Services, Lin Thorp and Member for Denison, Duncan Kerr today inspected progress on units that are being upgraded…

$1.3 million for Western Australian non profits and charities

Media Release by Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens

Senator Stephens, today met with Western Australian recipients of the Australian Government’s Temporary Financial Assistance grants initiative for non profit organisations at Youth Focus in…

Improving Indigenous housing in the NT

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

The Australian and Northern Territory Governments today released the report of the review into improving the delivery of the Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program…

SIHIP Review – Doorstop, Melbourne

Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

*** E & OE – Proof only *** Subject: Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program (SIHIP) review JENNY MACKLIN: Today I’m releasing the report of…

Year of the Girl Guide – 2010

Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MP

The Australian Government today announced that 2010 will be designated ‘Year of the Girl Guide’. For 100 years the Guiding movement has supported Australian girls…

First Home Owners Boost National Figures for July

Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MP

The Rudd Government’s Nation Building Economic Stimulus Plan is continuing to support housing sector jobs and first home buyers with more than 137,000 Australians taking…

Essendon on the mark for reconciliation

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

Essendon Football Club today became the first AFL club to develop and implement its own Reconciliation Action Plan setting out a practical agenda to strengthen…

Five million bricks and counting

Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MP

The Federal and NSW Housing Ministers today handed over the five millionth brick ordered as part of the state’s biggest ever social housing building project.…

New mobile playgroup for fire-affected communities

Media Release by The Hon Bill Shorten MP

A new mobile playgroup will provide a service to the fire-damaged communities of Marysville and Flowerdale who lost their playgroups during the February 7th bushfires…

Joint initiative to boost jobs in Northern NSW

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

A Regional Partnership Agreement (RPA) signed in Port Macquarie today will target the green economy as a way of addressing Aboriginal unemployment in the Many…

Recognising volunteers in South Adelaide

Media Release by Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens

Ursula Stephens, today addressed the Southern Adelaide Volunteer Award ceremony at the Hackham Football Club. Senator Stephens said volunteers are vital to communities and deserve…