Indigenous ranger jobs help conserve the Cape

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

Environment Minister Peter Garrett on Sunday visited Napranum, a remote community on Cape York, to see the benefits of on-ground conservation jobs, and announce a…

Improved indexation for Australia’s pensioners

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

A new Pensioner and Beneficiary Living Cost Index (PBLCI), released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, will better reflect price increases in goods commonly…

Alice Springs town camps

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

The Australian Government is determined to start work on improving living standards for residents of the Alice Springs town camps. I want to get on…

$40 million capital funding for Common Ground Queensland

Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MP

The Australian Government is providing a conditional $40 million to build the first permanent supportive housing project in Queensland for people who are homeless or…

New Research Shows Large Businesses More Female Friendly

Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MP

Big businesses in Australia are making significant inroads in making their organisations more female and family friendly, according an Equal Opportunity for Women in the…

MS National Advocates Conference

Speech by Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens

* Check against delivery * Thank you Robert for your introduction and good morning everyone. Robert, I and many others have greatly benefitted much from…

Speech to Emily’s List ACT dinner

Speech by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MP

****Check Against Delivery**** I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet this evening, the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people, and pay my…

New Indigenous Parenting Support Services across Australia

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

An additional 24 Indigenous Parenting Support Services across Australia will help more than 700 Indigenous families. The Australian Government is providing up to $7 million…

First ACT Stimulus Home Built

Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MP

The first of 57 social housing homes to be built in the ACT as part of Stage One of the Federal Government’s Nation Building Economic…

Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission Interim Report

Media Release by The Hon Bill Shorten MP

Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, and Parliamentary Secretary for Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction, Bill Shorten, today welcomed the release of the Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission Interim Report. The…

17 August 2009; Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission Interim Report

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, and Parliamentary Secretary for Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction, Bill Shorten, today welcomed the release of the Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission Interim Report. The…

Victorian First Home Owner Market Still Booming

Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MP

For just the second time in Victorian history more than 5000 Victorians bought their first home over the course of a single month with assistance…

Stimulus a boost for local businesses

Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MP

The Australian and NSW Governments today outlined details of housing projects in the Hunter and Central Coast as part of the Nation Building Economic Stimulus…

$21 million to support community volunteers

Media Release by Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens

Non-profit organisations, who are supported by volunteers, can apply for Australian Government grants of up to $5,000 to purchase equipment and cover the cost of…

Towards a Better Relationship with Advocacy NGOS

Media Release by Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens

The Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens, met with human rights advocacy non government organisations this morning to discuss how to strengthen the government’s relationship with…