Fifty Volunteer Resource Centres around Australia will benefit from $10.3 million in Australian Government funding to support a skilled, well-trained and well-resourced volunteer workforce. Celebrating…
Rules about the care of children of separated parents will be made simpler and more consistent following changes made in the 2009-10 Budget. Separated parents…
The Australian Government recognises the impact of the global recession on the incomes of self-funded retirees and is providing extra assistance in the 2009-10 Budget.…
As part of the 2009-10 Budget, the Rudd Government has finalised negotiations with the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic and Latvia to introduce social security…
The Australian Government will invest $148.9 million in a range of new measures to help re-set the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. The Government’s…
The Rudd Government will take important steps to reform family payments to make them more sustainable for the long-term. Australia’s spending on family payments is…
The Rudd Government is providing $63.0 million over four years to help protect Australia’s vulnerable children from child abuse and neglect under the National Framework…
The findings of the review of Australia’s pension system and the review of retirement incomes were today officially released by the Australian Government. The Pension…
The Australian Government’s Secure and Sustainable Pensions Reform includes measures to better target the largest pension payments to those who most need support. From 20…
*** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY *** Good evening and thank you for your kind introduction and for the opportunity to launch National Volunteer Week 2009, here…
Senator Ursula Stephens this evening launched National Volunteer Week 2009 – Everyday people, extraordinary contribution, at the Canberra Southern Cross Yacht Club. This year’s theme…
The Raising Children website will be expanded to include parenting information on pre-teen and teenage years with the help of a $4.4 million Australian Government…
ALEXANDRA KIRK: Jenny Macklin, the Government’s proposed paid parental leave scheme comes with a means test – $150,000 for the primary carer. It’s a figure…
E & O E – PROOF ONLY FRAN KELLY: Well let’s get some more answers now on the Government’s paid parental scheme and how it…
The Rudd Government will deliver an historic Paid Parental Leave (PPL) scheme to support Australian families and prepare Australia for the economic and social challenges…
The Australian and Western Australian Governments today announced that construction is underway on the repairs and maintenance component of the Rudd Government’s Nation Building Economic…
Anthony Albanese, Minister for Infrastructure and Local Government and Tanya Plibersek, , today announced the Rudd Government would offer $3.4 million for the Stage Two…
Anthony Albanese, Minister for Infrastructure and Local Government, and Bill Shorten, Parliamentary Secretary for Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction, today announced the Rudd Government would offer $2.9…
Asbestos removalists, McMahon Services, this week began work on removing asbestos containing debris in the remote community of Areyonga in the Northern Territory. In April,…
The Australian and Western Australian Governments today announced that construction is underway on the repairs and maintenance component of the Rudd Government’s Nation Building Economic…
Federal Tanya Plibersek and South Australian Minister for Housing Jennifer Rankine today attended the first official opening of a National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS) project…
Anthony Albanese, Minister for Infrastructure, and Bill Shorten, , today announced the Rudd Government would offer $5 million for the redevelopment of the Horsham Town…
Counselling and support services for vulnerable youth will be boosted in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria with a $90,000 Australian Government grant to Youth…
Tanya Plibersek today announced that a local infrastructure proposal by the South Australian Government Department for Families and Communities which has been offered $250,000 to…
Tanya Plibersek and Member for Port Adelaide Mark Butler today announced that a local infrastructure proposal by the City of Charles Sturt will be offered…