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…
Anthony Albanese, Minister for Infrastructure and Local Government and Tanya Plibersek, Member for Sydney, today announced that the Rudd Labor Government would offer $2 million…
ABS Building Approvals Figures data released today shows the Rudd Government’s Nation Building Economic Stimulus Plan is continuing to deliver a much-needed boost to jobs…
NSW Housing Minister David Borger today announced that more than 2,100 jobs have been secured in NSW in the last three months as a direct…
*Check against delivery* Hi, I’m Bill Shorten, the Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services. Every Australian deserves a fair go. People with disability should…
The Australian Government will provide $450,000 for a community education campaign to inform same-sex couples about implications of recent reforms to legislation, which enable same-sex…
The Australian and Northern Territory Governments have written to Tangentyere Council with a significantly expanded offer of more than $125 million for housing, infrastructure and…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** JENNY MACKLIN:…just listening to some of the people on your program this morning and having read some…
Work is underway on the biggest ever investment in social housing infrastructure since the Chifley era – the first phase of which will see the…