Safer Streets in Galiwin’ku
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPA new permanent police station has been officially opened in the remote community of Galiwin’ku on Elcho Island under an agreement between the Australian and…
Australian Government approves $8 million to upgrade NT art centres
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPTwenty-four art centres in the Northern Territory will share almost $8 million in funding from the Aboriginals Benefits Account (ABA) to expand workshops for artists…
Australia celebrates International Women’s Day and increases support to UNIFEM
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPAustralia will provide more than $17 million to the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) as part of our international commitment to advancing greater…
International Women’s Day
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPInternational Women’s Day provides all Australians with the opportunity to celebrate the progress made in advancing gender equality and the role of women in our…
Celebrating International Women’s Day at the Cricket World Cup
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPThe Australian Government and Cricket Australia today celebrated International Women’s Day (IWD) at the 2009 Women’s Cricket World Cup match between Australia’s Southern Stars and…
Centenary of Wangaratta High School
Speech by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP*** Check Against Delivery *** I want to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, the Yorta Yorta people. I also…
Community and Disability Services Ministers’ Conference – Communique
Statement by The Hon Bill Shorten MPCommunity Services National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children Today, Community and Disability Services Ministers met in Melbourne to progress the important National Framework for Protecting…
Indexation delivers increase to Pensions and other Income Support Payments
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPMore than 3.4 million Australians will receive an increase in their pensions and other income support payments and allowances from 20 March 2009. Indexation will…
Government further reduces deeming rates
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government has further reduced the deeming rates to reflect lower returns available to pensioners from financial investments as a result of the global…
Community and Disability Services Ministers’ Conference – Communique
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPCommunity Services National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children Today, Community and Disability Services Ministers met in Melbourne to progress the important National Framework for Protecting…
$1.3 million to improve child protection data
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government will provide an additional $1.3 million over three years to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) to improve the current…
Minister addresses United Nations on gender equality
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPTanya Plibersek, is this week leading Australia’s delegation to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in New York to further demonstrate the…
International Women’s Day Commemorative event
Speech by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MP*Check against delivery* Excellencies, delegates, observers, ladies and gentleman. It is an honour to address you today in commemoration of International Women’s Day and to…
Address to the NSW Aboriginal Land Council
Speech by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP*** Check Against Delivery *** I would like to acknowledge the Wanaurah people who are the traditional custodians of the land, past and present. I…
$396 million for remote Indigenous housing in NSW
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPRemote Indigenous communities in New South Wales will benefit from a $396 million investment in housing over the next ten years to improve living standards…
Australia Strengthens Women’s Rights
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPAttorney-General, Robert McClelland, and Tanya Plibersek, today welcomed the entry into force in Australia of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of…
Commission on the Status of Women – Fifty-third session
Speech by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MP* Check against delivery * Mr Chair, ladies and gentleman. It is a pleasure to address the Commission today. Australia considers honouring its responsibilities as…
$10 million of grants for NT Indigenous communities
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPA new community store and a transport service for remote Indigenous communities are among 20 successful applicants to share in almost $10 million in funding…
$15.7 million boost for Indigenous rangers
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government will provide $15.7 million over two years to support 22 Indigenous ranger groups, working on land and sea management activities in the…
Community Response Task Force Meeting
Media Release by Senator the Hon Ursula StephensThe first meeting of the Community Response Task Force was held today in Melbourne, providing the non-profit sector with an opportunity to discuss the impact…
Community Response Task Force Meeting
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe first meeting of the Community Response Task Force was held today in Melbourne, providing the non-profit sector with an opportunity to discuss the impact…
Maimonides Society Asia Pacific Centre for Philanthropy and Social Investment
Speech by Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens****Check against delivery**** Thank you Diana for that entertaining welcome and the invitation to speak at this meeting of the Maimonides Society. It’s a great…
Productivity Commission’s Paid Parental Leave report
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government today received the Productivity Commission’s final report into paid maternity, paternity and parental leave. The report details a proposed scheme for paid…
Appointment of new Operational Commander for the NTER
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPMike Zissler, former CEO of the ACT Department of Territory and Municipal Services, has been appointed as Operational Commander of the Northern Territory Emergency Response…
$1.9 billion for Queensland Housing
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPQueensland will receive more than $1.9 billion in additional Commonwealth funding for housing over the next five years. Speaking at the Queensland Shelter Conference in…