Twenty new financial counselling positions around Australia will increase access to free counselling for people under increasing pressure from the global financial crisis. The Australian…
Acknowledgements The Hon. Paul Holloway MP – Minister for Planning and Urban Development The Hon. Vickie Chapman – Deputy Leader of the Opposition Stephen Holmes…
*** Check Against Delivery *** I acknowledge the people of the Wiradjuri nation on whose land we are meeting today. I would also like to…
A new approach to encourage parental responsibility and boost school enrolment and attendance begins today in the Northern Territory. Parents in Hermannsburg, Katherine, Katherine town…
Three graduates of the Australian Government’s Indigenous Leadership Program today completed a 10-day sailing journey across Bass Strait on the Young Endeavour. The graduates joined…
*** Check Against Delivery *** I want to acknowledge the Kulin people, the traditional custodians of the land and waters where we meet today. I…
The 2009 Australia Day Honours list acknowledged 199 inspirational Australian women, including two of the three Companions (AC) in the General Division of the Order…
*** Check Against Delivery *** First I would like to acknowledge the Wurundjeri people on whose land we meet, remembering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander…
The 2009 Australian of the Year, Mick Dodson, exemplifies the values which have long characterised the award’s recipients – the courage and determination to bring…
– Check on delivery – Acknowledgements Aunty Sylvia Scott Linda Burney, NSW Minister for Community Services Nicholas Wilson, Workplace Ombudsman Tara McCarthy, General Manager, Workplace…
The Australian Government does not support a policy of changing the date of Australia Day. We have no plans to change either the date or…
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Child Protection Australia 2007-08 report shows that the number of children in out-of-home care in Australia rose by…
The Australian Government will further reduce the upper deeming rate from 5 per cent to 4 per cent from 26 January 2009. Tanya Plibersek, Acting…
The Australian Government welcomes the Western Australian Liquor Licensing Director Barry Sargeant’s proposal to extend tough alcohol restrictions across the Kimberley in WA. We encourage…
The Australian Government has short listed 33 projects for funding under the first round of local projects for the Housing Affordability Fund. The Housing Affordability…
Income management will commence in Halls Creek, Balgo and surrounding communities on 12 January 2009. The initiative will be introduced across the remainder of the…
JENNY MACKLIN: Around $2.5 billion in the Government’s economic Security Strategy payments – which were announced in October last year – these payments have gone…
New figures out today show that more than 5,000 Australians took advantage of the Rudd Government’s First Home Owners Boost in its first full month…
Australia’s age pensioners have received a total of $2.5 billion through Economic Security Strategy payments as part of the Australian Government’s response to the global…
Over 2,200 community organisations in New South Wales will benefit from more than $6.7 million in Australian Government funding for volunteer grants. This is part…
Over 1,300 community organisations in Queensland will benefit from about $3.89 million in Australian Government funding for volunteer grants. This is part of the $21…
Over 450 community organisations in South Australia will benefit from more than $1.2 million in Australian Government funding for volunteer grants. This is part of…
Over 2,100 community organisations in Victoria will benefit from more than $6.3 million in Australian Government funding for volunteer grants. This is part of the…
Over 2,200 community organisations in New South Wales will benefit from more than $6.7 million in Australian Government funding for volunteer grants. This is part…
Over 700 community organisations in Western Australia will benefit from more than $2.1 million in Australian Government funding for volunteer grants. This is part of…