Affordable housing was top of the agenda when , Tanya Plibersek, addressed a local social and affordable housing summit in the City of Whitehorse in…
The Australian Government today released a paper on the Government’s preferred model for Indigenous employment programs, Increasing Indigenous Employment Opportunity. The proposed model includes reforms…
Australians on low incomes have greater prospects of turning business dreams into reality after the National Australia Bank’s fivefold expansion of Microenterprise Loans. NAB’s decision…
Australian Women’s Ministers today endorsed the development of the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women at the Commonwealth, State, Territory & New Zealand Ministers’…
The Minister for Employment Participation, Brendan O’Connor, and the , Tanya Plibersek, today urged providers with expertise in providing services to the homeless to tender…
The Australian Government today announced $3.5 million in funding for 41 community and local government organisations to continue delivering Commonwealth Financial Counselling services to help…
E & O E – PROOF ONLY JENNY MACKLIN: Thank you and if I can thank Wesley Mission very much for having us here today.…
New measures to improve information sharing between the Australian Government and State and Territory child protection agencies were agreed to today by the Council of…
Homebuyers across the country can today start taking advantage of the Rudd Government’s new First Home Saver Accounts to help bring the dream of homeownership…
In an important milestone, the 1,750th new father today completed the I’m a Dad program in Melbourne. The Children’s Protection Society’s I’m a Dad program…
Tanya Plibersek and Member for Werriwa, Chris Hayes today launched the Baptist Community Services Chisholm Care units in Campbelltown, in Sydney’s south-west. The units provide…
New research has confirmed what many Australian families already know – grandparents are unsung heroes in the community and they also have an influential role…
E & O E – PROOF ONLY CHARLES WOOLEY: Let’s get the Government’s reaction to the plan from the Productivity Commission on paid maternity leave,…
JENNY MACKLIN: Thanks very much everyone. If I could first of all thank everyone from Sydney Day Nurseries for having us here today in this…
The Government welcomes the Productivity Commission’s Draft Inquiry Report on Paid Parental Leave released today. The interim report includes one possible model for a paid…
Malcolm Turnbull today made it obvious that he does not understand his own pension policy and is out of touch on major domestic challenges like…
Check Against Delivery Six years in the making, this remarkable series looks at the history of contemporary Australia from the perspective of its first people…
The Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) has received a report from Consulting Enterprises in Technology (CETEC) about the presence of…
The Rudd Government today introduced legislation to establish the National Rental Affordability Scheme. NRAS is a key component of the Rudd Government’s $2.2 billion affordable…
Double superannuation coverage affecting people who work in Australia and Germany will be eliminated under a new agreement announced by the Minister for Families, Housing,…
E & O E – PROOF ONLY JENNY MACKLIN: This morning Malcolm Turnbull, the new Leader of the Opposition, has demonstrated yet again that he…
The largest ever Australian Paralympic Team to compete abroad returned to our shores today with 79 medals, including 23 gold. Minister for Sport and Youth,…
Tony Abbott has insulted pensioners by saying that he does not see their issues as central to political debate. This is a stinging slap in…
The Rudd Government will provide $2 million to commission a national survey of community attitudes relating to violence against women. The Prime Minister announced this…
Australia’s Paralympic Games athletes have inspired a nation with their outstanding performances in Beijing. A top five finish, including 23 gold medals and 79 medals…