Reference Group for Pension Review
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Pension Review Reference Group met for the first time today in Canberra, as part of the Australian Government’s review into retirement incomes, including the…
$4.5 million for autism playgroups
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPMinister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs , Jenny Macklin, and Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services, Bill Shorten, today announced $4.5…
Ministerial Council on Gambling Melbourne 25 July 2008
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Ministerial Council on Gambling (MCG) met in Melbourne today forging a new national commitment to tackle problem gambling. Today’s meeting was the first meeting…
New report released on people trafficking
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPThe Australian Government has released a report that confirms the Government is clamping down on people trafficking. The Australian Institute of Criminology’s report, Australian criminal…
Indigenous leaders to bring home grandmothers’ remains
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPAn Indigenous delegation departed today for the USA to bring their ancestral remains home. The remains of 33 Indigenous Australians from the Gunbalanya and Groote…
Ministerial Council on Gambling
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPE & O E – PROOF ONLY JENNY MACKLIN: Thanks very much everybody for being here today. We’ve just had a very successful meeting of…
Government Launches National Rental Affordability Scheme Prospectus
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPTreasurer Wayne Swan and Tanya Plibersek today launched the prospectus for the National Rental Affordability Scheme. Under the scheme, the Australian Government has combined with…
Indigenous Boarding Facilities in NT to Help Close the Gap
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Rudd Government today announced the short listed locations for three new boarding facilities in the Northern Territory to provide better school access for remote…
Government welcomes HREOC plan of action on gender equality
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPThe Australian Government welcomes the launch of the Listening Tour Community Report and Plan of Action towards Gender Equality by Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick.…
Cape York Institute Leadership Academy
Speech by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPCHECK AGAINST DELIVERY First I would like to pay my respects to the traditional owners and elders of the Cairns and Cape York Region, especially…
Government unveils the Income Management BasicsCard
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Rudd Labor Government has taken the first step in delivering a better system of income management by introducing the new income management card. The…
New deal for upgrade of Queensland Indigenous housing
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPIn a new agreement with the Queensland Government, the Australian Government has made an initial offer to the Queensland Government of $60 million to upgrade…
North Queensland boarding facility for disadvantaged Indigenous children
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPA new primary boarding school in North Queensland for young disadvantaged Indigenous children will receive a $2 million boost in Australian Government funding. The purpose-built…
NDS Disability Employment Forum
Speech by The Hon Bill Shorten MP***CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY*** I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we are gathered, the Turrbal people, and pay my…
Helping more disabled Australians into work
Media Release by The Hon Bill Shorten MPThe Rudd Government today announced that one of the most significant barriers for people receiving a Disability Support Pension who wish to find employment will…
Top business services honoured
Media Release by The Hon Bill Shorten MPTen Australian businesses were honoured for their commitment to employees with disability at the inaugural Business Services Excellence Awards in Brisbane today. The awards recognise…
Income Management rollout in Oombulgurri
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPOombulgurri will be among the first five Western Australian communities to take part in income management under the Australian Government’s national child protection initiative. The…
Australia ratifies UN disabilities convention
Media Release by The Hon Bill Shorten MPAustralia has today ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, making Australia one of the first Western countries to ratify the…
Rudd Government to improve Australia’s disability discrimination system
Media Release by The Hon Bill Shorten MPThe Rudd Government will introduce legislative amendments to the Disability Discrimination Act in the Spring sittings of Parliament to implement recommendations made by the Productivity…
Families learn to serve healthy meals at cut price
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPAn innovative Western Australian project that teaches vulnerable families how to cook healthy meals while slicing food bills has been extended by the Australian Government.…
Increasing school attendance in Cannington
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPFamilies in the Cannington area in Perth will take part in a trial linking school enrolment and attendance with welfare payments, as part of the…
Lifeline for distressed Gosnells parents
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPParents struggling to cope with the birth or death of a child will retain access to a local lifeline, thanks to a $140,000 Australian Government…
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPE & O E – PROOF ONLY SIMON BEAUMONT: Jenny Macklin is the Family and Community Services Minister, she joins me on the program now.…
School attendance measure
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPE & O E – PROOF ONLY JENNY MACKLIN: Okay. Thanks everyone for coming along this morning. If I can first of all thank Cath…
Opening of new Orana Administration and Netley Business Service
Media Release by The Hon Bill Shorten MPA new location for Orana’s Administration as well as a new Business Service at Netley will better assist more than 130 people with disability employed…