The Way Forward: A National Disability Strategy

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

People with disability, their families and carers will benefit from a National Disability Strategy being developed by the Australian Government to increase their economic participation,…

Easing Pressure on Housing Affordability

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

The Australian Government has established a Housing Affordability Fund and will invest $512 million over the next five years to lower the cost of building…

Employment Support for People with Disability

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

The Australian Government will support the employment of people with disability by extending access to wage assessment tools for businesses at a cost of $25.7…

Making Indigenous Communities Safer

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

Night patrols to make remote Indigenous communities safer and more secure for families and children will continue as part of the Australian Government’s commitment to…

$1.2 billion for Closing the Gap for Indigenous Australians

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

The Australian Government is delivering $1.2 billion over five years, including 37 2008-09 Budget measures, towards closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. The…

$622.6 Million to Replenish Rental Property Stocks

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

The new National Rental Affordability Scheme will help create up to 50,000 new rental properties across Australia at a cost of $622.6 million over the…

Simpler and Fairer Family Payments

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

Improvements will be made to the Baby Bonus and Family Tax Benefit (FTB) under a simpler and fairer family payments system. The Australian Government is…

$2.2 Billion to Tackle Housing Squeeze and Homelessness

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

The Australian Government is tackling housing affordability and homelessness with a Budget housing package investing $2.2 billion over the next four years on boosting rental…

New Seniors Health Card and Family Payment Compliance

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

New rules and compliance checks for Family Tax Benefit (FTB) payments and Commonwealth Seniors Health Cards will ensure payments and concessions are correctly targeted to…

Debit Card to Improve Income Management

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

The Australian Government is introducing a new debit card to make it easier for people on income management to put food on the table for…

Passing of Dr R Marika

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

The death of Dr Marika last night is a great loss to her people and to all of us, Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, who are…

$5 million funding boost for volunteers

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

Programs to provide training and support to volunteers and the not-for-profit sector are receiving a $5 million injection of funds from the Australian Government. Celebrating…

Supporting Children with Autism

Media Release by The Hon Bill Shorten MP

The Australian Government strongly supports the key theme of Autism Awareness Week – to increase the community’s understanding of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).…

Supporting Children with Autism

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

The Australian Government strongly supports the key theme of Autism Awareness Week – to increase the community’s understanding of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).…

Welfare debit card

Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

E & O E – PROOF ONLY JENNY MACKLIN: Thanks everyone for being here today. The Australian Government is introducing a new debit card. We…

Protecting children on the APY Lands

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

The Australian Government will immediately commit more than $19 million as part of a new partnership with the South Australian Government to protect children from…

Government welcomes convention on disabilities

Media Release by The Hon Bill Shorten MP

The Rudd Government today welcomed the entry into force of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. “The Convention is designed…