A $1.8 billion package for people with disability and their families will help reduce the critical level of unmet need for disability services and positively…
As part of a new package of support for people with disability and their families, the Australian Government has announced a $100.9 million plan to…
Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Mal Brough, today outlined the concept of operations for the next few days and weeks as part…
Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Mal Brough, today welcomed a commitment by Queensland Premier Peter Beattie to support the NT emergency operations…
A welcoming ceremony was held in Canberra today for the first set of Indigenous remains to be repatriated to the Torres Strait from the United…
Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Mal Brough, today announced the Taskforce which will advise him on issues surrounding the emergency response strategy…
I welcome reports this morning that Queensland will provide 10 police to the effort to protect children in the Northern Territory. Premier, Peter Beattie’s commitment…
A break-dancing hip-hop group, a Tasmanian photography student and a young lawyer were among the National Youth Week Talent Competition winners announced today. Minister for…
Two Victorian business services which employ people with disability will receive a boost of more than $240,000 from the Australian Government under the Business Services…
I welcome and thank the New South Wales and Victorian Governments for their agreement to provide 10 police each to help in the national emergency…
A dedicated hotline has been established for people seeking information about the National Emergency Response to Aboriginal child abuse in the Northern Territory. People seeking…
In response to the national emergency confronting the welfare of Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory, the Australian Government today announced immediate, broad ranging measures…
Homebuyers and renters affected by housing affordability will not be surprised by revelations in the media today that states and territories have reaped a record…
The Howard Government will commit $160,000 to Australian Non-Government Organisations to bolster women’s participation in leadership roles in the Pacific Region. The Minister Assisting the…
Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Mal Brough, today received a report from the Cape York Institute about tackling welfare dependency in Indigenous…
"The report into child abuse in Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory is a damning indictment into the failure to protect children," Federal Minister Families,…
The mental health of indigenous families will be one of the key focus areas of the Mental Health Community Based program, Minister for Community Services…
Indigenous Affairs Minister, Mal Brough, today expressed his disappointment with the 2006 Report by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Tom Calma.…
Rent Assistance from the Australian Government has significantly improved housing affordability outcomes for certain sectors of the community, Minister for Community Services Senator Nigel Scullion…
"Now that Labor has finally named the site of one of its proposed 260 new child care centres on school grounds, it’s time for Labor…
"The Labor Party’s hypocrisy on supporting older Australians has been exposed in Jenny Macklin’s latest comments on the Pension Bonus Scheme, which provides up to…
"Corporate Community Investment is becoming increasingly embedded in Australian business," Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Mal Brough, said today. The Minister released…
The Howard Government will provide practical help to Age Pensioners who had investments with the collapsed Australian Capital Reserve Limited. The Government will exempt investments…
The assets test for Age Pension and other pension payments including Disability Support Pension and Carer Payment will become much more generous from 20 September…
Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Mal Brough, today said reforms to recognition of Native Title Representative Bodies (NTRB) would benefit Indigenous Australians.…