Fifty Volunteer Resource Centres across Australia will have their funding significantly increased following an announcement from Minister for Community Services Senator Nigel Scullion today. Under…
More than $4.5 million in one-off equipment grants will be provided to 360 child care services to help them replace or upgrade equipment. Minister for…
About 2.2 million Australian families will be better off from July, when a range of payments increase by more than three per cent. The July…
The Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Mal Brough, today said he welcomes the Productivity Commission’s Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators, 2007 Report.…
Achievements of people with disability and contributions to the disability sector will be recognised in the Inaugural National Disability Awards, to be announced on International…
Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Mal Brough, said the Australian Government provided significant support to grandparents who find themselves the full time…
Funding from the Australian Government has allowed a major employer of people with a disability in the Illawarra region to expand its business, Minister for…
The Howard Government has provided funding of more than $500,000 for pilot programs to increase the leadership skills of young women in rural and regional…
A snapshot of Australian youth reveals a vast majority are generally happy, healthy and working or studying full time, Minister for Community Services, Senator Nigel…
A publication examining the attitudes and experiences of women towards working in the minerals industry, along with strategies to improve women’s employment in the industry,…
I am delighted to be at this women in Mining Symposium, and to launch the report Unearthing New Resources: Attracting and Retaining Women in the…
Overall, the Howard Government will be contributing more than 50 per cent towards the vast majority of families’ approved child care costs following the $2.1…
The Howard Government has committed $1.97 million in 2007-08 towards projects aimed at reducing the incidence of domestic and family violence and sexual assault in…
Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Mal Brough, today launched three new artworks at Reconciliation Place in Canberra. The Minister said the new…
Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Mal Brough, today slammed Federal Labor Senator, Trish Crossin over her suggestion in Senate Estimates today that…
For the first time, commemorative ceremonies will be held across the nation to honour the service and sacrifice of Indigenous servicemen and women, Minister for…
The Howard Government today released an independent report of a review into policing levels in remote Indigenous communities in Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and…
The Howard Government is encouraging carers of children with a disability or severe medical condition to call on their own experiences to help to review…
Up to $18 million is now available for community groups through the Volunteer Small Equipment Grants (VSEG) 2007 program. The massive $66 million increase in…
Claims by Labor that funding decisions for a number of Howard Government community grants programs were influenced on the basis of partisan considerations have been…
Minster for Community Services, Senator Nigel Scullion today welcomed the signing of an agreement to mentor young Indigenous youth in Orange in an effort to…
“Today’s decision by Tangentyere Council and the Alice Springs Town Camps to reject the Howard Government’s offer for a major upgrade is very disappointing, especially…
I was very disappointed to hear of the decision of the Tangentyere Council today. Clearly I do not believe it is in the best interests…
Minister for Community Services, Nigel Scullion, said he was disappointed the ACT Labor Government had allowed National Youth Week to be used as a platform…
Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs today announced a Howard Government-funded police station and police house at Galiwin’ku on Elcho Island. The Minister…